All Health Service Journal articles in 28 January 2008
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Productive Ward
Ward nurses spend an average of just 40 per cent of their time on direct patient care, according to the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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New charity to focus on teen health issues
A new charity focusing on the health of adolescents is to be launched next week.The Association for Young People's Health will bring together professionals and organisations across theUKthat work with teenagers in different sectors. The Department of Health and the Department for Children, Schools and Families are providing start-up funding.
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Guidance promotes links with pharmaceutical industry
The Department of Health has published guidance to encourage joint working between the NHS and pharmaceutical industry.
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Clinical audit programme under new management
The Department of Health has announced details of the new consortium that will run the national clinical audit and patients' outcomes programme.
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Review of free personal care to report in March
Lord Sutherland today confirmed that the independent funding review of free personal and nursing care in Scotland, which he is leading, is on track to report at the end of March.
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Monitor announces five new foundation trusts
Foundation trust regulator Monitor has confirmed five new foundation trusts will be authorised from today.
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EU brings in compulsory food labelling to curb obesity
The European Union yesterday moved to impose standard nutritional information on food labelling across 27 countries.The rules are an attempt to counter the epidemic of obesity in Europe, but disappointed some UK health charities by not making the 'traffic light' system mandatory.
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NHS bodies ill-equipped to cope with challenges, survey suggests
Health sector organisations are over-confident about their ability to cope with uncertain times, according to new data. The findings suggest that employers in the sector are taking too many risks with their business, despite identifying the key challenges they face.
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Government accused of manipulating MRSA figures
The government is within touching distance of hitting its MRSA target, but opposition parties have accused ministers of manipulating the data.Latest figures show there were 1,072 cases of the superbug inEnglandfrom July to September last year.
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UK allergy services 'a national disgrace'
UK allergy experts are asking the health secretary to take decisive action to improve care for people with allergies. In a letter to The Times today, the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology said improving allergy diagnosis and management could cut unnecessary costs to the NHS.
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Burden of obesity 'unmanageable', say Conservatives
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has warned about the increasing burden of obesity on the NHS.
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NHS dentistry boost in Scotland
New figures show a small increase in the number of NHS dentists in Scotland last year and that the number of patients registered with an NHS dentist is creeping up.
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New guidance on controlled drugs
The Department of Health has published new guidance for healthcare professionals in England on record-keeping requirements for controlled drugs such as methadone and morphine.
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MRSA cases declining
A continued decrease in the number of MRSA infections in hospitals has been hailed as a major achievement by the Health Protection Agency.
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Eligibility for care criteria to be reviewed
The government has asked the Commission for Social Care Inspection to review the eligibility criteria that govern older and disabled people's right to care services.
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Statistics show 10-year drop in NHS productivity
Productivity in the NHS has fallen by an average of 1 per cent a year over the past 10 years, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics.The Conservatives seized on the data, claiming it was evidence NHS cash had been 'squandered' by the Labour government.
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Smoking cessation jumps by a quarter
Around 165,000 smokers quit between April and September 2007, an increase of 28 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to statistics released today.The figures are from the NHS Stop Smoking Service, which records the number of smokers who have successfully quit at their four-week follow-up interview.
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Support for doctors with physical and mental illnesses
NHS and independent healthcare providers are being invited to set up and run a new service to support doctors and dentists with physical and mental illnesses or addiction concerns.
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Depression peaks at 44, study finds
The probability of depression in men and women in the UK peaks around the age of 44, according to researchers in the US.
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Mental health charity pushes for alternatives to prison
The government should speed up efforts to ensure women are offered viable alternatives to a prison sentence, according to a Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health analysis.