All Health Service Journal articles in 13 September 2007 – Page 3

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Mental health special feature: the big issues

    2007-09-10T17:32:00Z

    From vulnerable women on mixed-sex wards to continued over-representation of BME groups, Mental Health Act Commission chief executive Chris Heginbotham has a lot on his plate. Emma Dent reports

  • Comment

    David Woodhead on community hooks

    2007-09-10T09:00:00Z

    'New research seeks to assess the importance of incidental people in our lives - the local taxi driver, the neighbour who gives out hymn books at church or the shopkeeper who engages us in trivial conversation'

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Making the best of the clinical workforce

    2007-09-10T09:00:00Z

    Preparing the healthcare workforce to meet the challenges of the future will require clear professional development strategies, write Tony Weetman and Steven West

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Raj Persaud on trade-offs

    2007-09-10T00:00:00Z

    If you could be given a money substitute for charming nurses, how much would compensate you for their absence?

  • News

    Improving Lives: Saving lives

    2007-09-10T00:00:00Z

    The East of England strategic health authority has developed 12 pledges aiming to raise public perception of the health service and improve patient experience.Improving Lives: Saving lives, launched on Monday for consultation, details the vision of the SHA - to be the best health service in England - and ...

  • News

    men's health

    2007-09-10T00:00:00Z

    North Tyneside PCT is running a project to encourage elusive male patients to get health check ups.Men who visited the Asda supermarket in Benton yesterday were able to get a health check at the check out with their weekly shopping.North Tyneside PCT’s Community Health Development Team and the Pitstop project ...

  • News

    Health gap

    2007-09-10T00:00:00Z

    A north-south gap in health is more than 30 years in some areas exists between communities in England and Wales, according to new government figures.The Office for National Statistics measured 'healthy life expectancy' and found that people in Didcot could expect 86 healthy years while in parts of Middlesborough the ...

  • News

    Expectant mothers grant

    2007-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Pregnant mother will receive£200 from government to spend on healthy food from April 2009.Expectant mothers will receive the one-off payment in their 29th week of pregnancy to encourage them to eat healthily. The Department of Health hopes that the grant will cut infant mortality and close the health inequality ...

  • News

    Scottish Smoking ban nib

    2007-09-10T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish smoking ban has led to a significant advance in public health, according to a study of the measure.Comparisons at nine hospitals revealed that there was a 17 per cent year-on-year drop in heart attack admissions since the ban was introduced in March 2006. It says that the ...

  • News

    scotland new bill

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    A bill to introduce directly elected health boards is part of the Scottish government’s first legislative programme, which was announced last week.The proposed Local Healthcare Bill will be based on public consultation, due to begin this autumn. The move is intended to improve public engagement with health services.First minister Alex ...

  • News

    nib 2

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The Health and Safety Executive has told hospital trusts to make sure that they ensure the health and safety of their patients especially from the potential dangers of falling from windows. The warning comes after Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust was fined£14,000 after an HSE prosecution following an accident involving ...

  • News

    nib 1

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published an amended version of its technology appraisal of drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease to fully comply with the judge's ruling on the judicial review issued last month.NICE has clarified how the guidance should be applied to certain groups, including people ...

  • Comment

    Weird world health

    2007-09-05T00:00:00Z

    It’s official(ish)…more NHS Networks pollsters have better things to do with their time than indulge in Facebook or MySpace frivolities, with just over 40 per cent eschewing either. The poll also showed that 13 per cent actually have both set ups, but slightly more, 14 per cent, confess to being ...