All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 24
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BMA recommends GPs get PBC guarantees from primary care trusts
Advice to GPs to demand assurances in writing from primary care trusts over possible savings from practice-based commissioning could see doctors and PCT managers reach an impasse.
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RCN will back closures - as long as patients benefit
The Royal College of Nursing will give its support to hospital closures but only if they are in the best interests of patient care, its new general secretary has said.
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Doctor's union responds to regulatory fees announcement
The British Medical Association has responded to the Healthcare Commission's announcement to reduce its registration fees for independent doctors.The proposed reduction in the yearly registration fee is from £2,240 to £1,335.Read the response here
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DoH compiles a hit-list of acute trusts that cannot survive under Payment by Results
The Department of Health has drawn up a list of acute trusts that will be closed, merged or broken up because they will not survive under payment by results, HSJ has learned.
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Abortion research leads to call for better education
New research conducted by Southampton University shows that because of myths about what having an abortion is like, women can be too frightened to seek counselling or treatment earlier.Many do not know where to get impartial information about unintended pregnancy or abortion. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service is calling for ...
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Report calls for increased local surgery
A new report on the future of planned surgery recommends that 80 per cent of all surgery should be done locally, with the remaining 20 per cent of the more complex cases taking place at specialist centres.In his report Saws and Scalpels to Lasers and Robots - advances in surgery, ...
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RCN launches campaign for better patient nutrition
Nearly half of nurses say they do not have enough time to ensure patients get good nutrition, a survey from the Royal College of Nursing has revealed.The findings coincide with the RCN campaign to improve patient nutrition in hospitals and the community, launched at its annual congress in Harrogate.Read the ...
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New support available for commissioners of children's services
Care services minister Ivan Lewis has launched a new self-assessment tool for commissioners of children's and young people's services.A CD-Rom will allow commissioners to assess their capability to deliver high quality and accessible services.Read the press release here
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Ambulance service close to breaking point, says union
The ambulance service is relying heavily on the goodwill and commitment of staff to keep up with the huge increase in demand over the last decade, according to Unison, which represents 20,000 ambulance workers.The union warned that the service is suffering from staff shortages and in some areas the situation ...
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Diagnostics waiting times and activity data published
The Department of Health has published diagnostics waiting times and activity data for February 2007 along with a census of all diagnostic tests as at 31 December 2006.This data shows the progress in waiting times for diagnostic tests like scans. The monthly data published today gives the waiting times for ...
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Productive Ward programme launched
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched the Releasing Time to Care: Productive Ward programme at the Royal College of Nursing congress in Harrogate.Find out more here
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Study says government should release hold on NHS
The NHS needs greater freedom from the government to achieve stability and success, according to a report from Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre.The study proposes a new model with a significantly different and reduced role for government.Read the report here
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PAC slams uncertainty over IT programme costs
A report from the Commons public accounts committee on the national IT programme says the Department of Health must show it can deliver on its promises.Among the recommendations, the report says the DoH still has much to do to win hearts and minds in the NHS, especially among clinicians.Read the ...
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Independent review for Modernising Medical Careers
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has launched an independent review of the Modernising Medical Careers programme.The review is intended to establish how the programme will go forward in 2008 and beyond.
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RCN: care being compromised by staffing levels
Staffing levels are affecting patient care, according to a new survey by the Royal College of Nursing.Nearly two thirds of nurses (60 per cent) said patient care on their ward was compromised at least once or twice a week by poor staffing levels.Read the survey here
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Decline in services for special care baby units
A report published today by the premature baby charity BLISS says that on average special care baby units are understaffed by a third.It claims that shortages in staffed cots mean units are sometimes forced to close and turn babies away.
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Worldwide online health stats scheme launched
The World Health Organisation has launched an online scheme to revise the global standard for medical and health statistics.Stakeholders have been invited to join in the revision process through an internet platform.Find out more here
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Survey says health is top public priority
According to a YouGov survey for the Royal College of Nursing the public believes health should be the number one concern for the next government.Over 90 per cent of those surveyed said they valued the NHS as a free public service. More than half wanted to see a higher level ...
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DoH responds to mental health report
The Department of Health has published its response to a Joint Committee on Human Rights report on the Mental Health Bill. The report was published in February.The response took the form of a letter from health minister Rosie Winterton to the committee chair.Read the letter here
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Call to not limit mental health powers to doctors
Unison has called for amendments to the Mental Health Bill, which limits new powers on treatment to doctors only, to be thrown out.It claims the amendments exclude experienced mental health workers including nurses and therapists from making decisions about appropriate treatment. The Bill is due to get its second reading ...