All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 34
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Wales takes delivery of new ambulances
The first of 119 new ambulances, 67 patient transport services vehicles and 40 rapid response vehicles were due to be delivered today to the Welsh Ambulance Service trust.Two-thirds of the ambulances will be operational this month with the remainder by mid-May. The new fleet is the result of a £16m ...
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No evidence for oxygen therapy
Insufficient clinical evidence exists to justify using oxygen therapy for heart attack patients, a medical expert has claimed. Professor Richard Beasley of the Medical Research Institute in New Zealand says in the latest edition of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine that clinical dogma should be challenged on ...
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Leaked mental health report condemned
A £16m race equality programme for mental health has had no impact whatsoever on improving ethnic inequalities, says the Black Mental Health UK campaign, whose members have seen a leaked government report.www.blackmentalhealth.org.uk
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Campaign highlights hidden dangers of second-hand smoke
Second-hand smoke is an 'invisible killer', according to a new advertising campaign, launched by public health minister Caroline Flint today. Nearly 85 per cent of tobacco smoke is invisible and odourless, but it causes just as much harm to people's health as the smoke that is visible, according to the ...
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Boost for medical research
The Medical Research Council is investing more than £15m in creating six new research centres aimed at translating discoveries into new drugs, therapies, diagnostic tools or methods of prevention; or using clinical knowledge to inform fundamental research priorities.Read more here
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NHS to become unaffordable, says think tank
The cost of technological advances in healthcare will make the NHS increasingly unaffordable, the think tank Reform says in a report today. It says that diseases like cancer will become much more manageable and will not necessarily be fatal, increasing costs.www.reform.co.uk
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Air conditioning on the NHS
Patients with breathing problems could soon be prescribed air conditioning on the NHS to help them cope with hot weather, health secretary Patricia Hewitt is expected to announce today. Those with a lung condition that worsens in warm weather could be given a £500 portable cooling unit for their homes.
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Winterton slams Lords over mental health
The House of Lords has 'seriously weakened' the government's plans for better protection for patients and the public through its amendments to the Mental Health Bill, according to health minister Rosie Winterton.She told a conference that the Lords' amendments 'must be overturned'. They include the introduction of a treatability test ...
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Hewitt defends nurses' pay offer
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has said the 2007-08 pay deal for NHS staff and GPs is 'sensible' and 'fair'. Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a 1.5 per cent rise in April and 1 per cent more in November; hospital doctors a flat £1,000; junior doctors 3 per cent; ...
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Day of protest tomorrow
Over 40 protests against health service cuts, closures and marketisation will take place tomorrow as part of the national day of action being co-ordinated by NHS Together, the campaign alliance of NHS staff unions and associations.Read more here
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Waiting-list fall contiunues
The Department of Health has published performance data showing that waiting lists and cancelled operations continue to fall while the number of critical beds available is at a record high.The number of people on the inpatient waiting list from January 2007 was 774,000 - 2,000 less than the previous month ...
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Foundation regulator calls for better preparation
Financial problems are the reason behind three-quarters of unsuccessful bids for foundation trust status, according to the regulator. Monitor chair Bill Moyes called for 'better preparation' by those going through the authorisation process.Foundation Trust Network director Sue Slipman said strategic health authorities needed to address the issue of trusts with ...
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Prescription charges to rise by 20p
Prescription charges will rise by 20p - or 3 per cent - to £6.85 from 1 April, according to health minister Lord Hunt. Revenue from prescription charges is expected to raise around £425m for the NHS in 2007-08. Dental charges will rise by an average 2.7 per cent to £15.90 ...
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Online survey
Most chief executives would cap GPs' pay, abolish clinical excellence awards for consultants and write off historic debts if they had the power.
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Survey is a 'thumbs down' to Labour
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said that chief executives had delivered a 'thumbs down' to the government and, in particular, to health secretary Patricia Hewitt.
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New nursing officer for diversity
The Department of Health today welcomes Dawn Atkinson into her new role as England's nursing officer for diversity.The assistant director of nursing for quality and standards at Newham University Hospital trust will be seconded to the DoH for two days a week for a year.Read more here
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'Dishonest and disingenuous'
Inept, poor and dishonest: that was the verdict from trust chief executives asked for their views on ministers' handling of NHS finance.
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Consultation on working with children launched
The Nursing and Midwifery Council, the General Social Care Council and the General Teaching Council for England have called a consultation on working with children and young people.The councils have produced a joint statement setting out values for effective inter-professional work, and are seeking views on the statement from young ...
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Changes to GP regulation welcomed by managers
Primary care managers have welcomed the government's white paper on regulation of health professionals.
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Carruthers sets reconfiguration recommendations
NHS South West chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers has completed a report on recommended processes for local NHS reconfigurations.The findings are outlined in a letter to strategic health authorities from NHS chief executive David Nicholson.Read the letter here