All Health Service Journal articles in 21 July 2008
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Mental health stigma prevents everyday activities - Rethink
Two-thirds of people with mental health problems say stigma prevents them from doing everyday things such as going to the shops or making new friends, according to a survey by mental health charity Rethink.A third of survey respondents also said they face the most discrimination from friends and family.
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NICE principles published
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published the principles it should follow in developing guidance.
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Charity launches diabetes awareness campaign
More than half a million people in the UK are unaware they have type 2 diabetes, according to the charity Diabetes UK.
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Fury at rheumatoid arthritis guidance
The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society has reacted with fury to draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that restricts access to treatment for the condition.
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DH moots new restrictions on alcohol sales
Restrictions including only selling alcohol in small glasses, restricting happy hours and price-based drink promotions and banning alcohol displays at checkouts could be introduced following a consultation on the drinking culture in England.Alcohol manufacturers have been given until the end of the year to put warnings on cans and bottles ...
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Oxford trust fined for injury to patient
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay costs and compensation following an injury to a patient in its care.
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HPV vaccination programme extended
The national vaccination programme against the HPV virus is to be extended to 300,000 girls aged 17 and 18.
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Violence guidelines to include volunteers
Guidelines on the prosecution of violent offenders who attack NHS staff have been updated to include NHS volunteers.
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Public should have service guarantees - select committee
Public service guarantees should be introduced to empower users of public services, according to a report by the House of Commons public administration select committee.
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Health secretary targets obesity
Health secretary Alan Johnson will tonight call for a national movement to tackle obesity in a speech on public health to the Fabian Society.Mr Johnson will outline the public health implications of the obesity epidemic and argue that the strategy to combat obesity will only succeed if every part of ...
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Doctors to be revalidated every five years
Final plans for conducting regular checks on doctors to improve patient safety were unveiled today by chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson.
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Healthcare Commission highlights mental health failings
The Healthcare Commission has published the most comprehensive assessment of NHS acute inpatient mental health services ever undertaken.
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Scottish health sector investigations
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman laid 23 investigation reports before Scottish Parliament today, including 17 about the health sector.
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Nurses lack knowledge of cardiovascular disease, survey shows
Many primary care nurses have not even had basic training in cardiovascular disease, even though more people in the UK die from strokes and heart attacks than anything else, surveys have found.
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Volunteers save trusts £700,000
A report by Volunteering England has calculated the economic value of services provided by volunteers to the NHS.
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18-week pathway figures published
The Department of Health has published data for patients who completed their referral-to-treatment pathway during May 2008.
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Mental health being neglected in the elderly
Older people's mental health and well-being is being severely neglected, claims a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research.Its report Older People and Wellbeing estimates 2.4 million older people have depression and predicts the number with mental health problems will rise dramatically over the next 20 years. This will ...
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Wales sets out plan to tackle cancer
A three-year programme to help prevent cancer, improve early detection and increase access to treatment has been published by the Welsh Assembly.
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Council will oversee Kingston PCT finances
Kingston council and Kingston primary care trust have agreeed to an interim joint director of finance post.
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Auditor general for Wales on home oxygen services
The NHS in Wales was not sufficiently prepared to implement changes to the supply of home oxygen services in 2006, the auditor general for Wales has concluded.