All Acute care articles – Page 435
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New measures to tackle Wales' growing drink problem
Doctors' leaders have developed new policy proposals to tackle the increasing alcohol problem in Wales.
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UK cancer survival rates among lowest in Europe
UK cancer survival rates are among the lowest in Europe, according to a new report.
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Longer ambulance journeys pose greater risk
Longer ambulance journeys put critically ill patients at greater risk of dying, according to research in Emergency Medicine Journal.
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More trusts hitting A&E waiting time target
Fewer patients are waiting more than four hours to be seen in accident and emergency departments.
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Conservatives bid to 'save' NHS services
Conservative leader David Cameron has vowed to save 29 district general hospitals that the party believes are at risk of losing their accident and emergency and maternity services.
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National patient choice survey results
Nearly half of patients say they have been offered a choice of hospital for their first outpatient appointment, according to a MORI survey for the Department of Health.
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£73m fund for social enterprises
A £73m investment fund for social enterprises has been opened today by the Department of Health.
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Pilot sites sought for maternity reforms
Maternity networks are being invited to bid to become early adopter sites for the government's Maternity Matters reforms.
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Infection video tool launched
The Department of Health has co-launched an online video tool to help tackle Clostridium difficile.
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Your Humble Servant: do as I say
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Do as I say not as I doDear DonI gather your factfinding summer visit to South Africa with Mrs Wise and the children went well. Your thoughts on ambulance response times on safari have given our colleagues down there much ...
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Diagnostic waiting times published
Figures for diagnostic waiting times for the month of June have been published by the Department of Health.
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Consultation on nurses' pay
The Royal College of Nursing has launched a consultation with NHS members in England on the government's pay offer for nurses.
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Confusion over hospital transport costs
Users of the hospital travel costs scheme find it and its guidance confusing, according to a consultation on the scheme.
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Royal College of Physicians to host open day
The Royal College of Physicians is to host an open day next month.
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Care homes must do more to protect elderly
Care homes and hospitals should have new obligations to protect the rights of older people in their care, according to a report from the parliamentary joint select committee on human rights.
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Scotland falling behind on waiting time target
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said meeting the country's national cancer waiting time target is 'long overdue'.
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Herts bags early winner with stadium bid
As the football season cranks into action, Watford have scored an early goal in a PFI partnership with West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust.
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Anna Donald on drugs in the headlines
'Given the avalanche of research and new products, it is not surprising that the 'best buy' list of products keeps changing'
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Union 'gobsmacked' by ambulance funds blow
North West Ambulance Service trust has admitted it can only afford to buy 35 of the 128 ambulances it needs to replace, raising questions over the reconfigured service's buying power.
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Alcohol abuse worst in North West, report claims
People living in the North West are more likely to die from alcohol-related illnesses than anywhere else in England, according to a new report.