All Clinical news (NICE, NSFs) articles – Page 21
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News
NICE backs complementary therapies
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has given its backing to complementary therapies for the first time.
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News
Department of Health publishes list of quality measures
The Department of Health will this Friday publish a “menu” of measures agreed by senior clinicians for judging the quality of their care.
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Leader
Patient reported outcome measures raise questions of how need for operations is decided
HSJ’s revelation this week that tens of millions of pounds are being spent on treatments that arguably do not improve patients’ lives serves to focus minds.
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News
NHS nets huge drugs saving
The NHS has saved nearly £400m in the space of a year through more cost effective prescribing.
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News
MPs warn NICE over cancer drug 'inequities'
MPs have attacked as “inequitable and inefficient” the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to allow less cost efficient drugs to be given to people at the end of their lives.
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News
Swine flu stockpiles could compromise NHS, pharmacists warned
The Department of Health has warned pharmacists not to stockpile swine flu medicines because this could undermine the NHS’s ability to cope with a pandemic.
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News
Swine flu prompts patient colour coding guidance
The Royal College of Physicians has published draft guidance for NHS strategic planners and clinicians on dealing with a flu pandemic.
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News
WHO raises alert level as UK swine flu cases confirmed
The World Health Organisation has raised its threat level to indicate increased risk of a flu pandemic in the wake of confirmed swine flu cases in several countries.
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HSJ Knowledge
Put co-ordinators at the heart of organ donation
The NHS has been challenged with upping organ donation. Stuart Shepherd looks at the vital role transplant co-ordinators can play in meeting this ambition
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HSJ Knowledge
How PCTs can involve the public in funding decisions
The public may still be reticent about getting involved in decision making about drug and treatment funding but PCTs are expected to engage them. Lynne Greenwood reports
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News
Just 299 comment on Department of Health quality metrics
Just 299 people and organisations responded to an NHS survey on which metrics should be used to measure quality of care.
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MPs launch inquiry into cancer treatment inequality
MPs are to launch an inquiry into “postcode lotteries” in cancer treatment.
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Enquiry appoints first non-clinical chair
The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death has appointed the first non-clinical chair in its 20-year history.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on influencing clinical decision making
Paradoxically one of the most important determinants of healthcare quality and efficiency is one that NHS managers can do very little to influence, in fact it is practically invisible to the managerial gaze: the quality of clinical decision making.
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News
CMO calls for network of pain clinics
A national pain service model or pathway of care should be developed to stop chronic pain ruining people’s lives, while the feasibility of a national network of pain clinics should be looked at, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has said in his annual report.
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Comment
Daphne Austin on NHS exceptional funding decisions
One aspect of priority setting that presents difficulties is funding requests for individual patients, particularly those based on alleged “exceptionality”.
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News
Doctors in the dark over future of regulation
Failing to set out a timetable for the future of health regulation will be a 'disaster' for the NHS, a senior doctor has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health special feature: the big issues
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
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News
Morgan slates 'naive' rights
The Disability Rights Commission has been attacked as 'incredibly naive' for urging the removal of mental and physical health standards for nurses.
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HSJ Knowledge
Look out for the pitfalls
Despite recent concerns about possible terrorist activities among NHS staff, there is guidance that will assist with confident recruitment from abroad, says David Lock