All articles by Emma Dent – Page 4
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Scottish hospitals to face surprise hygiene inspections
All hospitals in Scotland face unannounced inspections to check they are clean and preventing the spread of infection.Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon announced the measure as part of a consultation on infection control.
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Emma Dent on the credit crunch
When I was young my local council lost the equivalent of about £40m in today's money when the bank BCCI collapsed.
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Emma Dent on an early coughs and colds season
Is it me or has the sniffles season started early this year? Autumn has barely begun but already my unfortunate colleagues have been laid low by a variety of bad colds, respiratory infections and various as yet unidentified viruses.
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Getting to the bottom of NHS diabetes care
Diabetes is on the rise and is estimated to be responsible for more than one in 10 deaths in England - so why are more GPs not detecting and monitoring it, asks Emma Dent
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Emma Dent on finding yet another GP
Having undergone the physical and mental strain of moving I have my reward - not only living in my very own flat but a GP practice with more than one doctor, operating out of a purpose-built surgery.
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HIV services: caring for older patients
As people with HIV/AIDS live longer, services must adapt to meet the needs of more patients and the first generation of HIV-positive pensioners. Emma Dent reports
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Emma Dent is humbled by medical ingenuity
It may have come to your attention that I have something of a cynical nature. And unfortunately writing about health policy has done little to stem that. But when someone acts in a truly humane way to help those worse off than them, even I can stop being world-weary long ...
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Emma Dent on the need for moving help
In these pressed financial times, with estate agents twiddling their thumbs for lack of activity and thinking of sending their kids up chimneys to help pay the bills, I have struck on a way they can boost business.
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Emma Dent on extended opening hours
Have you seen the latest monthly figures from the DH on the number of GPs offering extended opening hours? The numbers are increasing, although 22 PCTs and care trusts - 14.5 per cent - still had no practices in their areas offering extended hours.
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Emma Dent on summer in the city
There are good things about summer in the city when half the populace have cleared off somewhere with less concrete.
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Emma Dent on the smoking ban
One year on from the introduction of the English smoking ban, it is striking how much difference it has made to the nation's social habits.
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Emma Dent on celebrating the 60th
At an NHS Confederation conference do a fellow guest commented that I can be a bit grumpy in this column.
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NHS60: Job adverts over the years
Emma Dent on six decades of job adverts in HSJ - and how they have been a barometer of policy
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Emma Dent on Confed dilemmas
Good Lord readers, it's that time again. How quickly it comes round. Of what am I talking? The NHS Confederation annual conference, of course.
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Embrace commissioning, Britnell urges Confed delegates
Lord Darzi's next stage review will include exciting opportunities for commissioning staff, including freedoms based on those for foundation trusts, Department of Health director general of commissioning and system management Mark Britnell has told the NHS Confederation conference.
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Increase patient choice to control demand, Confed hears
NHS Choices could be used to help manage demand for treatment, Department of Health director of system management and new enterprise Bob Ricketts has told the NHS Confederation annual conference.
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Emma Dent on Scottish drinking habits
I read the following recent story with interest: 'Recalculated figures from the 2003 Scottish Health Survey show 40 per cent of men and 33 per cent of women are binge drinking at least double the recommended daily intake on their heaviest drinking day.'
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NHS60: Icing on the cake
Three managers who share their 60th birthday with the NHS talk to Emma Dent about their long careers in the service
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Emma Dent on GPs and drinking habits
So I registered with a new GP. Once I had finally found one it was a pleasantly pain-free experience.