All Health charities articles – Page 7
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Comment
The information revolution
Putting most statistics we hold in the NHS into the public domain will unquestionably drive change
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News
Attitude change needed to increase organ donation
The UK’s transplant waiting list will never be significantly reduced in size unless public attitudes towards organ donation change, according to a charity.
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News
Call to maintain Cancer Drugs Fund
Tens of thousands of cancer sufferers could be denied life-extending drugs unless the government finds a way to continue funding treatment for patients, a charity has warned.
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HSJ Local
NW midwives volunteer in overseas aid programme
WORKFORCE: UK midwives, largely from the North West, are volunteering to provide training in Africa and Asia UK under a programme run by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
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HSJ Local
Health needs of young carers assessed
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey and a charity are surveying young carers to identify their health needs and inform future commissioning.
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News
Government called on to prevent fresh care home scandal
Another care home scandal like Winterbourne View could happen again unless the government takes action, campaigners warned today.
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News
Electronic health research funding
Four centres of excellence in electronic health research are to be set up.
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HSJ Knowledge
Into the patient pathway
Wellbeing clinics for planning life after cancer are responding to a vital need
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HSJ Local
New specialist nurse service for Norfolk and Suffolk
WORKFORCE: Bliss, the special care baby charity, has announced a new nursing post to support the families of premature and sick babies in the East of England.
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Comment
Ciarán Devane: out with the old
A hypothesis for us: if we want to do more, we need to do less.
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HSJ Local
Maritime unit gains cancer charity kitemark
PERFORMANCE: The Macmillan Cancer Care Unit at Medway Foundation Trust’s Maritime Hospital has received national recognition for the quality of care it offers.
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HSJ Knowledge
How voluntary organisations can demonstrate their value
Local voluntary organisations bring value to healthcare – but now they need to demonstrate how, says Lisa Weaks.
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HSJ Local
Sussex neuro centre gains charity accreditation
PERFORMANCE: An independent specialist neuro rehabilitation centre in Sussex has received charity accreditation for its services.
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News
Social care cuts increasing risk to older people - survey
Older people are being put at risk because of “dangerous” cuts to home-based care which could cost the country billions of pounds, a leading charity has warned.
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HSJ Local
Sussex FT joins programme to improve services for gay patients
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has joined Stonewall’s “Health Champions” programme.
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News
Mental health charity funding falls as demand grows
Mental health services run by the charity Mind have seen a cut of 5.7 per cent in funding at the same time as a surge in demand from people requiring help.
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Comment
The age of information awaits the NHS and its patients
The benefits of good data cannot be underestimated.
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HSJ Local
Specialist trust chief executive leaves for charity
WORKFORCE: Jane Collins, chief executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust, is stepping down to take up the chief executive’s role at Marie Curie Cancer Care.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs managers offer healthcare to Ghana
WORKFORCE: Two managers from the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to fly out to Ghana to offer healthcare to communities there.
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News
Prostate cancer rates now top 40,000 annually
More than 40,000 men a year in the UK are being affected by prostate cancer, a charity’s research has show.