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Know your gap - life expectancy
The real issue for PCTs is not the gap between regions, but between different groups within their own area. Frances Perrow investigates
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Blackpool - a partnership approach
Men in Blackpool have the second worst life expectancy for males in England and Wales
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Margaret Mythen on the missing millions
Frank was one of the missing millions - the individuals who don't access smoking cessation clinics, weight-reduction programmes or exercise prescription schemes because they don't believe they are at risk
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In the balance - a starting point to close the poverty gap
Tackling the gap between good health and poor health can only be achieved by utilising all powers to close the poverty gap. But where do PCTs and councils start, asks Colleen Shannon
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Donna Covey on equalising outcomes
Socio-economic status can have a profound effect on outcomes, and asthma mortality is higher for people in lower social classes
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Health aspiration - Old is not ill
With more and more people living longer, the health service and its partners must address some communities' low expectations on quality of life, says Claire Laurent
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Mike Atwood and Stephen Jones on harnessing powers
Leadership of the Coventry Partnership is inclusive and devolved across agencies, with different sectors chairing different groups, whether co-ordinating or commissioning.
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Commissioning and Managing Screening Programmes In the NHS in England
Department of Health guidance on ensuring appropriate commissioning and performance arrangements for screening programmes in the NHS. Published in September 2005.
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Dental association: NHS should not be given more regulatory powers
The British Dental Association has said the NHS should not be given regulatory powers but supports maintaining the current number of regulators. In its response to the Department of Health's consultation on the regulation of non-medical healthcare professionals, the BDA also supported a revalidation scheme being introduced to ensure dental ...
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Staff grade doctors seek assurance on career progression
The chair of the British Medical Association's staff grade and associate specialist committee Mohib Khan has written to health minister Lord Warner to seek assurances that funding will be provided to allow staff grade and associate specialist doctors training to become consultants.To read the letter click ...
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Trusts need more time to balance books, says RCN
Trusts need more time to regain financial stability rather than having to cut services and posts in order to balance their books, the Royal College of Nursing has said.The union said long-term recovery plans were needed and trusts should be given three years to create a sustainable buffer fund and ...
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Mental health budgets being cut, charity says
Mental health charity Rethink has warned that £37m of further cuts are taking place in mental health services across the UK.The charity is calling for mental health to be included in the so-called 'Selbie Six' of top national priorities for the NHS and a national recovery plan for the current ...
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Government should stockpile more than one flu vaccine, scientists warn
A report by the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences has warned that the government's preparations for an influenza pandemic are not keeping up to date with independent scientific advice.The report's working group said it was concerned that only one antiviral drug is being stockpiled as new evidence ...
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Communicating with patients
I've always enjoyed Hilary Thomas's articles and admire her courage at writing about her breast cancer, but I was quite saddened to read what she said about not realising what her patients had to go through until she had experienced it herself. ...
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Coping with redundancy
Adding to what Ken Jarrold has said, I've been through redundancy a couple of times and these are some of the lessons I've learned:
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Jessica Crowe on love at a local level
'Lay scrutiny can act as a stimulus for real change and innovation - especially where local authorities and health bodies work closely together on a long-term basis'
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Law on small claims goes ahead
A fast-track, low-cost scheme to resolve clinical negligence claims up to £20,000 without litigation has received royal assent.The NHS Redress Act will see the NHS Litigation Authority run a scheme to determine fault and decide after a trust has carried out a fact-finding exercise into an untoward incident. Patients accepting ...
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Public 'don't want NHS ads for services'
Voters are overwhelmingly opposed to government plans to let hospitals advertise, according to a survey conducted by YouGov for the NHS Together alliance of health unions.The Department of Health is expected to publish a code of practice allowing hospitals to market their services under the era of choice.But the poll ...
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New role for former Audit Commission chair
James Strachan, until recently chairman of the Audit Commission, has been appointed a non-executive director of Care UK PLC.One of the largest health and social care providers in the UK, Care UK operates 90 community-based care homes, runs a range of primary care services including GP out of hours services ...