All Long-term conditions articles – Page 26
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NewsPensioner cancer cases 'to treble by 2040'
The number of pensioners with cancer will treble by 2040, researchers suggest.
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HSJ Local
Leeds and Bradford to be designated centre for rare respiratory condition
STRUCTURE: Leeds Children’s Hospital – part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – has been named one of four national centres for children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in a collaboration with Bradford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsCall to target kidney care costs
Kidney disease costs the NHS more than breast, lung, colon and skin cancer combined, yet too many cases remain undiagnosed and untreated.
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NewsPost Polio Syndrome awareness urged
Greater awareness has been urged among family doctors of a debilitating neurological condition almost as common as Parkinson’s.
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NewsLife expectancy linked to jobless rate
A greater risk of premature death is faced by people living in areas of England with long-term low employment, new research has claimed.
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NewsElectronic health research funding
Four centres of excellence in electronic health research are to be set up.
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NewsEngland 'could learn integration lessons from Wales'
The NHS in England could learn lessons from Wales when it comes to getting different parts of the health service to work together, the chief executive of NHS Wales has said.
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NewsGames drug testing labs to become research centre
A £10m scientific research centre is to be based on the site of Olympic drug testing laboratories, David Cameron has announced.
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NewsSurvey finds 91pc of people have not heard of telehealth
A YouGov survey has revealed 91 per cent of UK adults have never heard of telehealth or telecare – despite the Department of Health’s Three Million Lives campaign to promote it.
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NewsNew quality of life indicators reveal long term condition inequalities
A major new health information collection has highlighted the worse quality of life suffered by people with long-term conditions in poorer areas.
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SupplementsLong term conditions care - an HSJ supplement
This latest HSJ supplement looks at key aspects of care for patients with long term conditions.
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CommentCiarán 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 KnowledgeA few words on self-management
Multilingual peer educators in north west London are helping people in hard to reach communities manage their diabetes, say Sunder Chita and colleagues.
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NewsManagement of AF 'needs revising'
A potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorder is not being properly managed in the UK, according to a new report.
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CommentThe NHS must address its blind spot on older people's services
End ageism and care will improve for all.
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CommentJim Easton: let’s get serious about telehealth
It saves lives and money; so what’s holding telehealth back?
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SupplementsInsights into oral chemotherapy service redesign
This exclusive article looks at the benefits of optimising oral chemotherapy service design.
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CommentThe benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
Small hospitals face growing threats, says Nigel Edwards.