All Long-term conditions articles – Page 32
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HSJ Local
PCT rapped over skin cancer service standards
COMMERCIAL: A dermatology contract negotiated by a primary care trust did not meet National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence standards and left patients at greater risk of cancer, a report has concluded.
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HSJ KnowledgePutting power in the hands of patients to tackle long term conditions
Co-production needs to move from the margins of the NHS into the mainstream to help patients actively, rather than passively, access the healthcare they require, argues Halima Khan.
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NewsNHS medical director: technology like international consultations will transform service
The NHS should increase the use of technology to transform services - for example through patients accessing primary diagnostic services from overseas over the internet, the NHS medical director has said. Technology should also reduce costs, he said.
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HSJ LocalNorth Staffordshire PCT in obesity surgery appeal
A former police officer is taking his legal battle over a primary care trust’s refusal to fund obesity surgery to the Court of Appeal.
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NewsEaston: QIPP can provide 'crisis' needed to break hospital dependence
The NHS’s £20bn savings drive can provide the “crisis” it needs to transform physical healthcare in the same way it has transformed mental health services, Jim Easton said yesterday.
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NewsWarner: DH resisting Dilnot reforms
The Department of Health is resisting reforms required to implement the fairer system of social care funding demanded by the Dilnot commission, one of the commission’s architects has claimed.
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NewsEnd-of-life funding change would be 'fairer' on patients
Changing the way end-of-life care is funded across the country would save millions of pounds and help focus on individual patient needs, according to a government-ordered review.
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NewsCalls for quicker ovarian cancer diagnosis
Earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer could save the lives of 500 women a year, campaigners say.
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NewsFour GP visits before cancer diagnosis for quarter of young patients
A survey of young people with cancer found that six in 10 believed they could have been diagnosed earlier.
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Blogs
Time to change: challenging the stigma around mental health
The latest survey on the public attitude to mental health shows some encouraging figures, but also highlights how prevalent ignorance and fear toward mental illness remains. There is, says Sean Duggan, still some way to go in tackling mental health stigma.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow technology can support evidence-based models to improve chronic care
Chronic disease is one of the bigger challenges facing the health service, but supporting an evidence-based model with the technology to facilitate better connected healthcare
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NewsDoctor warns over mental health care 'vacuum'
There is a “massive problem” of depleting numbers of mental health doctors, a leading psychiatrist has warned.
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NewsCameron to embark on new reforms
David Cameron is set to embark on a fresh round of public service reforms, radically changing the way services are delivered.
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NewsRare cancer drugs budget underspent by nearly half
Only 56 per cent of the money allocated for cancer drugs normally unavailable on the NHS was spent in the first six months of a high profile fund, a report has found.
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NewsAssisted suicide documentary defended by Pratchett
Sir Terry Pratchett has defended his documentary about assisted suicide, which showed the moment a millionaire hotelier with motor neurone disease took a lethal dose of barbiturates to end his life.
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NewsCouncils poised to scale back consortia freedoms
Councils will eat into the freedoms commissioning consortia expected to gain if the recommendations of the patient involvement and public accountability group are implemented.
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NewsCancer patients to be hit by welfare reform
Government plans for welfare reform will plunge cancer patients into poverty simply “because they have not recovered quickly enough”, campaigners say.
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NewsCancer treatment disadvantage for older patients
Older cancer patients are less likely to survive due to inadequate treatment, according to a review released today.
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HSJ KnowledgeArthritis Research UK launches new range of patient information resources
A health charity is addressing the information needs of arthritis patients head on, with a series of booklets designed to provide clear, relevant and authoritative information to
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NewsHealth secretary sets sights on improved dementia care
Improving care for older people and support for those with dementia is a “personal priority” for the Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon, she has told a conference.