All Mental health articles – Page 182
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Dementia costs £539 a second, says report
A report by the Alzheimer's Society has found that dementia costs the UK £17bn a year - or £539 a second.The report estimates that individuals caring for those with dementia save the public purse over £6bn a year.Find out more here
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Gender equality guidance published
The Department of Health and NHS Employers have published best practice guidance on how NHS organisations can develop a gender equality scheme.Trusts will need to comply with a new gender equality duty in April that requires public sector organisations as employers and service providers to show they treat men and ...
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King's Fund identifies key NHS challenges
The NHS needs to overcome five key challenges to create a viable, long-term future when lower growth in funding kicks in from 2008, according to the King's Fund.Its report, Funding Healthcare: 2008 and beyond, says the government must take action to reduce variation in performance and clinical practice in the ...
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Partnership agreement for joint working agreed
The government, NHS Employers and unions have signed a partnership agreement to show their collective commitment to joint working.The Department of Health said the new agreement would provide a 'springboard' to promote effective partnership on the workforce implications of policy.Find out more here
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Institute launches new No Delays Achiever
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched an improved second version of its No Delays Achiever, a web-based tool created to help NHS organisations achieve the 18-week target for GP referral to first treatment.More than 140 NHS organisations are registered as users of the free service, which was ...
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Trusts may lose secure hospitals
Control of England's three high-security hospitals could be removed from local NHS control, HSJ has learned.
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Report flags up mental health gap
The explosion in charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises providing services to the NHS and social care looks set to overlook mental health, a survey has found.
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Conservatives hit out over London deficit
Conservatives in the London Assembly have said the extent of the continuing crisis in the NHS has been revealed by the latest financial figures.They point to new figures from the Department of Health, which show that the NHS in London is still heading for an overall end-of-year deficit of £125m.Find ...
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Historic changes to pharmacy profession
The chief pharmaceutical officers from England, Scotland, and Wales have revealed plans for historic changes to the regulation of the pharmacy profession.The measures, which form part of the white paper on professional regulation, will see the formation of two separate bodies to oversee pharmacy. One organisation will act as a ...
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Breaking even must not mean trusts losing focus on money
The NHS should manage to hit its forecast position of a small surplus at the end of this year, according to this week's Department of Health figures. Not that it will be thanked or even believed. Within a few hours of the report being released on Tuesday, the protests began ...
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Minister calls for action on BME mental health services
Health minister Rosie Winterton has called for 'rapid improvement in the way mental health services respond to the needs of black and minority ethnic patients'.Ms Winterton said one in five BME patients treated in hospital for a mental health problem comes from a black and minority ethnic background.Read the press ...
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NHS set for £13m net surplus despite rising levels of debt
The NHS is predicted to make a £13m surplus this financial year, according to the latest Department of Health forecasts.
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DoH to publish professional regulation white paper
The Government will today publish the professional regulation white paper Trust, Assurance and Safety - the regulation of health professionals in the 21st Century. It is set to herald a major shake-up in the way doctors are regulated in the UK.The Department of Health is acting after chief medical officer ...
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New chair for Nursing and Midwifery Council
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the regulatory body for UK nurses and midwives, has selected the chair of its new appointments board.NMC council member Brenda Maitland will head the board, which will be responsible for recruitment, appraisal and training.Read the press release here
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New Deal for Carers launched
The government is to unveil its New Deal for Carers, which will see £33m used for measures to help people who care for elderly or disabled relatives.Most of the money, £25m, will go to local authorities to fund emergency respite care for people who need a break from the demands ...
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Value to patients should determine drug price
NHS drugs spend should be linked to patient value and value for money, according to a report by the Office of Fair Trading.The report recommends that the current scheme where companies can set their own prices should be replaced by one in which prices are set according to therapeutic benefit ...
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No single cause for NHS deficits, says government
Causes for NHS deficits are numerous, have arisen over a number of years and cannot be attributed to one isolated factor, according to the government.The claims came in a response to an earlier Commons health select committee report on deficits in the NHS.Read the report here
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Witnesses called to PPI evidence sessions
Health minister Rosie Winterton is among those who have been called to give evidence into patient and public involvement in the NHS before the Commons health select committee.Other witnesses include NHS South East Coast chief executive Candy Morris, NHS Confederation director of policy Nigel Edwards, NHS Confederation PCT Network chair ...
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DoH predicts break-even by next financial year
Figures for the third quarter of the financial year show that the NHS is in line to break even and will be well placed for the start of the next financial year, according to Department of Health figures.Strategic health authorities are due to make £450m of savings from central budgets.Read ...
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Still a long way to go, say Mental Health Bill campaigners
The Mental Health Bill, which enters report stage in the House of Lords today with some concessions from government, is in need of much more amendment, the Mental Health Alliance has said.Alliance chair Andy Bell said the bill 'contains too many new powers to detain people and use compulsion outside ...