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Maggie Rae
The head of the local delivery and health inequalities unit has become the latest senior Department of Health employee to return to the frontline.Maggie Rae has become the director of health at Wiltshire primary care trust.Ms Rae was seconded to the DoH for two years from the National Institute for ...
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Even greater investment could be needed, warns Wanless
The NHS will need even higher levels of funding over the next 20 years unless worrying trends in productivity and obesity are tackled, according to the Wanless report for the King's Fund.
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Early wins, early lessons
Practice based commissioning has received a vote of confidence in the NHS Alliance report Practice based commissioning: early wins, early lessons released today.The report looks in depth at instances of PBC working well and saving money across the country.Chairman of the Alliance Dr Michael Dixon said PBC was going to ...
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Healthcare education consultation under way
Skills for Health has begun a three-month consultation on a new quality assurance framework for healthcare education.
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wanless comments
Stephen Thornton, chief executive, Health Foundation:The recommendations are all very good and all very worthy but are about what government should do to the health service.They are not asking how you bring about the culture change needed to get clinicians thinking about how they can improve the quality and safety ...
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Practice based commissioning
Practice based commissioning has received a vote of confidence in the NHS Alliance report Early wins, early lessons, released today.Chairman of the Alliance Dr Michael Dixon said PBC was going to transform the NHS but there has been a slow start due to primary care trust reconfiguration.He warned PBC would ...
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New consultant adviser for chief dental officer
Chief dental officer for England Dr Barry Cockcroft has announced the appointment of Professor Paul Wright as his consultant adviser.
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Improving Lives: Saving lives
The East of England strategic health authority has developed 12 pledges aiming to raise public perception of the health service and improve patient experience.Improving Lives: Saving lives, launched on Monday for consultation, details the vision of the SHA - to be the best health service in England - and ...
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Secure hospital numbers reach record high
The number of people detained in secure medium and high psychiatric wards in England reached a record high of 3,723 in July, according to a study by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. The study found that most secure patients stay for less than five years and have been admitted ...
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men's health
North Tyneside PCT is running a project to encourage elusive male patients to get health check ups.Men who visited the Asda supermarket in Benton yesterday were able to get a health check at the check out with their weekly shopping.North Tyneside PCT’s Community Health Development Team and the Pitstop project ...
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Health gap
A north-south gap in health is more than 30 years in some areas exists between communities in England and Wales, according to new government figures.The Office for National Statistics measured 'healthy life expectancy' and found that people in Didcot could expect 86 healthy years while in parts of Middlesborough the ...
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Expectant mothers grant
Pregnant mother will receive£200 from government to spend on healthy food from April 2009.Expectant mothers will receive the one-off payment in their 29th week of pregnancy to encourage them to eat healthily. The Department of Health hopes that the grant will cut infant mortality and close the health inequality ...
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Scottish Smoking ban nib
The Scottish smoking ban has led to a significant advance in public health, according to a study of the measure.Comparisons at nine hospitals revealed that there was a 17 per cent year-on-year drop in heart attack admissions since the ban was introduced in March 2006. It says that the ...
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Smoking ban has improved Scottish health
The number of heart attack hospital admissions in Scotland fell by 17 per cent in the first year after its smoking ban came into force, it has been claimed.According to research presented at a conference to discuss the impact of the ban, there has also been a 39 per cent ...
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Suicide prevention at all ages, urges WHO
Suicide prevention should focus on all ages from youth to old age, the World Health Organisation has said.
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Port of call needed for abused older people
A non-threatening 'first port of call' for older people suffering abuse should be established to help signpost them to services and support, according to a study into the abuse and neglect of older people.
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Medical students need free prescribing guide
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has criticised the government's decision to stop supplying free copies of the British National Formulary to medical students.
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Ofcare may not cover public health
Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker has voiced concerns that the NHS's new super-regulator may be given too narrow a remit.Ms Walker insisted Ofcare, set to swallow up the Healthcare Commission in April 2009, must have the power to regulate and assess NHS organisations on health and health inequalities as ...
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Confed praises new medical director
The NHS Confederation has made an official comment on the appointment of Professor Sir Bruce Keogh as the new NHS medical director.Chief executive Dr Gill Morgan said: 'Sir Bruce is an outstanding clinician and a dedicated individual. I am sure he will be a genuine force for good in improving ...
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BMA hits out at 'focus on money'
More progress is needed on the 18-week GP referral to hospital treatment target, the British Medical Association has said.