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Commission to look at learning disabilities accusations
The Healthcare Commission has said it will review six cases highlighted by learning disability charity Mencap of people with learning disabilities who died from physical illnesses.Mencap has accused the NHS of institutional discrimination against people with learning disabilities, saying their physical health needs are ignored.Meanwhile the Department of Health has ...
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Neil Goodwin on apologising
The two most important words in organisational life may be 'I apologise', but saying sorry can be counterproductive unless the sentiment is backed with service delivery changes
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Over a million dental check-ups not being provided
Dental contacts statistics have shown that over 1.5 million units of dental activity (each worth one check-up) have not yet been provided under the new contract.The Department of Health said the amount of dental activity commissioned by the NHS continued to rise and more have been recommissioned than were lost ...
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Healthcheck consultation launched
The Healthcare Commission is to consult on plans to drive a culture of safety through the NHS, using its annual assessments of NHS organisations to monitor rates of healthcare-acquired infection and compliance with the hygiene code.The proposals also include a stronger focus on clinical effectiveness and commissioning.Find out more here
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Outcomes measures tools
The Care Services Improvement Partnership is developing a compendium of outcomes measures tools to improve the quality of mental health care and establish best practice.
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Review reveals shortcomings in medic recruitment
The review into the Modernising Medical Careers recruitment and selection process for specialist training has recommended applicants should be allowed to provide CVs and portfolios to support their applications after finding shortcomings in the process.Junior doctors who fear they have had applications overlooked in the first round will have their ...
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PCTs have 'taken their eye off the ball' on audiology
Some primary care trusts and strategic health authorities have 'taken their eye off the ball', and allowed waiting times for audiology services to lengthen, health minister Ivan Lewis has told the Commons health select committee.Mr Lewis told the committee's investigation into audiology services that the provision of hearing aids had ...
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Bird flu measures lifted
Avian flu control measures introduced to tackle the outbreak at a Suffolk turkey farm are to be lifted from Monday, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced.The surveillance and restriction zones will be lifted, assuming there is no further outbreak reported.Read full details here
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Call for NICE reviews of complementary therapy
Complementary therapies should be evaluated by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the chairs of the NHS Alliance and the King's Fund have said.In a letter to the BMJ, Dr Michael Dixon and Professor Sir Cyril Chantler argued that the efficacy and value of complementary therapies that are ...
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Nurses encouraged to complain over pay
Nurses have been encouraged to write to their MPs to complain about this year's pay settlement.The Royal College of Nursing is urging its members to point out to their MP that this year's pay deal will mean an effective pay cut for nurses, when the rate of inflation is taken ...
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Northern Ireland infection rates published
More than 5 per cent of patients in Northern Ireland hospitals have a healthcare-acquired affection, a survey by the Department of Health, Social Services, and Public Safety has found.1.1 per cent of patients at 15 acute hospitals surveyed had Clostridium Difficile and 0.9 per cent had contracted MRSA.www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
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Specialist ambulance teams launched
Highly trained ambulance crews ready to respond to major incidents are to be developed across England, health minister Rosie Winterton announces today.The hazardous area response team project will see crew trained and equipped to work in hazardous areas, including where there is a chemical, biological radioactive or nuclear risk. They ...
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News analysis: Primary care chiefs: a reorganisation too far
In the second of a three-part series, Victoria Vaughan turned to primary care trust chief executives for their views on Tony Blair's legacy to the NHS. They were found angry and disheartened by continued change.
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'Psychiatric asbos' slammed
The Department of Health has published a report on the international experience of community treatment orders commissioned from the Institute of Psychiatry a year ago. But it has been greeted with outrage by pressure groups and the Conservatives who say the report shows 'psychiatric asbos' do not work and therefore ...
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PCT network attacks 'unfair' reporting of top-slice effect
Primary care leaders are calling for changes to the way finances are reported after it emerged that the vast majority of current primary care trust debts are the result of top-slicing.
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IPPR: honesty over unsafe hospitals is the best policy
A 'conspiracy of silence' over the poor safety of hospitals is fuelling opposition to reconfigurations, the Institute for Public Policy Research has warned.
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Commissioner demands a better deal for children
Children's hospital services are woefully inadequate, a Healthcare Commission review has shown. Children's commissioner Al Aynsley-Green said was the verdict was 'disappointing but not surprising'.
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London centre set for foundation status bid
Two London NHS trusts have agreed to set up a new academic health science centre that will bid to become a foundation trust. Hammersmith Hospitals and St Mary's trust boards formally agreed to the plan to set up the new academic health science centre that will bring together hospitals, medical ...
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Government envisions a budget for every patient
Individual budgets as piloted in social care could be used in healthcare, according to the government's Commissioning framework for health and well being.
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Diabetes care improving
Diagnosis of diabetes is improving and the NHS must step up to the challenge of providing high-quality care for everybody, according to a new report looking at the delivery of diabetes services. The Way Ahead: the local challenge, published today, looks at the progress made in improving diabetes care four ...