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More details on the future of patient involvement in the NHS
More information on how patients will be involved in designing future NHS services have been set out by the government. The details are included in the government's response to its consultation on A stronger local voice, published in July, ...
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Audit finds little improvement in continence care
The second audit of continence care in the NHS has seen little improvement over the past 12 months, the Royal College of Physicians has found.The Healthcare Commission-backed audit found that only 37 per cent of hospitals, and 10 per cent of mental health care sites have a written continence policy.Read ...
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Good and bad targets
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri's carefully worded article emphasised the processes that may be provoked by a target culture. It is surely right that these are the clue to any improvement in performance associated with targeting, other than thrashing the horses. However, the article colludes with the general statement of 'Targets Work', without ...
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Service reconfiguration
While there may well be a case for focusing resources on a smaller number of acute sites, there is a huge issue about accessibility and convenience, which doesn't sit well with the supposedly consumer-friendly modern NHS.
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Couch potato Britons surveyed
Only one-fifth of people in this country regularly take exercise, according to the biggest ever survey of sporting habits.The Active People survey, carried out by Sport England, found that only 21 per cent of people took 30 minutes of exercise three times a week. More than 350,000 people were polled.See ...
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Health inequalities increase
There has been a small increase in the gap in life expectancy for women between Britain's most affluent and poorest areas, according to an update from the Department of Health.The annual update on the public service agreement targets on health inequalities revealed that the gap in life expectancy for men ...
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HSJ and NT launch NICE guidelines service
HSJand Nursing Timeshave teamed up with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to launch a service to help managers and nurses implement NICE guidelines. In the new year HSJand NTwill ...
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Breast cancer screening shows no reduction in deaths
Breast screening for women between the ages of 40 and 50 has showed no significant reduction in breast cancer deaths, a 10-year survey from Cancer Research UK has found.The study involved more than 150,000 women.Read more here
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Drug trial report makes recommendations
A report into the drug trials at Northwick Park Hospital that left six volunteers with multiple organ failure has produced 22 recommendations designed to make such trials safer in the future.The inquiry group, chaired by Professor Gordon Duff, concluded that independent scientific advice should be sought before some drugs are ...
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New handbook for black and ethnic minority mental health workers
A new handbook dealing in the 'nitty gritty' of life as a community development worker in mental health has been produced for black and ethnic minority staff.The booklet aims to clarify guidance issued by the government in an attempt to broaden the mental health workforce.More details ...
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Pilots show increases in physical activity
Trials have shown the success of community approaches to combating physical inactivity.
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Nicholson pledges to devolve 90pc of resources to local NHS
NHS chief executive unequivocal about huge transfer of budgets from DoH
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Chief medical officer had two hours' input into Commissioning a Patient-led NHS
The chief medical officer for England has revealed that he was given just two hours to insert a reference to public health into the Department of Health's key policy document, Commissioning a Patient-led NHS.
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Monitor will demand service level figures from foundation trusts
Monitor is set to instruct foundation trusts to provide more accurate information about the financial performance of each of their services.
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Alberti: managers are not believed, instead clinicians must lead
The reports launched this week, written by national emergency access director Professor Sir George Alberti and national heart disease and stroke director Professor Roger Boyle, argue that traditional accident and emergency departments are not the best places to treat many patients, writes Daniel Martin.
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Hewitt claims just 1 in 9 job cuts are down to redesigns
Only one in nine NHS redundancies so far this year has come as a result of Commissioning a Patient-led NHS, health secretary Patricia Hewitt has told MPs.
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Flint hints at ringfenced public health funds
Public health minister Caroline Flint has hinted that the government may consider 'ringfencing' funds for specific public health initiatives.
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Audit Commission says PCTs should fine acutes for errors
The job of clinical coding should be given a higher priority within NHS trusts in order to make payment by results work, according to the Audit Commission.
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Hit squads set to swoop over Scottish cancer targets
Cancer hit squads are to be sent into Scottish NHS boards to ensure that targets on waiting times are met.
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New scrutiny for IT programme as bigger role for SHAs mooted
Major changes to the national programme for IT in the NHS have been signalled as the NHS chief executive launched a review and MPs announced an inquiry.