All North West articles – Page 135
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North West signs contract with private mental health provider
North West commissioners have contracted an independent provider to fill a gap in secure mental health services for men in Cheshireand Merseyside.
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Maternity services and breastfeeding: a lot of bottle
Unicef estimates four in 10 English maternity hospitals make no effort to encourage more mums to breastfeed. Daloni Carlisle asks what can be done to get them on board
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Team-building techniques - going beyond the comfort zone
Innovative training techniques are helping healthcare staff from the North West become managers the NHS can be proud of. Nikki Wilcock reports
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Managed learning network
A year of regional networking events held by the Care Services Improvement Partnership in the north of England has facilitated managed learning
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Infection control: back to the boardroom
Informing the board and protecting patients were the key strands of one trust's infection control drive, writes Alison Norman
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Health inequalities: the great divide
Adding a million years to the lives of East Lancashire's population requires a big push by local partnerships, says David Peat
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IT programme: pioneer sites of summary care records named
NHS Connecting for Health has announced that more than 50,000 summary care records have now been uploaded to the 'spine' that underpins the NHS care records service.
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Mental health: unhappy old age
Dementia is far from the only mental health problem for over-65s, yet the millions who struggle with depression are scandalously neglected. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Health profile: experts say child obesity targets may miss the point
New targets to spur on efforts to tackle the nation's worst public health problems may not work, experts have warned.
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David Peat on ending the enslavement of health inequalities
Overcoming health inequalities that have built up over generations will take vision and determination
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Health check case study: Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust praises staff
Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust has praised the efforts of staff in turning around a double 'weak' rating to a double 'good' assessment.
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Foreign affairs: migration and the NHS
Uncertainty about the number of migrant workers in Britain means that planning for demand on local NHS services may become increasingly tricky, writes Alison Moore
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Health developments: doctors on the football pitch
Sports stadiums are proving mutually attractive as shared sites for NHS health centres, and interest in such ventures is on the increase. Lynne Greenwood is your commentator
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Marian Carroll on the breastfeeding dilemma
Women must be given full support, regardless of whether they choose to breastfeed their babies or not, writes Marian Carroll.Any discussion around infant feeding evokes strong reactions in people who seem to take a 'for or against' approach to breastfeeding.
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Developing global health partnerships through volunteering
In the first of a series of online columns charting her experiences as a development volunteer in Cambodia, Patricia Sloane explains why she is taking the plunge into her new role and how she expects it to help her after she returns to the NHS
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Palliative care: 'a good death is part of life'
The hospice movement has made major advances in end-of-life care but more change is needed. With a government advisory group due to report, Mark Gould looks at the issues
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Provider services: get up to speed on quality
Stockport primary care trust has pioneered a model for assuring quality of provider services. Rebekah Cresswell explains
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Network know-how
If you are setting up a healthcare website, the trick is to let users shape the content, says Bill Douglas
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Union 'gobsmacked' by ambulance funds blow
North West Ambulance Service trust has admitted it can only afford to buy 35 of the 128 ambulances it needs to replace, raising questions over the reconfigured service's buying power.Board papers from the service, which was formed in July 2006 following the merger of four trusts, say it needs to ...
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Temp manager sentenced for £300k fraud conviction
A manager who stole more than£300,000 from the health service was last week sentenced to a year in prison.The news comes as the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service annual performance report this week revealed that fraud cost the NHS over£7m in 2006-07.Michael Buckley was working for a temporary ...