All Health Service Journal articles in November 2006 – Page 3
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BME service discrimination 'unethical and unlawful'
Black and minority ethnic mental health service users are being discriminated against in ways that are unethical and unlawful, a health minister has admitted.
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Equal but not the same
From next April, trusts will have a legal duty to demonstrate gender equity across all areas of service provision. But as the deadline approaches, the national picture is looking decidedly patchy. Gabriel Fleming looks at how it will work
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Predicting the future
Cutting emergency hospital admissions among those with long-term conditions would save the NHS millions. But how can those at risk be identified, traced and their needs addressed? Daloni Carlisle looks at two solutions
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'Leaflets don't cut it' - the danger of campaigns widening inequalities
National public health campaigns could contribute to a further widening of health inequalities, a public health minister has warned.
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NHS reconfiguration 'must benefit local communities'
NHS organisations can be a powerful force for good in regenerating local communities, health secretary Patricia Hewitt said today. She urged them to take account of tackling deprivation when reconfiguring local services.
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More pharmacies for England and Wales
Last year 146 new pharmacies opened in England and Wales and 23 closed, according to figures from the NHS Business Services Authority and Health of Wales Information Service.The number of prescription items dispensed by community pharmacies in England and Wales increased by 38.6 million to 713.5 million last year.To read ...
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TV diet guru told to stop selling sex products
A firm fronted by TV health adviser Gillian McKeith has been forced to remove two products from sale by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency.The MHRA decided that Fast Formula Horny, and Fast Formula Wild Pink, for men and women respectively, should be classed as medicines and therefore could not ...
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Joint guidance for treatment of patients in health and social care
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the Social Care Institute for Excellence have issued joint guidance for the treatment of patients in health and social care.The guidelines cover the identification, treatment and care of people with dementia, and for the first time, healthcare professionals within the NHS ...
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Hewitt hints at resignation if NHS doesn't break even
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has hinted that she may resign if the NHS does not break even by the end of this financial year.Asked by the Commons select committee whether her job would be at risk if balance was not restored, Ms Hewitt said she would take 'personal responsibility' if ...
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Living donors boost transplant success
Almost one in three kidney transplant patients got their kidney from a living donor last year, annual figures have revealed.Of 1,915 lifesaving kidney transplants, 31 per cent, the highest ever, were from living donors.UK Transplant figures show that 2,795 lives were saved by organ transplants last year, a rise from ...
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How to create real sustainable change in your community
To mark the launch of this year's Sustainable Development Awards, Penny Harding explains how her project to create social inclusion in a deprived rural area won one of the categories
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Oldham - The programme starts with who you are
'It's the best thing to happen to me since Warburton's marketed sliced bread'
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Employ health trainers
The government has ditched its fear-factor advertising in favour of a more personal approach to keeping people alive. Jo Stephenson reports
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Bradford - Planning, encouraging, boosting confidence
Health trainers spend up to an hour with clients, and see them for up to six sessions
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Detect cancer early
Early diagnosis of cancer is often hampered by deprivation. But how is the DoH tackling the inequalities gap? Ingrid Torjesen finds out
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Leeds - Increasing take-up of screening
Practices that had the closest relationships with educators benefited most from the programme