All Policy articles – Page 266
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£31m for children's mental health services
The government has announced it is spending £31m on increasing bed capacity and improving facilities in child and adolescent mental health services.The funding has been split between 17 projects designed to help eliminate the inappropriate use of adult psychiatric wards for children and young people.
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Welsh infection control measures introduced
Healthcare settings in Wales will have to introduce infection control measures as part of a strategy released by the Welsh Assembly.
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Care services minister to host social care web chat
Care services minister Ivan Lewis will hold a web chat tomorrow at 2pm about the Department of Health's Dignity in Care campaign, how to champion social care and how to recruit more staff to the sector.
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HSJ Knowledge
Race equality in healthcare - getting up to speed
The NHS is still behind the times on realising the principles of ethnic equality law for all staff and service users. Caroline White reports
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Ken Jarrold on Darzi's call to shape a world class NHS
No-one who has had the privilege of working with health minister Lord Darzi will be surprised his report Our NHS, Our Future is clear and highly relevant to the challenges ahead
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Blocking migrant doctors from training posts ruled unlawful
The Court of Appeal has ruled that government guidance making it harder for doctors on the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme to take up training posts in the NHS was unlawful.
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Is evidence based policy making dangerous?
Alan MaynardThere is a dangerous new rhetoric in Whitehall with politicians describing their policies as 'evidence based'. If this description were true it would be cause of great celebration. However sadly it often is synonymous with a political desire to con the public.The Darzi report in October offered some wonderful ...
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Plans to relax 18-week target
Opposition politicians have accused the government of watering down its promise that no NHS patient will wait more than 18 weeks for hospital treatment or an operation.
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Tax the rich to solve health inequality, says professor
The government has been accused of failing to tackle health inequalities fully because it is too 'afraid' of upsetting the electorate.
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Queen's Speech quiet on health policy
The lack of health legislation in the Queen's Speech has sparked calls for the government to set out its vision for the NHS.
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Noel Plumridge on finding the right GP
Is it worthwhile to register with a GP when there are other alternatives available?
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DoH workers slate leaders
More than two-thirds of civil servants at the Department of Health say the organisation is not well-managed, a staff survey reveals.
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Unions issue warning to government over plans to curb wage rise
Proposals to raise NHS wages by just 2 per cent will lead to political strife and sustained 'hard bargaining', according to health economists.
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Social care green paper: meeting the long-term care challenge
The government has still not answered crucial questions over its plans for long-term care of the elderly. With an ageing population, how will it fund a system set to cost a lot more? And will people still have to sell their homes to fund care? Mark Gould reports
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NHS primary care director to back anti-privatisation charity
The Department of Health faces serious embarrassment next week when one of its top officials supports the launch of a campaign to oppose some of the government’s NHS privatisation plans.
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PCTs to take on security costs of ill prisoners
Primary care trusts will take on responsibility for the security costs associated with healthcare escorts and bedwatches for prisoners from April 2008.
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Most non-admitted patients treated within 18 weeks
Three-quarters of patients who do not need to be admitted to hospital are treated in 18 weeks or less, Department of Health figures show.
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Urgent care best practice published
Guidance on urgent care pathways for older people with complex needs has been published by the Department of Health.
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Mental health: the safety scandal
Sexual safety is one of the biggest issues in inpatient care, with concerns not being heeded because of complacency, burnt-out staff and prejudice. Emma Dent reports
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Tackle child cancer head on, government urged
Children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent has called on the government to use its cancer plan to tackle cancer in children and young people.