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Trusts warned over property maintenance
The Health and Safety Executive has warned the NHS to maintain its properties effectively. It follows a successful action brought by the organisation against South West London and St George's Mental Health trust after a man fell at Springfield University Hospital and subsequently died.The trust was fined £7,500 and asked ...
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Cash boost for health inequalities
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced an extra £8.9m for local authorities in 81 areas across the country to invest in schemes to tackle health inequalities. She also invited views on working arrangements in the commissioning framework for health and well-being, which will bring local councils and the NHS closer ...
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Audiology waits 'unacceptable' says minister
Patients face 'unacceptably long waits' for audiology services, according to care services minister Ivan Lewis in his foreword to today's Improving Access to Audiology Services in England national framework.He calls for a 'radical reduction' in waiting so that the most complex cases are treated within the end-of-2008 18-week target, and ...
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NHS to become unaffordable, says think tank
The cost of technological advances in healthcare will make the NHS increasingly unaffordable, the think tank Reform says in a report today. It says that diseases like cancer will become much more manageable and will not necessarily be fatal, increasing costs.www.reform.co.uk
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Campaign highlights hidden dangers of second-hand smoke
Second-hand smoke is an 'invisible killer', according to a new advertising campaign, launched by public health minister Caroline Flint today. Nearly 85 per cent of tobacco smoke is invisible and odourless, but it causes just as much harm to people's health as the smoke that is visible, according to the ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Geraint Lewis on predicting admissions and the wisdom of staff
Geraint Lewis on predictive risk algorithms
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Organisational energy
I agree totally with Helen Bevan's article on organisational energy but can't help thinking about the amount of energy being wasted in primary care trusts across the country as they grapple with the Commissioning a Patient-Led NHS.reconfiguration.
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Air conditioning on the NHS
Patients with breathing problems could soon be prescribed air conditioning on the NHS to help them cope with hot weather, health secretary Patricia Hewitt is expected to announce today. Those with a lung condition that worsens in warm weather could be given a £500 portable cooling unit for their homes.
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Hewitt defends nurses' pay offer
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has said the 2007-08 pay deal for NHS staff and GPs is 'sensible' and 'fair'. Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a 1.5 per cent rise in April and 1 per cent more in November; hospital doctors a flat £1,000; junior doctors 3 per cent; ...
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Day of protest tomorrow
Over 40 protests against health service cuts, closures and marketisation will take place tomorrow as part of the national day of action being co-ordinated by NHS Together, the campaign alliance of NHS staff unions and associations.Read more here
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Communities for Health best practice published
The Department of Health has published a report on case examples and best practice from the pilot areas of Communities for Health.Communities for Health: learning from the pilots details how communities have addressed a wide range of health issues and tackled health inequalities.Read the report here
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Research network to widen clinical studies access
The government has announced it will invest £2m a year in a new initiative to widen involvement in clinical studies.The Primary Care Research Network will consist of eight regional teams of specialist doctors, nurses and scientists who will work with GP practices, health centres and dental practices to raise awareness ...
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Chiefs reveal frustrations over doctors' contracts in HSJ survey
Most chief executives would cap GPs' pay, abolish clinical excellence awards for consultants and write off historic debts if they had the power.
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Comment
Unity will unlock gateway to success
Sir Ian Carruthers' two-month review of England's reconfiguration proposals urges much greater co-ordination of effort - a more united front to replace a series of skirmishes.
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Carruthers sets reconfiguration recommendations
NHS South West chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers has completed a report on recommended processes for local NHS reconfigurations.The findings are outlined in a letter to strategic health authorities from NHS chief executive David Nicholson.Read the letter here
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NICE publishes mental and sexual health guidelines
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published recommendations on mental health and on reducing transmission of sexually transmitted infections.The mental health guidance concerns problems during pregnancy and after giving birth. It also covers the care and treatment of women who already had a mental health problem before ...
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Health and Social Care Awards winners named
Twelve teams from NHS and social care organisations across England picked up prizes at the 2006 Health and Social Care Awards on Monday.The winners were chosen from more than 1,500 entrants whose innovation and ideas with others in the health and social care field was recognised.www.healthandsocialcareawards.org
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Smoking cessation statistics released
The Information Centre for health and social care has released statistics on NHS stop smoking services in England for April to September 2006.It has also released General Practices Quality and Outcomes Framework 2005-06: exception reporting summaries for England and community care statistics for 2005-06.Read more here
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Committee sets audiology inquiry date
The health select committee has given a date for an evidence session into audiology services in England.The session will be held on 8 March. Witnesses include the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, health minister Ivan Lewis and hearing aid firm Ultravox.
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Government calls for discussions on happy workplaces
The Department for Work and Pensions has called on businesses, government and charities to discuss and agree what constitutes 'good work' and ensure workplaces are happy, healthy and productive.Work and pensions minister Lord McKenzie this morning opened the first in a series of events which will inform and develop a ...