All Public and patient involvement articles – Page 12
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HSJ Local
NEW Devon imposes widespread restrictions on smokers and obese patients
Morbidly obese patients in most of Devon will have to lose up to 5 per cent of their weight before undergoing any elective surgery, under plans confirmed by the country’s largest clinical commissioning group.
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Comment
Don't call me 'frail': Older patients don't want to be defined by their condition
Focus on social aspects
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News
Concern over CCG dialysis transfer
The health secretary has come under fire from charities and MPs for agreeing to transfer the responsibility for renal dialysis commissioning from NHS England to clinical commissioning groups
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Comment
Talking dirty to the public
Being honest about NHS reform is a political taboo worth breaking
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Comment
Only patients can unlock the potential of electronic records
The benefits of patient access to data are manifold
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News
Patients to be able to write in their records from 2018
Patients will be able to add comments into their care records from March 2018 under new plans to make the NHS fully digital by 2020
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Comment
A new partnership could stop preventable diseases
Charities are ready to be part of the solution
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HSJ Knowledge
Root out inequality in breast cancer care
Asian women in the UK have very high incidence of the disease
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Comment
How to put the forward view's words into action
The NHS should be accountable for how it delivers what matters to patients
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Comment
No party should feel comfortable with their NHS position yet
None of the parties have had a decisive breakthrough
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Comment
The NHS shouldn't accept failure to learn from preventable errors
We need to listen to care experience
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Comment
We can be cautiously hopeful about NHS's forward view
Focus must remain on patient centred care
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News
Fall in GP engagement with CCGs, NHS England survey finds
Only half of GPS feel they are involved in CCG decision making, according to an NHS England commissioned survey
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Supplements
Supplement: Capitalising on people power in the London Health Commission
Analysing the findings and consequences for Lord Darzi’s review
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HSJ Knowledge
At the click of a button: Healthcare's future transformed by technology
Avatars, eHealth platforms and wireless monitoring
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire council votes against hearing aid charging
FINANCE: Proposals by North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to cut funding for hearing aids have been opposed by a local authority scrutiny committee.
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News
Exclusive: Ombudsman seeks new powers to investigate NHS
A new public services ombudsman should be established with powers to probe the decisions of clinical commissioning groups and councils, the Parliamentary Health Services Ombudsman has said.
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Comment
Irrational UKIP appeal puts pressure on the mainstream parties' NHS pledges
Voters are wary of the various NHS pledges