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Community
Chlamydia cinema
After NHS Hull controversially bought a yacht as part of a youth development scheme, it appears other primary care trusts have come up with equally innovative approaches to improving public health. Or, as the Daily Mail put it, they have taken the opportunity “to blow taxpayers’ money in more imaginative ...
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CommunityLookey-likey: swine flu and the Girl Guides
The swine flu logo used by junior doctors’ pressure group Remedy UK would not be out of place on the front cover of a Stephen King novel.
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NewsFirst NICE quality standards will include stroke
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to create its first quality standards on stroke, dementia, neonatal care and venous thromboembolism.
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NewsAmbulance services: urgent attention for non-emergency care
Complex forces at work in urgent care mean too many costly ambulance trips are being taken by non-emergency patients. Dave West analyses the figures and looks at the explanations
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CommentAlan Maryon-Davis on NHS carbon cutting
Chill winds in the funding forecast are no excuse to let go of the NHS’s energy saving and waste reduction targets - they just add to the urgency to act now
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CommentMedia Watch: GP access and swine flu panic
Proof that the Department of Health’s drive to improve GP access was working arrived from an unlikely source this week.
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CommentMichael White on swine flu and summer holidays
August has arrived so I delved into my health archive looking for a holiday subject. Straight away I stumbled on the House of Lords science and technology committee, chaired by the redoubtable Stewart Sutherland.
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Information
Swine flu: letter to Directors of Adult Social Services
There are some key actions that Directors of Adult Social Services needs to be taking now:1. Continue to raise awareness amongst your staff of the most up-to-date advice and guidance, available on the Department of Health website at www.dh.gov.uk.2. Keep in close contact with your Director of Children’s Services on ...
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Swine flu: letter to Social Care Reference Group
I will be concentrating my efforts on supporting social care by working to: Build capacity and resilience across all sectors; Ensure we are working closely with health colleagues nationally, regionally and locally to increase readiness; Ensure leadership and direction is given to all those involved in the management and delivery ...
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News‘Unprecedented’ review by PCT finds progress after Mid Staffs scandal
South Staffordshire primary care trust has published what it calls an “unprecedented” review of care at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, after installing its own staff to check on standards.
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NewsPCTs urged to chase mental health value
Patchy spending on adult mental health services around the country has prompted calls for commissioners to tackle inequalities and ensure they are getting value for money.
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NewsFinancial fallout for London trusts from medical school redundancies
Four London hospital trusts could be hit with a bigger bill for academic staff due to a massive savings drive at Imperial College faculty of medicine.
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NewsCall to extend clinical outcome data on choose and book
The Department of Health’s GP czar David Colin-Thomé has called for clinical outcome data to be included in the NHS’s electronic booking system choose and book.
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NewsLabour calls for wider C diff probe
Labour has called for an inquiry into an outbreak of C difficile that caused nine deaths at a hospital in Scotland to be extended across the country.
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News
GSK claims 'rapid progress' on swine flu vaccine
Drugs company GlaxoSmithKline says it is making “rapid progress” on its swine flu vaccine.
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Information
Pandemic influenza: guidance on meeting the needs of those who are or may become vulnerable during the pandemic
The purpose of this guidance is to emphasise the need for vulnerable groups to be taken account of in the pandemic flu plans drawn up by primary care organisations and their partners (NHS trusts, foundation trusts, local authorities and the third sector). The guidance is for England only.
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Blogs
Boards, micromanagement and failure
‘I think people who fail, fail because they’re not involved enough’. So said Sir Martin Sorrel of communications group WPP last month when discussing micromanagement. It’s an interesting dichotomy isn’t it?
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Learn here about the biology of feeling under pressure, says David Lewis
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CommentPete Mason on open and closed doors
Managers with an “open door policy” should walk directly up to their doors and bang their heads against them.
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HSJ KnowledgePCT commissioners' fertility conference video archive
Is wishing to start a family a medical need or lifestyle choice? This is just one of the questions facing commissioners.