South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2688
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Wales announces radical NHS reforms
Wales' eight acute trusts and 22 local health boards will be replaced with seven unified primary and secondary care organisations under a reform programme that scraps the internal market.
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Scotland next to review NHS top-ups
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has today pledged to review Scottish policy on topping up NHS care with private payments.
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Children's mental health services 'inadequate'
Young people with mental health problems are receiving inappropriate and inadequate care on adult wards because of a continuing shortage of hospital beds and facilities for people under 18, a report by the Children's Commissioner for England says.
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Age Concern seeks views on older people's care
Age Concern is seeking views on how to improve the quality of care and support for older people.
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Comment
Frank Burns on improving the patient experience
At the heart of Lord Darzi's next stage review is a commitment to deliver a step change in the quality of service provided to patients.
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UK government launches global health strategy
A strategy setting out how the UK government will work with the World Health Organisation and EU to improve world health has been launched.The strategy identifies health security, strong and fair health systems, more effective international health organisations, freer and fairer trade and stronger use of evidence as areas for ...
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No single mental health service for Wales
A separate organisation for Welsh mental health services will not be formed, Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has said.
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Data shows rise in Scottish QOF scores
Figures published today show the average number of points earned by Scottish GPs under the quality and outcomes framework is 982.2 out of 1,000, up from an average of 971.2 points in 2006-07.
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Welsh group to report on NHS funding for non-approved drugs
An expert group set up by the Welsh health minister to look at funding drugs on the NHS that have not been approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to report in the new year, it has been announced.
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Alcohol retailing consultation to end soon
The Department of Health has called for more responses to a consultation on alcohol retailing. The final date to submit responses is 14 October.
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Comment
Peter Reader on medical revalidation
As a GP, it seems to me that I have been waiting for a significant chunk of my active medical career for revalidation to finally happen, and I am not that fresh off the starting blocks.
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VSO through the eyes of a health management volunteer
In her regular column from Cambodia, Patricia Sloan looks at how VSO has evolved over the last 50 years
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Tobacco products to get picture warnings
Graphic picture warnings will be introduced on tobacco products from 1 October, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has announced.The Department of Health said smokers were more likely to remember the damage they are doing to their health if they have seen a picture.
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Patient safety reporting system in the pipeline
Anaesthetists and other clinical staff in England and Wales may soon have access to a specially designed system for reporting patient safety incidents and 'near misses'.
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Cancer may be linked to wealth, study finds
An analysis of more than 3,000 cancer patients has found cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people and breast cancer and melanoma higher in the wealthy.
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Northern Ireland to axe NHS prescription charges
Northern Ireland health minister Michael McGimpsey today announced that he intends to make all prescriptions free of charge by April 2010.
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Supplements
Magic touch: the revolution in information sharing
For the next stage of healthcare improvement, better and more timely use of information is not just important, it is vital.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS apprentices - as seen on TV
In an NHS scheme inspired by The Apprentice, 12 candidates competed for a management trainee post. Is this the future of recruitment?
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Comment
Ken Jarrold on public sector economics
The clouds of economic doom have gathered. When a sober chancellor tells you it is the worst situation for 60 years, it is time to take notice.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS social marketing: the hard sell
Public services in the UK have been slow to develop social marketing. Can the NHS reclaim the term so it is no longer thought of simply as spin? Caroline White reports