South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2780
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving the detection of COPD
There are over 15 million people in England with long-term conditions. Lord Darzi's interim report last October highlighted how less than 50 per cent of patients with long-term conditions receive optimal treatment, and that care does not always meet recommended guidelines.
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HSJ Knowledge
Restoring trust in the healthcare profession
Patients need to believe in their doctor to get the best care, but how can real trust be built if they are always seen by different GPs? It is time to return to old-fashioned good manners and small practices
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News
Severe mental illness unit to close
A national service for people with severe personality disorders is to close. South West London and St George’s Mental Health trust is ‘temporarily’ closing Henderson Hospital in Surrey next Wednesday due to insufficient referrals and income.
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News
Targets create ambulance staff tension
Government targets and organisational change have been blamed for 'disappointing' staff survey results from ambulance trusts.
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News
IT a challenge for polyclinics
The patient record and information systems created by NHS Connecting for Health will be a 'significant challenge' to the realisation of the vision for polyclinics.
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Comment
Is your trust tackling inequalities?
Is your trust making real progress in overcoming health inequalities? Read Robina Shah's commentary and join the discussion by posting your thoughts below
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Comment
Simon Jones with news from the NHS in Wales
I suppose, as this is the first of my missives from Wales, it would be just as well to bring the less than ardent follower of things Welsh quickly up to date on where we are in the principality.
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News
Progress report on genetics published
The Department of Health's chief scientist and director general for health improvement and protection, Professor David Harper, has published his progress review on the implementation of the 2003 white paper on genetics.
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News
Survey reveals poor awareness of communications disabilities
The general public is unaware of communications disabilities such as aphasia, a survey has found.
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News
Scotland asked to review ban on gay blood donors
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Ross Finnie has urged the Scottish government to examine whether the blanket ban on gay men donating blood could be lifted without compromising public safety.
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News
Diagnostic waiting times halved, new statistics show
The number of patients waiting longer than six or 13 weeks for 15 key diagnostic tests in England has halved in the past month, statistics published by the Department of Health show.
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Union condemns NHS pay deal 'threat'
Unite has condemned what it calls a threat by NHS chief executive David Nicholson to stage the 2008-09 NHS pay award if the unions do not back a three-year pay deal worth 7.999 per cent.In a letter, Mr Nicholson says: 'If the proposed agreement is not accepted by union members, ...
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Comment
Awards preview
Reducing Health Inequalities sponsored by the Department of HealthWhen East Lancashire primary care trust's Accident Prevention project won the Reducing Health Inequalities category, the team didn’t just collect the award for themselves. Janet West, integrated service delivery manager explains:"We entered because we wanted to highlight the commitment at an organisational ...
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Comment
Mike Nelsey on NHS data security
Giving staff quick and efficient access to patient information while ensuring that such data does not fall into the wrong hands is a key challenge facing the NHS
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Comment
This week's All Our Yesterdays
23 April 1948, Public Assistance Journal and Health and Hospital ReviewFrom an article on the care and dressing of wounds:"A surgical nurse’s hands should be kept in good condition by being thoroughly dried after each washing and by the use of a good hand cream that will prevent cracks and ...
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Comment
This week's lookey likey
Apparently BBC radio and TV presenter Adrian Charles purports that he is often mistaken for survival expert Ray Mears. Surely some mistake, we hear you cry - surely Mr Chiles strikes a closer resemblance to consultant, leadership guru and HSJ columnist Neil Goodwin? While being obliged to watch Match of ...
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News
Review of children's mental health services calls for evidence
The independent child and adolescent mental health services review has launched a national call for evidence.
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News
Survey shows rise in practice-based commissioning
The number of new services commissioned through practice-based commissioning is rising, according to figures from the Department of Health.
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News
GPs hesitant to collect ethnicity data, study shows
Researchers at Warwick University have found that a gap in data collection is preventing the identification of ethnic minority patients at high risk of chronic illness.
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News
Ethnic dress linked to better mental health
Young people who dress according to the customs of their ethnic group are less likely to have mental health problems than those who do not, new research suggests.