South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2796
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HSJ Knowledge
Faith in food: how the world's religions have flavoured our cuisine
Many of our favourite tastes and traditions have spiritual as well as culinary importance
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HSJ Knowledge
More recipes for success from Race for Health
Why not click through and cook the latest fantastic meal from Race for Health? It's the NHS's flagship programme for supporting better health in black and minority ethnic communities.
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News
Ill health costs £100bn
People should be kept healthy at work and be helped to return to work if they get ill, according to a review of work-related health services.The review, led by national director for health and work Dame Carol Black, found that ill health costs £100bn a year and that the human ...
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Doctors to get extra training in alcohol-related health problems
To help tackle the health effects of alcohol misuse 60,000 new doctors are to be trained to identify and treat people who are drinking too much, public health minister Dawn Primarolo has announced.
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Over 6,600 more staff in NHS
There are 6,625 more frontline staff working in the NHS than a year ago, according to figures published by the NHS Information Centre. The figures include 2,033 more doctors, 1,262 more nurses, 624 midwives and 252 fewer managers.
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Scottish government steps up fight against hospital infections
Prudent prescribing of antibiotics and a surveillance programme to monitor and provide data on organisms that are resistant to antibiotics is part of a hospital infections action plan released by the Scottish government.
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Prison drug services falling short
Prison drugs services often fall short of even minimum standards, a report by the UK Drug Policy Commission has said. The report says community treatments are likely to more appropriate than imprisonment in many cases but not enough is known about which interventions for drug dependent offenders actually work. ...
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Services must focus on recovery says report
Mental health services need to focus more on recovery and less on medication and symptom control, according to a policy paper published by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. The paper says that radical change is needed to give service users more opportunities to get their lives back.
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Comment
David Woodhead and Valerie James on tackling decommissioning
Government is stepping away from setting central targets and relinquishing direct control over delivery. Locally identified needs and priorities will take their place. Directors of public health and commissioning will be at the vanguard of service reform in the health service and local councils.
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Comment
Raj Persaud on getting blood out of a stone
Management is all too often about persuasion; powerful managers are better at persuading those in the workplace to pursue helpful change, while less competent managers are not so effective at overcoming resistance.
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HSJ Knowledge
Médecins Sans Frontières?
There are conflicting approaches to providing NHS care to those not entitled to it, and the charity Médecins du Monde is at the front line of the battle. Mark Gould reports
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Comment
Stephen Ramsden on stability in leadership
This month I celebrate 10 years as chief executive of Luton and Dunstable Hospital. For the first few years, I concentrated on building an environment of trust and respect between managers and doctors.
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HSJ Knowledge
Fresh thinking on problem drinking
Gillian Gale, Oliver Hill and Lucio Cicolecchia explain a twin strategy that aims to relieve some of the major pressures caused by alcohol abuse
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HSJ Knowledge
One man's vision for the future
Former junior health minister David Lammy, now skills minister, tells HSJ about his plans for a more skilled healthcare workforce
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News
DH report shows mixed progress on health inequalities
There has been progress on tackling health inequalities but the difference between women's life expectancy in poor areas and the rest of the country is still growing, says a Department of Health report.
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Doctors publish report on involving patients
A report on public and patient involvement in the NHS will be launched by the British Medical Association today.
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Launch of oral health plan for Wales
New measures to improve dental health in Wales will be announced by health minister Edwina Hart today.
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NHS failing people with learning difficulties, say experts
The NHS is failing people with learning difficulties, according to an editorial published in the BMJ today.
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Radiation warning for hospitals
The Healthcare Commission has urged hospitals to ensure they are not exposing patients to unnecessary doses of radiation through x-rays, CT scans and other procedures.The regulator's first report on x-ray and radiological incidents, published today, shows one in three involve the wrong patient and reporting is patchy.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS continuing care: a new batch of claims?
Compensation claims from patients who were denied continuing healthcare on the NHS are beginning to hit finance directors' desks. David Lock explains how to respond to them