South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2824
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Eligibility for care criteria to be reviewed
The government has asked the Commission for Social Care Inspection to review the eligibility criteria that govern older and disabled people's right to care services.
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MRSA cases declining
A continued decrease in the number of MRSA infections in hospitals has been hailed as a major achievement by the Health Protection Agency.
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Statistics show 10-year drop in NHS productivity
Productivity in the NHS has fallen by an average of 1 per cent a year over the past 10 years, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics.The Conservatives seized on the data, claiming it was evidence NHS cash had been 'squandered' by the Labour government.
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New guidance on controlled drugs
The Department of Health has published new guidance for healthcare professionals in England on record-keeping requirements for controlled drugs such as methadone and morphine.
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HSJ Knowledge
Paul Allen on making the most of management competencies
Understanding competency frameworks can help the NHS use them to their full potential
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Personal healthcare budgets - a real possibility?
Hilary Blackwell asks whether putting people in charge of their own healthcare budgets could really work
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Patients denied admission as PCTs argue over who will pay
Patients deemed to be a threat to themselves or others are being denied hospital beds while commissioners squabble over money.
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All Our Yesterdays
February 6, 1948, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital Review "The fact has to be faced that the education of the wartime generation pf schoolchildren necessarily suffered a severe setback…Thanks are due to the devoted efforts of teachers and all others concerned with the service that this loss was ...
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This week's lookey likey
Another footballing lookey likey this week. The lure of Newcastle was not enough to tempt Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp to the north east. But oddly enough that fine region is the former base of Department of Health director general of NHS finance, performance and operations David Flory, to whom a ...
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Out of the picture
The NHS is still dragging its feet on race equality, especially in top posts. So will the relaunched Breaking Through programme kick-start the revolution, asks Caroline White
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Smoking cessation jumps by a quarter
Around 165,000 smokers quit between April and September 2007, an increase of 28 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to statistics released today.The figures are from the NHS Stop Smoking Service, which records the number of smokers who have successfully quit at their four-week follow-up interview.
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Support for doctors with physical and mental illnesses
NHS and independent healthcare providers are being invited to set up and run a new service to support doctors and dentists with physical and mental illnesses or addiction concerns.
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Depression peaks at 44, study finds
The probability of depression in men and women in the UK peaks around the age of 44, according to researchers in the US.
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Mental health charity pushes for alternatives to prison
The government should speed up efforts to ensure women are offered viable alternatives to a prison sentence, according to a Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health analysis.
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Cambodia
In the second of series on volunteering abroad, Patricia Sloan talks about how she is settling in to a new life in Cambodia.It is exactly two months since I left from Manchester Airport outward bound for Phnom Penh and into the unknown. I had spent the weeks prior to ...
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Social care needs unmet, says watchdog
People who do not qualify for social care are struggling with a poor quality of life, according to a report published today by the Commission for Social Care Inspection.
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Innovative Commissioning Award
Category: Innovative commissioningWinner: Older people’s home treatment teamContact: Simon Sullivan, tel 07786 707331E-mail: simon.sullivan@wolvespct.nhs.ukThe older people's home treatment service based at Penn Hospital in Wolverhampton is a unique and innovative service providing specialist integrated mental health assessment, treatment and support for older adults with complex mental health needs.Mental health nurse ...
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Information Sharing Award
Winner: Warwickshire drug and alcohol team - alcohol harm reduction informationContact: Lorna Ferguson, tel 01926 746808E-mail: lornaferguson@warwickshire.gov.ukWhen Warwickshire's drug and alcohol action team looked at information and advice for young people on drug and alcohol misuse, they did not find much that was up-to-date, easily accessible and relevant to the ...
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Getting equality right
Blair McPherson argues that promoting equality and diversity can help NHS organisations get their house in order
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Global challenge - volunteering abroad in mental health
Overseas volunteering is increasingly seen as a way for health professionals to get involved in improving global health. Here, Deji Oyebode explains how it works