South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2842
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Genes triple bowel cancer risk, study reveals
Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK claim to have identified two common genetic variants that could triple a person's risk of getting bowel cancer.
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Hospital food gets low marks in Which? survey
A third of patients are unhappy with the quality of food served in hospitals, according to a new survey.Which? surveyed 1,000 patients and 250 members of staff.
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HSJ Knowledge
HSJ Christmas quiz
How well do you recall the ups and downs of the NHS in 2007? Test yourself with HSJ's seasonal quiz. And can you identify Santa's reindeers? Answers below
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HSJ Knowledge
Managing Freedom of Information requests in the health sector
The law on access to health details is meant to empower people but can sometimes be abused, writes Ian Cooper
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Ken Jarrold on improving the NHS through story telling
We live in an increasingly diverse and secular society yet the Christmas story remains a powerful force presented in Nativity plays, cards, music and above-average church attendances. It is a reminder of the power of story telling.
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Lisa Rodrigues on the NHS's influential people
In response to HSJ's list of the 50 most influential people in the NHS, I thought I would offer my own list of the people who have influenced my career in the NHS. It includes people I think make a difference, go that extra mile or who have influenced me ...
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International recruitment complications
The Court of Appeal's decision to outlaw Department of Health plans to limit the number of applications from international medical graduates has important implications for the 2008 recruitment round, write Nick Chronias and Afrene Campbell
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Stephen Ramsden on service co-design
When will we stop paying lip service to patient involvement? Can we truly say 'we are putting the patient at the centre of everything we do'?
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Cost-saving pilots
Two projects in the East Midlands are not only achieving better outcomes for people with enduring mental illnesses but making significant cost savings.
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Scotland sets out NHS workforce plan
The Scottish government has published its NHS workforce plan for 2008-09, which includes the training numbers for doctors and nurses.
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Guidance for emergency burns patients
The Department of Health has published its emergency planning guidance for the management of burn-injured patients.
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Hep C infections increase
The number of newly diagnosed cases of hepatitis C in England reached 8,346 in 2006 - 10 per cent higher than in 2005, latest figures released by the Health Protection Agency reveal.
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Inequality at birth still too great, figures show
The government is not on track to meet its targets for reducing inequalities at birth by 2010.
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Welfare overhaul could put mental health at risk, says charity
Mental health charity Mind has voiced concerns that people with mental health problems will be forced back to work under the government's strategy to overhaul the welfare system over the next four years.
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Regulate volunteer ambulance assistance, says Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission has called for national guidelines for community first responder schemes, where volunteers attend life-threatening calls alongside ambulances.The commission said CFRs should be properly audited and managed.
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Nicholson's operating framework gets mixed review
Managers have given this year's NHS operating framework a mixed response, welcoming its emphasis on improved commissioning, while expressing concern that the national priorities are too prescriptive.
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HSJ Knowledge
Expert career coaching
Health Service Journal is putting NHS managers in touch with professional coaches for a chance to talk through their goals and work dilemmas.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS procurement - the rules on tendering
Rules requiring trusts to tender health services contracts can be difficult to interpret, particularly for primary care trusts. Anne Crofts explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Public health campaigns: spreading the word about COPD
How do you encourage a tight-knit community to stop doing the one thing they already know is damaging their health but that they doubt they can live without? Cheshire and Merseyside Partnership for Health did just that with its 'catch your breath' campaign
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Government stockpiles pandemic flu antivirals
The government is planning to double its stockpile of antivirals to cover at least half the population in the event of a flu pandemic, health minister Dawn Primarolo revealed in her answer to a parliamentary question.