South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2846
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National IT programme glossary
NHS CfH: NHS Connecting for Health is the government agency that runs the national IT programmeNPfIT: the national programme for IT is responsible for digitising the NHSEnterprise-wide agreement: a deal for the whole NHS with a commercial software provider such as Oracle or MicrosoftGPSoC: GP systems of choice, a programme ...
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E.coli outbreak inquiry to start in February
Evidence on the second biggest outbreak of E.coli 0157 in the UK, which happened in Wales, will start to be heard in February, the Welsh Assembly has announced.
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Respite cash for disabled children's families
An additional £53m has been announced to improve short break services and financial support for families with disabled children.
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Extended protection for Scottish health workers
The Scottish Emergency Workers Act is set to be extended to cover doctors, nurses and midwives working in the community after regulations are laid before the Scottish Parliament.
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Scotland aims to improve dementia diagnosis
Targets for early diagnosis of dementia, guidance on supporting people with substance misuse and mental health problems, and a mental health collaborative to drive change around targets have been announced in Scotland.
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NHS money to go on social care
People receiving social care are to be given control of their own budgets. NHS money will be allocated to councils to spend on social care services to keep people out of hospital.The programme, Putting People First, was set up with the support of six government departments and health and social ...
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Comment
David Woodhead on looking to the French for public health cues
Tackling obesity means watching how - and not just what - we eat. French eating habits could be a good example for the UK
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Jenny Rogers on treating your staff well
One of the sheep/goat divides in human nature is whether those in senior roles are pleasant and courteous to the apparently ordinary folk who serve them.
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The right direction in medical training
Wider experience of primary care would create a more rounded learning experience for student doctors, suggest Chris Barrett and Andy Knapton
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Secure care: improving life in locked wards
The latest specifications for housing patients in medium secure care clarify the rules and include welcome proposals to improve life in locked wards. Rebecca Norris reports
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Productive ward: making time to improve patient care
Frontline staff will be able to devise their own strategies for spending more time with patients under productive ward. Alexis Nolan reports
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National IT programme briefing
It has been called the world's biggest civilian computer project. It has cost billions so far, has billions more to spend and is not even close to delivering the aims set for it in 2002. The national IT programme is, it would be fair to say, controversial.
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discrimination
A mental health trust has been slammed for the way it handled the unlawful sacking of a psychiatrist with mental health problems.Northamptonshire Healthcare trust, which is applying for foundation trust status, has now offered an undisclosed sum to consultant Dr Anders Skarsten following the highly critical employment tribunal.In July an ...
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Mental Health Act self-assessment tool launched
The National Institute for Mental Health in England and the Care Services Improvement Partnership have launched a self-assessment implementation tool to help trusts adhere to and implement the 2007 Mental Health Act.
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BMA condemns random shortlisting of junior doctors
The British Medical Association has hit out at what it calls the 'outrageous suggestion' that junior doctors applying for jobs in England next year could be shortlisted randomly.
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Crisis teams cutting admissions, NAO report shows
A report by the National Audit Office has found that crisis resolution home treatment teams are having a 'positive impact' on local acute mental health services, providing an alternative to hospital admission for people experiencing a short-term mental health crisis.
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Thousands march in protest against nurse sacking
Thousands of NHS staff took to the streets of Manchester yesterday in protest against the sacking of a nurse who spoke out against the privatisation of services.
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BME mental health admission rates above average, study shows
A census of the ethnicity of inpatients in NHS mental health and learning disability services has shown that some black and minority ethnic groups are three times more likely than average to be admitted as inpatients.
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Health and safety: new guidance for directors
Directors, governors, trustees and officers across the health sector now have a new template for their corporate and individual duties surrounding health and safety. David Sinclair explains the new guide, which from next April is likely to play a fundamental role in prosecutions for corporate manslaughter
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Reducing self-harm in acute psychiatric wards
Regularly checking on patients, raising the proportion of qualified nurses and organising more patient activity sessions can reduce self-harm and suicide attempts in psychiatric hospitals, according to one of the UK's largest research studies into self-harm on acute psychiatric wards