South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2878
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Alcohol-related deaths on the rise
A study published by the North West public health observatory has found that alcohol-related deaths are increasing.
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BMA says dental patients should not go to GPs
Patients with dental problems who are unable to see an NHS dentist should not seek treatment from their GPs, the British Medical Association has said.
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Campaign promotes school meals
In a bid to increase healthy eating among young people, the School Food Trust is asking headteachers to join its campaign to increase the number of children eating school food by 1 million per day.
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LMCs don't want polyclinics
GPs are set to challenge Lord Darzi’s blueprint for the NHS inLondon.BMA local medical committees inLondonhave called in doctors from the Royal College of GPs and the London Deanery in a bid to commission research that challenges what they say are assumptions in the plan.GPs are particularly anxious about the ...
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Glossary
Healthcare resource groupsThe national tariff is structured around case-mix measures called healthcare resource groups. HRGs represent groups of clinically similar treatments and diagnoses, which consume similar levels of healthcare resource.Market forces factorThis is the formula intended to counterbalance regional economic differences by adjustments to reference costs.Reference costsThe cost of each ...
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Useful PbR documents and websites
Implementing PbR: information on the 2006 rollout. DoH PbR Implementation Support Guide, March 2006. Introduction, pages 4-52006-07 PbR technical guidance: executive summaryRevised PbR tariff 2006-07Delivering the NHS Plan, the document that outlined the intention of PbRDoH introducing PbR. In particular the executive summary, pages 4-6Annexes to the introduction to PbR, ...
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PbR timeline
April 2002: Delivering the NHS Plan says payment by results will ensure NHS funding is backed by a new approach to efficiency.April 2003: A tariff is applied to extra non-elective activity for 15 procedures, including standard hip and knee operations across all acute trusts.April 2004: The first 10 foundation trusts ...
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Payment by Results briefing
In the April 2002 budget, the government announced the introduction of patient choice and the abolition of locally negotiated block contracts between primary care trusts and providers. Instead, it set up a system that would see hospitals paid for the activity they undertook under a system called payment by results.
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Safety studies must consider cost
Stephen Thornton's acerbic response in HSJ in September to my concerns about the patient safety industry engenders even greater concerns about this policy area, writes Alan Maynard
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Hilary Thomas on promoting diversity in the workplace
To truly celebrate diversity in the NHS, it is crucial to see beyond stereotypes, writes Hilary Thomas
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Helen Bevan on personal assistant power
We have just completed the initial test phase of our NHS Productive Leadership Team programme. The participating local NHS leaders have shown it is possible to reclaim a day's worth of time a week by improving their e-mail and meetings management and adopting new personal work processes, writes Helen Bevan
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Raj Persaud on what motivates us
The reasons for our actions may not be as straightforward as they seem, says Raj Persaud
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Commissioning: skills for the future
Since commissioning at primary care level offers an unrivalled opportunity to shore up the foundations of the NHS, pitching in is the way ahead, suggests Andrew Jones
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Patient involvement: young clients can become the boss
Getting users to shape a support service for young people was a tricky balancing act but worth the effort, writes Lizzie Neill
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Foreign affairs: migration and the NHS
Uncertainty about the number of migrant workers in Britain means that planning for demand on local NHS services may become increasingly tricky, writes Alison Moore
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Physical activity pilots launched in London surgeries
Adults who lead sedentary lifestyles, including some who may be at risk of conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure, are being encouraged by their GPs to take more exercise as part of a new physical activity pilot launched by the Department of Health in partnership with Natural England ...
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470,000 people risk blindness, warns Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is warning that up to 470,000 people with diabetes in England are at risk of going blind because primary care trusts are not meeting a government target.
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Dental patients forced to pay for private care
Many NHS dental patients in England are being forced to pay for private care, go without treatment or even pull out their own teeth, according to a survey by the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.
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Obesity crisis as serious as climate change, warns Johnson
The public health threat posed by obesity in the UK is a 'potential crisis on the scale of climate change', health secretary Alan Johnson has warned.
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Scotland unveils standards for private care
Patients in Scotland using private medical services are set to benefit from new standards designed to ensure they get the highest quality of care from independent consultants and GPs.