South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2942
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New ways of working progress report is launched by CSIP
The new document is aimed at everyone working in mental health and looks at ways staff can share responsibility and work more flexibly within teams.
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A flexible approach from new ways of working
The new ways of working programme.is about developing enhanced and new roles for mental health staff so as to deliver effective, person-centred care in a way that is personally and organisationally sustainable.
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New ways of working regional workshops
Following a national launch on 25 April, there will be a series of.regional launches to support the implementation of new.ways of working throughout the summer.
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Comment
Dr Nick Griffin on clinical input in the development of HRG4
In 2002, the Department of Health developed a policy to fund healthcare by a national tariff applied to patient level activity. This policy, payment by results, required a new currency for the grouping of activity.
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Dr David Jenner on the workability of PBC
Are primary care trusts and strategic health authorities really encouraging GPs to get to grips with practice-based commissioning? Or are some of them encouraging this policy to fade away?
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Andrew Castle on questioning the status quo
By observing working practices first-hand, it can be easier to challenge the status quo and increase productivity.
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Kate Silvester on using data
Data is crucial to running an effective health service, but it can be misleading.
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Death in America: improving end-of-life care
Caring for dying patients.is the biggest challenge facing the NHS, which can learn from the US, say Richard Smith and colleagues
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Andrew Jones on independence day
'The conundrum is simply how to devolve day-to-day responsibility to an independent board with the benefits of efficient delivery, local decisions and avoidance of political interference'
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Half of emergency units could be axed, say Conservatives
Almost half of all NHS hospital accident and emergency units could be shut if reforms are implemented, the Conservative party has claimed. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said 92 departments out of 204 could be closed down or downgraded if trusts follow official guidance that A&E units should in future ...
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Nearly all A&E units meet four-hour wait
A&E services are delivering the fastest ever access to treatment, according to the latest Department of Health figures. In the year up to March 2007, 98.2 per cent of the 18.9 million people who attended A&E departments were seen, diagnosed and treated within four hours.Read the full report here
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Decision on directly enhanced services ends uncertainty
NHS Employers and the BMA's GPs committee have agreed that the 2006-07 directly enhanced services for access, and choice and booking will be rolled over into the current financial year. The move ends months of uncertainty where some Primary care Trusts have introduced locally enhanced services as interim measures.
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Millions could be saved on prescribing costs
The NHS could save up to £200m if all doctors made cheaper prescribing decisions, according to a National Audit Office report.Prescribing costs in Primary Care identified that there is scope for most PCTs to increase efficiency without affecting clinical outcomes by using more low-cost drugs. It also found there were ...
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Radical thinking needed in diabetic care, says czar
Diabetes czar Dr Sue Roberts believes those working with and affected by diabetes need to think radically about new approaches to care and NHS services. Her report on the state of diabetes care in England gives an overview including prevalence, costs, commissioning and care planning.To see the report click here
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Review of fertilisation rules launched
A review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 has been launched in response to scientific developments and changing public opinion. The law governs assisted reproduction and embryology.To see a draft of the revised law click here
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Joined-up thinking needed in children's palliative care
Palliative care services for children and young people in England and Wales have developed in an ad hoc way and are poor in some parts of the country, a review for the Department of Health has found. It says there is a lack of understanding of children's palliative care and ...
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Staff organisations suspend membership of Mental Health Alliance
Five organisations have suspended their membership of the Mental Health Alliance so as to form their own coalition to support mental health modernisation. Amicus, the British Association of Occupational Therapists, British Psychological Society, Royal College of Nursing and Unison said they took the move reluctantly but wanted to show support ...
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Trauma and orthopaedics result in most outpatient appointments
Nearly 15 million people attended a first outpatients appointment in 2005-06, of whom 8.7 million were referred by a GP, according to figures released by The Information Centre for health and social care. Fourteen per cent of outpatient activity resulted from trauma and orthopaedics. More than three-quarters of the first ...
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Mental health services adversely affected by targets
Mental health services have been adversely affected by pressure on other parts of the health economy from measures such as the 18-week target and a push to make financial balance, a poll of mental health chief executives has found. The poll was due to be published later today at the ...