South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2946
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Mental health amendment scrapped
A House of Lords amendment to the Mental Health Bill to ensure no child under 18 would be placed on an adult mental health ward except in an emergency has been overturned.Minister for health Rosie Winterton was among Labour MPs who voted against the amendment.
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David Nicholson on service transformation
'We can only deliver genuine transformation of health care services if our staff understand what we are trying to do'
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New champion for patients and public
Health minister Andy Burnham has announced the appointment of Arthritis Care chief executive Neil Betteridge as the new national patient and public champion.Mr Betteridge will work with local NHS, key stakeholders and patient groups in an attempt to help deliver the Government's target to reduce waiting times by 2008.
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World Health Organisation launches clinical trial search tool
The World Health Organisation has launched a web site to enable researchers, health practitioners and consumers to search for information on clinical trials.The site works as portal into multiple clinical trial registers with a global search function.Access the site here
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Commons committee debates mental health amendment
The Commons Mental Health Bill committee will today debate a Lords amendment that protects children under 18 from being placed on adult wards and ensures they are looked after by specially trained staff.The amendment is strongly supported by the Mental Health Alliance.
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Nursing and Midwifery Council issues code of conduct draft
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published the latest draft version of its new code of conduct.The publication follows a three-month consultation that involved 2,000 nurses and midwives. A second consultation phase will be launched in June.Find out more here
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March waiting figures released
The Department of Health has published inpatient and outpatient waiting time figures for March 2007.Among the findings, the number of patients in England waiting over 20 weeks at the end of March was 15,200, a decrease of 24,900 from February 2007.
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Sharing good practice at the Patient Information Forum
The patient information forum is a multi-sectorial network with over 500 members that share a common aim; working to improve the way we communicate with patients and with the public about healthcare.
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HSJ Knowledge
Provider service specifications
The Commissioning from Foundation Trusts Network requested examples of service specs for primary care trust.provider services or other documentation that might help to develop service specifications from a PCT perspective.
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Critical decisions on critical care capacity
Historically, additional critical care capacity in a trust has usually occurred in response to repeated crises. This reactive approach is clearly less than ideal and a better solution involves planned or staged alterations in bed capacity to anticipate changes within the trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Reaping the rewards of e-learning
Airedale Trust has been working with the Lean Healthcare Academy to develop a series of pilot projects using a new training facility based at Airedale General Hospital.
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David Peat on Life on Mars (NHS-style)
'Much has been achieved in medicine and health, yet we have major issues surrounding obesity, alcohol abuse, sexual behaviour and drugs. We can't moralise, but some of the difficulties of 1970s society have morphed into new and sometimes exaggerated forms'
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Pharmacy pages added to NHS Networks website
The latest addition to the NHS Networks Resources section is a subsection on pharmacy.
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Local Hospitals Network conference success
The inaugural conference of the Local Hospitals Network, The Future of Local Hospitals: Our greatest challenge?.was held in London on 21 March 2007. All the presentations are available to download from the conference page.
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HSJ Knowledge
New network supporting refugee healthcare professionals
The Reachout Network is a newly formed, UK-wide network for people working to improve support for refugee healthcare professionals. A variety of projects will exist around the country and the network aims to bring together all working in the field.
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Kate Silvester on waiting lists
Instinctively, we feel that a system that keeps patients waiting is efficient because it keeps staff busy. However, the unseen and unused capacity results in a persistent waiting list with all its attendant risks and non-value-adding management costs.
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Fuelling health
As the nation's largest organisation, the NHS has power to damage or protect the environment and to advance the cause of sustainable development, says Anna Coote
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Blair picks list buster to crack down on waiting
Tony Blair celebrated his first year in office and stepped up action on hospital waiting lists
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Vaccine damage payment increased
Children who are damaged by vaccination will receive £120,000 instead of £100,000 from July 12. The increase was announced in the Commons by work and pensions minister Anne McGuire.Ms McGuire said it showed the government remains committed to providing families with financial support.Read the full written statement here
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Half of student nurses suffer abuse, says study
Nearly half of student nurses suffer verbal abuse while on their placements, including death threats and extremely obscene language, a study has shown.Researchers from Greenwich University presented their findings at the Royal College of Nursing's research conference, which ends tomorrow.Find out more here