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Scottish Executive unveils plans to reform nursing
New measures to reform nursing in Scotland have been unveiled by the Scottish Executive.Health minister Andy Kerr launched the Delivering Care, Enabling Healthstrategy, which will give nurses, midwives and allied health professionals a bigger role in patient care.The strategy was published alongside a review ...
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Healthcare managers face future outside the NHS, says IHM president
Many more healthcare managers may end up working in the private and voluntary sector, said the president of the Institute of Healthcare Management.Speaking at the IHM's annual conference in Cardiff, Gerry McScorley said the growing range of organisations delivering healthcare meant many new career opportunities.At the same conference, IHM chief ...
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Clinicians should take the lead on commissioning, says BMA
Government plans to change how NHS services are commissioned will only succeed with the full involvement of clinicians, the British Medical Association said today.Honest and open debate with the public is also crucial, said the association as it unveiled its own set of principles for commissioning.The BMA was responding to ...
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BMJ study says Evercare fails to cut hospital admissions
A new case management system for older patients has failed to reduce emergency admissions and death rates, says a study in the BMJ.The Evercare system is a key plank of government community care policy and has been rolled out across England.Researchers, who studied nine ...
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HIV awareness pack launched for schools
The National AIDS trust has launched a free resource pack to help teachers integrate HIV education into the national curriculum at key stages three and four. The trust fears the failure of the curriculum to include HIV within relevant subjects means many young people leave school without knowing the facts. ...
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Telephone marketing raising awareness of COPD
Cheshire and Merseyside Partnerships for Health (ChaMPs) are using telephone marketing to encourage vulnerable communities to reduce the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. People living in Vauxhall, Everton and Netherley in Liverpool, Kirby in Knowsley and Runcorn in Cheshire will be encouraged to ...
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Fall in psychiatric inpatient care suicides
Suicide in psychiatric inpatient care is becoming less common, according to research by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness. The study looked at all patients admitted to inpatient psychiatric care in England between 1997 and 2003 and found ...
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Dignity in care campaign launched
Minister for care services Ivan Lewis has launched a dignity in care campaign. The campaign aims to stimulate a national debate around dignity in care and a system of zero tolerance for abuse and disrespect of older people. A network ...
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NHS financial crisis squeezing medical education, BMA warns
Patient care could be affected by cuts to medical training and education, according to the British Medical Association. Funding for study leave and academic posts in medical schools has been cut to help tackle deficits. The BMA junior doctors committee has written to health secretary ...
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Belfast to get extra mental health services
A dedicated self-harm team, four additional cognitive behavioural therapists and a primary care mental health team for young people are to begin work in the North and West Belfast trust area. The services are part of the area's action plan on renewing communities.
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Richard Barker on why the IT programme is never going to come right
'NPfIT will never get back on track; it was never on track in the first place. It breaks every rule of project management - from scoping to delivery - and is patently failing to take into account the actual requirements of clinicians across the NHS.'
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HSJ Knowledge
David Lock on pressure to prescribe
'There are two potentially conflicting legal duties here - the duty to prescribe the drug and the legal requirement to break even'
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HSJ Knowledge
CSIP's eBook resource for commissioners and service providers
The Care Services Improvement Partnership's commissioning eBook (www.cat.csip.org.uk/commissioningebook) was launched at the end of March and contains a range of articles that represent current thinking and practice in commissioning.
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Nigel Walker on commissioning for outcomes
The publication of the white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Sayand subsequent feedback have shown commissioning to be the highest single priority across the country. In response the Care Services Improvement Partnership is bringing together a commissioning programme that can be delivered through its eight regional development centres. The ...
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Help for councils to get to grips with money
The October 2005 report by the Association of Directors of Social Services on spending pressures in learning disability services showed that the number of people with learning disabilities getting help from councils is going up.
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Copying outpatient clinic correspondence: letter to patient or GP?
The NHS plan flagged up improving communication between doctors and patients by having outpatient clinic letters to GPs copied to patients. We ran a study comparing this with writing a letter to the patient copied to the GP.
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Ruth Hussey on public health
'What are the new opportunities to improve the public's health and what can the public health team do for you?'
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Matron's mate
Community matrons can save money and improve care - and Nina Barnett and colleagues have the evidence to prove it
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Lean machine
The application of lean principles to reduce inefficiency is accepted in the NHS, but what about applying them to policy? Experience suggests mixed policy messages can be directly linked to waste.
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Dr Raj Persaud: mind games
'There are paradoxes at the heart of gaining power and influence over others. The first and most obvious in that others have to give it to you'