South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 3051
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Waiting list breakthrough in Northern Ireland
No patients are waiting more than nine months for surgery in Northern Ireland for the first time, government figures for the end of October have revealed.This time last year 5,600 patients were waiting for inpatient or day case surgery for more than nine months.Read more ...
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Infection control risks revealed
Fewer than half of NHS trusts have a ringfenced budged for infection control, and nearly half of respondents said staff are not adequately trained in infection control, according to a survey carried out by the Patients Association.The survey, which polled directors of nursing, infection control nurses, and microbiologists, also revealed ...
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First herbal medicine licensed
A gel used to relieve muscular aches, sprains, and bruises has become the first UK product to be licensed under the European directive on traditional herbal medicinal products.Under the registration scheme, operated in this country by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, products must meet standards of quality, safety ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Predicting the future
Cutting emergency hospital admissions among those with long-term conditions would save the NHS millions. But how can those at risk be identified, traced and their needs addressed? Daloni Carlisle looks at two solutions
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WHO director general shortlist announced
Five candidates will be interviewed today for the post of director general of the World Health Organisation.They candidates are: Dr Kazem Behbehani; Dr Margaret Chan; Dr Julio Frenk; Dr Shigeru Omi and Ms Elena Salgado Mendez.For more on the appointment click here
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Demand management ineffective and costs rise under PBR
There is a lack of evidence around which demand management schemes make payment by results more effective.Research by the York University's Centre for Health and Public Services Management and Centre for Health Economics also found the system has increased the scope for disagreement between trusts and primary care trusts over ...
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Fear of stigma holding back people with mental health problems
Over 80 per cent of people with mental health problems have taken steps to minimise the risk of having negative reactions from others.A survey by Scottish anti stigma campaign See Me found that 78 per cent had actually experienced stigma or discrimination. The interim research was released to coincide with ...
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Crisis resolution teams should manage psychiatric admissions
Crisis resolution and home treatment teams should manage all admissions to psychiatric wards and be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to a guide to the services published by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.The teams will be unsuccessful unless they reduce the number and length ...
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Massive investment needed in prison mental health services
Overcrowding in prisons is intensifying the mental health problems of huge numbers of prisoners. A report by the all-party parliamentary group on prison health has called for massive investment to provide a stepped care model of services, rapid improvement to the transfer system for patients who need to be taken ...
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Chronic diseases threaten economies
Chronic diseases including heart and lung disease, cancer and diabetes should be more prominent in international development agendas as they threaten the economic growth of the developed and developing worlds, according to a new report.The report by the Oxford Health Alliance found that chronic diseases can cost up to 6.8 ...
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BAFTA nomination for teen health drama
A unique educational youth drama on TV and the internet - which focuses on issues like teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, alcohol and drugs through the stories of six teenage friends - has been nominated for a BAFTA award for the second year running. ...
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Comment
Hilary Thomas on being half-way through radiotherapy
Soon I can put radiotherapy and my emotional reaction to it behind me and enjoy Harry Hill's advice: 'My auntie used to say, what you can't see won't hurt you. She died of radiation poisoning'
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Clinical governance
While I agree with using data for decision making (Click here to read the full story), for this to happen effectively we need greater management leverage of clinical governance.
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Professor David J Hunter and Jeffrie Strang on public health and organisational reform
The justification for the current reorganisation of strategic health authorities and primary care trusts is to strengthen the commissioning function of PCTs and to save £250m in management costs. But are these good enough reasons and will the mergers create a period of stasis? ...
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Information prescription
Prescription Pricing Authority and hospital prescribing-derived data are available from the Information Centre
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Dave Lee on listening to complaints
The idea of a committee as an inherently good thing may be counter-intuitive. When Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman Baroness Julia Neuberger decided in 1993 that the community trust she was chairing should have a customer services committee, there were no bets on its longevity.
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When 3x9=24 and fewer tired doctors
A fresh approach to rota design in the wake of the European working-time directive could help ensure that doctors and patients are better looked after. Professor Roy Pounder explains
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Dave Roberts on QOF and chronic diseases
The quality and outcomes framework rewards general practices for providing evidence-based, high-quality care to patients with a specific set of chronic conditions. But its data can be used to improve other processes.
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Legal briefing: preparing for strike action
Managers should take heed of the first national strike to hit NHS service for 18 years to learn lessons for the future
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Community equipment survey
The Information Centre is seeking a clearer idea of how community equipment is sourced and provided by local authorities