All Voluntary sector/third sector articles – Page 21
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Older people's charity calls on services to forge links for elderly
The chair of a new 'super charity' has called on managers to forge closer links with social services to ensure older people stay in hospital for the right length of time.
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Breast cancer sufferers need better support - Breast Cancer Care
Patients with secondary breast cancer have poor access to healthcare support, a survey has found.
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Sandy Watson on how the NHS can help young people
At any one time, there are about 35,000 young people in Scotland who are not in education, employment or training. Of these, 6,000 are aged 16, 9,000 aged 17, 12,000 aged 18, and 8,000 aged 19. Men are more likely to fall into this group than women.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health information: tackling the prostate cancer taboo
A play by Benjamin Zephaniah has helped tackle the stigma of prostate cancer. Suresh Rambaran explains how it came about
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Emma Dent on the credit crunch
When I was young my local council lost the equivalent of about £40m in today's money when the bank BCCI collapsed.
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Diabetes cases rising fast, charity warns
The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK has risen by more than 167,000 in a year, Diabetes UK is warning.
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HSJ Knowledge
Charities and the NHS private finance conundrum
Should NHS organisations set up charities to help them run PFI projects? Ted Powell examines the legal issues involved
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Long Term Conditions Alliance faces merger
Members of the Long Term Conditions Alliance were this week set to agree to merge with a new patient representation body.
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Ciaran Devane on surviving cancer
The latest buzzword in cancer care is 'survivorship' - a word that has caused a bit of controversy since it was first used in the cancer reform strategy to describe the rapidly growing number of people living with or beyond cancer.
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Mental health volunteering scheme has global ambitions
This World Mental Health Day, South London and Maudsley foundation trust is supporting a new initiative to encourage volunteering with VSO.
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TV campaign promotes mental health
The Care Services Improvement Partnership in the East of England and charity the Mental Health Foundation have launched a mental health promotion TV campaign.
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HSJ Knowledge
Building bridges to beat diabetes
Confronted with rising numbers of people with type 2 diabetes, a New Zealand health board forged a cross-sectoral alliance under the banner of Let's Beat Diabetes. Chris Mules, Chad Paraone and Paul Stephenson report
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Carers behind bars
Thank you Julia Tabreham for putting a spotlight on 'carers behind bars' - prison inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill.
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Age Concern seeks views on older people's care
Age Concern is seeking views on how to improve the quality of care and support for older people.
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VSO through the eyes of a health management volunteer
In her regular column from Cambodia, Patricia Sloan looks at how VSO has evolved over the last 50 years
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HSJ Knowledge
Getting to the bottom of NHS diabetes care
Diabetes is on the rise and is estimated to be responsible for more than one in 10 deaths in England - so why are more GPs not detecting and monitoring it, asks Emma Dent
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Nicky Jonas on NHS volunteers abroad
Volunteering offers stressed-out NHS managers the chance to make a difference in the developing world and learn valuable new skills that can give them an edge when they return home.
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Richard Branson joins Patients Association
Sir Richard Branson, Baroness Kennedy, Professor Sir Iain Hutchison and Dr Evan Harris have all become vice presidents of the Patients Association.
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Women ignoring vaginal infections, says charity
Nearly half of all women are ignoring symptoms of vaginal infections, according to a survey by women's health charity Wellbeing of Women.
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HSJ Knowledge
HIV services: caring for older patients
As people with HIV/AIDS live longer, services must adapt to meet the needs of more patients and the first generation of HIV-positive pensioners. Emma Dent reports