All Health Service Journal articles in 20 October 2008
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National Patient Safety Agency issues hand hygiene advice
Guidance cards explaining how staff should wash their hands have been sent to healthcare providers across the UK.
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Wales urges older people to get flu jab
The Welsh health and social services department is advising over-65s and other vulnerable groups to get their flu vaccination.
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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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Scotland sets target to cut C difficile rates
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has set a target for health boards to reduce C difficile rates among over-65s by 30 per cent by 2011.
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DH announces primary angioplasty drive
Primary angioplasty should become the main treatment for heart attacks, the Department of Health has said.The final report by the national infarct angioplasty project said it was a feasible and cost-effective treatment for 97 per cent of people.
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Chief medical officer to chair public health board
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson is to chair the North East Public Health Board.
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Wales launches diabetes management guidelines
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has launched guidelines for managing adults with diabetes in Wales.
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New way of learning could improve child safety
A 'systems approach' to learning from serious case reviews could help identify what leads to good or poor practice in safeguarding children, according to a report by the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
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Individual budgets improve patient care, says report
An evaluation of individual budget pilots has found individual budgets can give people more control over their personal care and improve their quality of life.
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Patients get right to self-refer to physiotherapists
Patients will be able to self-refer to allied health professionals such as physiotherapists, speech therapists, dieticians and podiatrists, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.The British Medical Association warned that although the move could improve access it could lead to services being overstretched.
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Pay dispute threatens speech therapists' morale, union claims
Dissatisfaction at the government's three-year pay deal, which adds up to an annual pay increase of 2.7 per cent - just under half the rate of inflation, is creating a 'crisis' of stress and low morale among speech and language therapists, their union has claimed.
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Prioritise mental health during economic downturn, report urges
The UK must give more priority to protecting people's mental health, especially amid the anticipated economic turmoil and uncertainties, a report by the Foresight group says today.
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Scotland moves to stop GP 'commercialisation'
The Scottish government is today launching a consultation on the eligibility criteria for providers of GP services in a bid to stop the 'commercialisation' of GP practices.
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Pilot scheme for older people reduces hospital admissions
A pilot scheme to co-ordinate health, social care and housing support for older people has saved the NHS 73 pence for every £1 spent, due to avoided emergency hospital admissions, the Department of Health has claimed.
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Social care system ignores needs - Commission for Social Care Inspection
The system for means testing and rationing council social care services means the needs of many people are ignored and they are not given advice about the best care available to them, a report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection says today.
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PCTs mull pan-London immunisation programme
Primary care trust chief executives are considering plans for a pan-London immunisation programme.
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Child poverty costs £25bn a year - Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Child poverty costs £25bn a year in losses to the Exchequer and reduced gross domestic product, a charity that examines social problems has claimed.
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Over 90 per cent of patients treated within 18 weeks, new figures show
Referral to treatment times for August show that 90.3 per cent of admitted patients and 95.3 per cent of non-admitted patients completed their journey within the 18-week target.
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Asbestos awareness campaign begins in Scotland
The Health and Safety Executive in Scotland has launched a campaign to raise awareness of asbestos-related diseases - which kill 20 tradespeople a week in Britain.
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C difficile rates down 38 per cent, Health Protection Agency figures show
C difficile rates plummeted 38 per cent among over-65s during April-June 2008 compared with the same quarter last year.Health Protection Agency figures show that the number of cases in April-June 2008 was 8,683, also representing a drop of 18 per cent on the previous quarter.