All Cancer articles – Page 68

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    Alan Johnson

    2008-11-13T01:00:00Z

    Alan Johnson, secretary of state for health

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    Primary numbers

    2008-10-02T09:00:00Z

    Commissioning is no longer just about PCTs checking the invoices from the acute trust or the ISTC. Andy Cowper investigates the key role of information in commissioning in primary care.

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    DH intervention forces cancer rethink

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    A primary care trust has been forced to review its plans to centralise specialist gastrointestinal cancer services after what is believed to be an unprecedented intervention by the Department of Health.

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    HIV services: caring for older patients

    2008-09-22T09:00:00Z

    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

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    Stop-smoking case studies: quitters can win

    2008-09-18T09:00:00Z

    Now the most motivated ex-smokers have stubbed out their last cigarette, Ingrid Torjesen finds out how services are reaching out to the less enthusiastic would-be quitters

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    Sift through the ashes of smoking

    2008-09-18T09:00:00Z

    Could the death toll have been lowered by offering nicotine replacement therapy on the NHS earlier? Emma Baines looks through the policy history of smoking cessation

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    Patient safety records: silent witness

    2008-09-15T09:00:00Z

    General practice logs just 0.4 per cent of all patient safety reports. Are GPs keeping quiet to protect their businesses or are patients reluctant to complain? Mark Gould investigates

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    View from the floor: end of life care

    2008-09-15T09:00:00Z

    Helene Hibbert is a Macmillan occupational therapist. She works in end of life care at St Mary's Hospital in London's Imperial College Healthcare trust

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    Making internal communications work

    2008-09-12T09:00:00Z

    Communicating effectively with staff can head off PR disasters and help trusts take advantage of their best ambassadors, says Lyn Smith

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    Adolescent services: smells like teen spirit

    2008-09-01T09:00:00Z

    The teenage years are not the easiest: testing boundaries, asserting your independence and taking risks - and this age group often falls between child and adult healthcare. Claire Laurent reports on moves to target services for young people's needs

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    Making the most of patient and public involvement

    2008-08-29T09:00:00Z

    Involving patients in service improvement is a great way of ensuring that services meet local needs. Catherine Oakley and Anne-Marie Conneally explain how one trust has achieved this

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    Stroke strategy: how are we doing?

    2008-08-14T09:00:00Z

    The national stroke strategy, which launched in December 2007, aimed to improve services for those who suffer stroke and to intervene early to prevent stroke.

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    Improving quality: a perfect 10 from patients

    2008-08-14T09:00:00Z

    The next stage of NHS reform will be about improving quality - and an ambitious outcomes measurement regime will be crucial, say Jon Sussex and Adrian Towse

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    Cancer screening: two decades on target but still more to do

    2008-07-31T09:00:00Z

    Thousands of women's lives have been saved thanks to the screening programmes introduced 20 years ago. However, there is no cause for complacency, as marginalised women still need to be reached.

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    Cornwall's one-site cancer plans run aground

    2008-07-31T09:00:00Z

    A primary care trust's aim to centralise specialised cancer services has been derailed by the council's overview and scrutiny committee, which wants a full public consultation.

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    One year on from the smoking ban

    2008-07-21T09:00:00Z

    One year into the smoking ban in England it is still too early to predict its long-term effects on public health but there are reasons to be cheerful, says Stuart Shepherd

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    More of the NHS's top people

    2008-07-17T09:00:00Z

    I think you missed out some key people from your Diamond Sixty list. For instance national cancer director Mike Richards, for delivering the cancer plan and developing the cancer reform strategy. He encourages a bottom-up approach and listens to patients and staff.

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    Jon Restell on praise for the NHS

    2008-07-17T09:00:00Z

    I am writing this column soft-eyed at the close of the busy next stage review/NHS 60th anniversary week, with Nye Bevan staring exhortation at me from my desk calendar.

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    Drifting apart: why health inequalities are getting bigger

    2008-07-17T09:00:00Z

    Is it fair to expect the NHS alone to stop health inequalities widening when they are shaped by so many factors in society - income, housing, education - or is the health service failing in its basic responsibilities?

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    Deaths data: under threat

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    The national confidential inquiries into why patients die have saved lives, but funding problems now threaten their own survival. Rebecca Norris looks at their prospects