All Children's services articles – Page 38
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HSJ Local
National cancer unit opens at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
STRUCTURE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has opened a new £313,000 national cancer facility for patients aged 13 to 24.
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HSJ Local
Mid Essex PCT leading on safeguarding hub plan
STRUCTURE: NHS Mid Essex is the lead primary care trust in a plan to create an Essex-wide hub to host designated professionals for child safeguarding.
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News
£400m pledged for mental health services
The government is to channel an extra £400m into mental health provision in a bid to put it on an equal footing with physical health, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
General paediatric surgery - getting the delivery right
General paediatric surgery is increasingly being provided centrally, but routine care can be brought to local hospitals with managed clinical networks, writes Su-Anna Boddy
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Comment
'We all know what’s wrong with the NHS'
There are too many hospitals swallowing up too much money for too little return. Which is fine until you try to close or downsize one, and all hell breaks loose.
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News
Flu jab restriction 'not down to cutting costs'
The government’s chief medical adviser has insisted that cost-cutting was not to blame for the decision not to vaccinate all under-fives against flu.
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News
Panel rules on nurse accused of child sex
A district nurse accused of serial sex with a child will face the full force of claims against her, a professional panel ruled on Wednesday.
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News
Health and wellbeing boards are given new scrutiny role
Local authorities will be required by law to create health and wellbeing boards, the government has announced.
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News
Government sets out who will commission public health services
Immunisation, screening and public health for the under fives will in future be commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board, under latest government proposals.
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News
DH U-turns on cash cut to children's hospitals
The Department of Health has dropped plans that would have seen a significant drop in funding for some specialist children’s hospitals, following political protest.
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Comment
'Don't allow healthcare and public health improvement to be divided'
The raison d’être of local government is that elected councillors best represent residents’ concerns.
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News
75% of children with cancer 'must travel for care'
Three out of four children with cancer have to travel to another city for treatment, according to a new report.
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News
NHS Haringey and Great Ormond Street end contract
NHS Haringey, one of the organisations at the centre of the Baby P case, has said it needs a new provider of children’s community health services after Great Ormond Street Hospital opted not to renew its contract with the primary care trust.
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News
Children's hospital told to improve cleanliness
Health inspectors have called for a number of improvements to a children’s hospital in Scotland following an unannounced visit.
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News
Councils and NHS 'must cooperate on social care'
The health service and local government must work as partners on social care in the face of a spending squeeze, the NHS Confederation has said.
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News
Children's hospitals face 'stealth cuts' - Healey
Children’s hospitals face “stealth cuts” that could affect their ability to treat sick youngsters, ministers have been warned.
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News
PCT defends contraceptive pill decision
A scheme launched this week to allow girls as young as 13 to receive the contraceptive pill without their parents’ knowledge has been defended by the primary care trust running the service.
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News
Children's hospital ordered to improve cleanliness
Improvements at a children’s hospital in Scotland have been demanded after inspectors found evidence of stained mattresses and staff not washing their hands properly.
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News
Shadow health minister attacks children's tariff cut
Shadow health minister John Healey has said planned changes to hospital payments for children’s care could leave some trusts “millions of pounds short of the funding they need”.