All Health inequalities articles – Page 18
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CommentThe idea of charging for care may have been killed for good
The Barker commission delivers a huge blow
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CommentElection 2015: Let GPs set up 'free school' style clinics
Free clinics would raise primary care standards
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NewsAction urged on health of homeless
Action is being urged to help give homeless people the treatment they need for a range of physical and mental health problems.
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NewsCCGs target steep cuts in avoidable admissions and deaths
Clinical commissioning groups have set themselves ambitious targets to cut avoidable admissions and improve patient experience over the next five years, plans submitted to NHS England reveal.
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NewsMental health rising as reason for helping homeless
Mental health has become an increasingly significant reason for housing homeless people, an analysis of figures recorded by councils show.
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NewsOne hundred practices 'may shut amid cuts'
Around 100 GP practices could be forced to close due to cuts in national funding, leaving patients in rural areas without a GP, doctors’ leaders have warned.
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NewsAmbulance 'postcode lottery' costing lives
About 2,500 lives a year are being lost due to a “postcode lottery” in how ambulances respond to heart attack patients, a former service boss has claimed.
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HSJ PartnersWe are failing to meet the palliative care needs of BME communities
Barriers to care need to be torn down
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NewsDH acknowledges 'first fall in life expectancy since 2003'
The Department of Health has acknowledged that life expectancy at 75 – one of its corporate indicators – fell in 2012 for the first time in many years.
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HSJ KnowledgeEqual access to the NHS: the next step
A new system can create a fairer NHS for patients
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HSJ KnowledgeHow trusts have increased equality for staff and patients
Increase diversity in NHS senior management
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HSJ KnowledgeDementia: the untold story of our BME population
More focused commissioning is needed for BME patients
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Checks 'won't tackle unfit doctors'
Checks aimed at identifying poorly-performing doctors will do nothing to help find or stop them, according to a poll of more than 5,600 doctors.
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CommentCCGs left little wriggle room by new funding formula
NHS England allocations take health inequalities seriously
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NewsNew funding formula approved
NHS England today rejected a proposal that would have seen more than 100 clinical commissioning groups facing real-terms cuts next year so additional funds could be directed to their most underfunded peers.
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NewsOrgan donation rates vary across UK
There are “striking” geographical variations in the numbers of people who donate kidneys after they die, a study has found.
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NewsNHS England to consider real terms cuts for some CCGs
Some NHS clinical commissioning groups could face real terms budget cuts in 2014-15 under a radical approach to funding allocations that will be considered by the NHS England board this morning.
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NewsCancer care 'postcode lottery'
Cancer patients are facing a postcode lottery of care within the NHS, with patients in some areas four times less likely to get an early diagnosis, it has been reported.
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NewsMap to expose dementia care gaps
Significant gaps in care for dementia sufferers will be exposed by an interactive online map being published by the government as part of a bid to improve the way they are treated by the NHS.
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NewsLung cancer care delays revealed
Almost half of lung cancer patients have experienced delays at some stage of their care, according to a new report.