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Housing support 'is cost effective'
Hot on the heels of the Darzi review, the Integrated Care Network has published a study that suggests health and social care investment in housing support is cost-effective and can transform lives.
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Supporting world class commissioning
Primary care trusts and practice-based commissioning clusters need accurate, up-to-date information to develop better services for patients. Work is under way to ensure the Secondary Uses Service delivers what they need, writes Tim Straughan
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Online guide offers support to commissioners
A booklet detailing the key NHS information services available to support commissioners has been launched by the NHS Information Centre.
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Nurses' pay increases by 4.2 per cent
Qualified nurses' estimated basic pay increased to £27,000, according to the NHS Information Centre, which published its latest estimates of NHS staff earnings on 26 July.
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Improving English language skills in the NHS
Ensuring that all NHS workers have a good grasp of written and spoken English is an essential part of the patient safety drive, as Rosemarie Simpson explains
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Paul Allen on failure breeding success
Having recently returned from a frustrating day's skiing, I was regaling a friend with my experiences over dinner. He asked me how my day had been.
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Dr Michael Clark on using evidence
In health and social care the idea of using evidence to inform policy development and practice is now the norm. But there are still many challenges and potential pitfalls associated with using evidence.
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Early intervention in psychosis
The first early intervention service in the UK was established in Birmingham in 1989. This was after a period of evidence growth from clinical and research development. Early intervention in psychosis is an established part of the service configuration of modern mental health services.
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Improving access to psychological therapies
The improving access to psychological therapies programme has always been heavily engaged with evidence and its development. It emerged on the basis of evidence that many people with common mental health problems could benefit from improved access to psychological therapies.
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National social inclusion programme
There is a complex pattern of interaction between social exclusion and mental health. It is important to be thorough about evidence because of this complexity and to ensure that our understanding of issues is not confused or oversimplified. This requires sustained engagement with evidence.
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Vin McLoughlin on how Darzi can improve patient care
If the NHS is to improve the quality of care it provides, its leaders need to work in partnership with patients to give them the information and skills to understand how to best manage their condition.
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Sir Alan Langlands to chair Health Foundation board
Sir Alan Langlands will be the new chair of the board of governors of the Health Foundation. Sir Alan will take over the role when Sir David Carter steps down in January 2009.
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Health Foundation report estimates cost of life years
A new Health Foundation report has estimated the cost of 'saving' one extra year of life in five disease categories using a measure of years of life lost instead of a mortality rate.
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Health Foundation raises concerns over stroke care
The UK lags behind other developed nations in stroke care and England is far from meeting its own targets, according to a new Health Foundation report.
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Information Centre alcohol report paints a worrying picture
Hospital admissions specifically related to alcohol have more than doubled in England since 1995, according to an NHS Information Centre report.
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NHS Comparators wins national award
The NHS Comparators website scooped the Best use of Information award at the annual ASSIST awards.
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The future focus for social care information
Demands and expectations on the social care system in England have changed significantly over the last decade. Our population has grown dramatically and its composition has evolved greatly in terms of age and ethnicity. In deciding how best to address these needs, providers need to consider how to offer a ...
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Freeing bottlenecks in vital services
When you have highly qualified, expert staff in costly facilities, the last thing service managers need are bottlenecks that make it difficult for patients to access vital services quickly, writes Christina Pond
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Defining the role of the physiotherapist
With more than 35 million work days lost each year in the UK to occupational ill health and injury, it has been widely acknowledged that physiotherapists should play a key role in delivering future occupational health strategies, which in turn must be brought into mainstream healthcare provision.
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Paul Allen on business principles for the NHS
Last year, I wrote an article for this column on the role leadership plays in building and sustaining great organisations. It featured the work of Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built To Last.