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2,000 in move to own homes
Nearly 2,000 people with learning disabilities are to be moved into their own homes after the DH announced £175m in funding for primary care trusts to close NHS institutions.
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When will NHS digital dreams become a reality for patients?
The internet is helping feed the public's huge appetite for information. But with NHS websites struggling to live up to their potential and fears of a 'digital divide', how is the health service going to meet this challenge? Alison Moore reports
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All Our Yesterdays
August 15, 1941, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital ReviewThe distinction between “war injuries” and “war service injuries” was outlined this week.War injuries could be sustained by anyone and could include physical injuries caused by the discharge of any missile, the use of any ‘weapon, explosive or other noxious ...
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Weird world health
End Game’s family once had a cat that suffered a stroke and is ashamed to say that until this tragic event occurred, they did not realise that felines were subject to such health events, thinking that they were limited to humans.Now more evidence of the health problems that can be ...
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Trusts advised not to settle women's back pay claims
Trusts have been urged not to settle back pay claims from women who claim they were unfairly treated before the introduction of Agenda for Change.
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Home births to be included in payment by results tariff
Home births will be included in the payment by results tariff next year to support choice for women the chief executive of NHS has announced.
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Maternity networks invited to bid to become early adopter sites
Maternity networks are being invited to bid to become early adopter sites to speed up the implementation of Maternity Matters.
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Agencies cost less
Agency doctors are up to£4,500 a year cheaper than locums from the NHS's own staffing bank, research claims.Independent healthcare analyst Laing and Buisson compared the cost of employing doctors through commercial recruitment agencies with hiring from NHS Professionals (NHSP), the in-house agency used by more than 60 health trusts.It found ...
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Airborne medics save lives claim helicopter charities
A charter for air ambulances is fuelling debate over the future roles of air and land ambulances. Four independent air ambulance charities have signed up to new standards including a commitment to 'pre-hospital care doctors' on flights.
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Warning for 'optimistic' foundations
Foundation trusts could see one of their freedoms curtailed if they continue to make 'overly optimistic' predictions about their performance.
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DoH to push choice policy using payment by results
The government has announced it will begin using payment by results to drive choice.
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Agency docs are 'cheaper than locums'
Agency doctors are up to £4,500 a year cheaper than locums from the NHS's own staffing bank, claims new research.
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CfH pulls paid-for google link
Typing 'where did all the money go' into Google until recently directed users to the website of the Department of Health's IT programme.
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HSJ launches revamped website
HSJ has launched a new-look website featuring extra content and designed to be easier to use.
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A&E 'downgrade' forces trust to trash 10,000 magazines
West Kent primary care trust has had to destroy nearly 10,000 copies of a free patients' magazine because of an embarrassing listings error that has reignited fears over reconfiguration plans.
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Inequality targeted
The most deprived areas of the country are to get help to raise life expectancy and meet 2010 targets to reduce health inequalities with a health inequalities intervention tool.
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Deliver dignity calls
Mental health charities have stepped up calls to scrap mixed-sex wards following a government commitment to treat mental health patients with greater dignity.
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NICE stands firm, but the public must learn to respect rationing
When the High Court upheld NICE guidance on Alzheimer's drugs, it was seen as an endorsement of its fairness and credibility. But unless the public is better informed of resource issues, unrealistic demands for new drugs will continue to be an issue, writes Helen Mooney
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Where NHS finance goes wrong
A new report has called for more "honesty" in financial forecasting in the NHS.Health trust chief executives and finance directors are frightened of publishing bad financial forecasts for fear of losing their jobs, claims the report by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)."Understandably, they may delay bad news for ...
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All Our Yesterdays
August 21, 1936, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital ReviewOn the issue of vagrancy in London: ‘It is highly probable that a large number of vagrants in their wanderings touch London…in a six months period the London Public Assistance Committee has dealings with some 13000 separate individuals who have ...