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Training for the third age: responding to the needs of an ageing workforce
As the country's workforce ages, employers and employees must dispense with the notion that some members of staff are too old for training and development
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Football and mental health webpage launched
The Football Association has launched a section on its website to raise awareness of good practice in football and mental health initiatives.
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Specialist cleaning inspectors to be deployed
Teams from the Healthcare Commission will check that hospitals are meeting cleanliness standards from April, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.
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Foundation trusts in breach of MRSA targets
Seven foundation trusts have been required by regulator Monitor to explain how they plan to improve their infection control performance.
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Managers blamed for infection control failings
Eighty per cent of respondents to a survey carried out for healthcare group BUPA said they blame managers for superbug infections, while only 1 per cent blamed doctors.Respondents also said they were not prepared to travel more than 20 miles to go to a hospital they considered to be clean. ...
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Junior doctors on understaffed rotas, says BMA
Three in 10 junior doctors are working on understaffed rotas, according to a survey by the British Medical Association.
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David Lee on foundation trust members
Foundation trusts are facing an increased focus on their membership development performance.
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Neil Goodwin on becoming a better leader
Although we may occasionally have feelings of schadenfreude when watching the ups and downs of other organisations, especially if they are our competitors, we should be charitable and limit our interest to gaining understanding for personal learning.
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HSJ survey reveals trusts' progress on deep cleaning
Not all trusts will have carried out a 'deep clean' of their hospitals by Monday's deadline, HSJ can reveal.
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Alzheimer's needs more research, survey shows
The public wants Alzheimer's disease to be one of the top three medical research priorities.
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Comic Relief project investigates elder abuse
Comic Relief and the Department of Health have launched a £2m joint project to investigate the prevalence of elder abuse on NHS wards and in care homes.
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More children admitted in emergencies
The number of emergency admissions for children and young people under 20 rose by 18 per cent between 1996-97 and 2006-07, official statistics show.
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ISTC payment framework announced
The Department of Health has set out the costs it is prepared to cover as a result of last year's rescoping of the phase two independent sector treatment centre programme.
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Trusts to miss deep clean deadline
Not all trusts will have carried out a 'deep clean' of their hospitals by Monday's deadline, HSJ can reveal.
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Practices' minimum income is a guarantee of health inequity
Figures obtained byHSJ this week reveal huge variations in the amount GP practices are paid for doing their job, regardless of how many patients they serve or the severity of their needs.
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Freedom of information: accountability is part of the job
Hounslow primary care trust's failure to meet its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act was so severe that the information commissioner Richard Thomas served draft High Court papers to force it to reveal information - the first time this has happened under the act.
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Call to target NHS money at young people
A leading Church of Scotland minister believes the NHS should stop using its money to keep the elderly alive and spend it on the young instead.
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NHS dentistry spending rises by 50 per cent
NHS expenditure on dental services increased by 53 per cent between 1997-98 and 2005-06, figures published today by the Information Centre for health and social care show.The strategic health authority showing the greatest percentage increase in expenditure over this period was South Yorkshire at 69 per cent. The lowest rise ...
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Former NHS executive jailed
A former NHS executive has been jailed for 12 months for forging land profits in an attempt to wipe out his trust's financial deficit.
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Ombudsmen rule against mental health trust
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership trust and Buckinghamshire county council failed to provide an acceptable standard of care for a man with severe learning disabilities, a joint investigation by two ombudsmen has found.