All Long-term conditions articles – Page 24
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NewsChild epilepsy care variations revealed
There are serious geographical variations in care for children who suffer from epilepsy, leading doctors have warned.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire patients rate telehealth
PERFORMANCE: Almost 90 per cent of patients receiving telehealth services in Gloucestershire would recommend the service to their friends and family, an anonymous survey by NHS Gloucestershire has found.
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NewsNew health ministers' portfolios unveiled
The Department of Health has announced the full ministerial portfolios for its new team of junior ministers.
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NewsVision support service is launched in Scotland
A new service that aims to help people come to terms with losing their sight has been officially launched.
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CommentFixing the broken system
Urgent action is needed to change how health and social care are delivered
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CommentPutting the quality back into QIPP
Pursuing value could be the right step towards transforming the NHS
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CommentThe healthcare arms race
It is blinkered to assume the best innovations come from developed nations
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NewsKidney donations site to launch
A controversial website offering patients the chance to plead for kidney donations will launch in the UK today.
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NewsHuge rise in gastric bypass ops
The number of gastric bypass operations carried out by the NHS in England has risen five-fold during the past five years
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NewsPensioner cancer cases 'to treble by 2040'
The number of pensioners with cancer will treble by 2040, researchers suggest.
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HSJ Local
Leeds and Bradford to be designated centre for rare respiratory condition
STRUCTURE: Leeds Children’s Hospital – part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – has been named one of four national centres for children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in a collaboration with Bradford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsCall to target kidney care costs
Kidney disease costs the NHS more than breast, lung, colon and skin cancer combined, yet too many cases remain undiagnosed and untreated.
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NewsPost Polio Syndrome awareness urged
Greater awareness has been urged among family doctors of a debilitating neurological condition almost as common as Parkinson’s.
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NewsLife expectancy linked to jobless rate
A greater risk of premature death is faced by people living in areas of England with long-term low employment, new research has claimed.
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NewsElectronic health research funding
Four centres of excellence in electronic health research are to be set up.
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NewsEngland 'could learn integration lessons from Wales'
The NHS in England could learn lessons from Wales when it comes to getting different parts of the health service to work together, the chief executive of NHS Wales has said.
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NewsGames drug testing labs to become research centre
A £10m scientific research centre is to be based on the site of Olympic drug testing laboratories, David Cameron has announced.
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NewsSurvey finds 91pc of people have not heard of telehealth
A YouGov survey has revealed 91 per cent of UK adults have never heard of telehealth or telecare – despite the Department of Health’s Three Million Lives campaign to promote it.
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