All News articles – Page 1162

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    Patients need access to data

    2008-10-16T09:00:00Z

    Your supplement on information was both interesting and useful, and I was pleased to see the NHS Information Centre puts patients and the public at the centre of its lovely diagram.

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    Trusts expect tight pinch from 2010

    2008-10-16T09:00:00Z

    Real terms cuts expected to payment by results tariffTough road ahead for aspirant foundationsQuery over future of capital investmentStaff costs may fall in real terms

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    GP earnings drop slightly

    2008-10-15T12:20:00Z

    Average GP earnings before tax fell by 2.1 per cent between 2005-06 and 2006-07 to £107,667, a report from the NHS Information Centre has found.Although gross GP income increased by 1 per cent to £247,362 in that period, GP tax returns showed a 3.5 per cent increase in claimed expenses.

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    Wales sets out health spending priorities

    2008-10-15T12:16:00Z

    Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has set out priorities for spending increased health and social services funding. It is to go towards neonatal services, eating disorders, waiting times, mental health and autism.

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    Scotland consults on EU patient mobility directive

    2008-10-15T12:08:00Z

    The Scottish government has launched a consultation on how the draft EU directive on patient mobility affects Scotland and Scottish patients.

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    Alan Langlands to chair academic health science centre panel

    2008-10-15T12:04:00Z

    Sir Alan Langlands has been appointed as chairman of the International Academic Health Science Centre Designation Panel, which has responsibility for recommending to the health secretary which hospital partnerships should be awarded the AHSC status.

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    Annual health check case study: Rotherham foundation trust

    2008-10-14T14:24:39Z

    Rotherham foundation trust chief executive Brian James has made significant changes since joining three years ago, and seen ratings of fair for quality and good for resources improve to double excellent, writes Dave West.

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    NHS Employers calls for 2 per cent pay rises

    2008-10-14T12:21:00Z

    NHS Employers has called for pay rises in 2009 for NHS doctors and dentists to be limited to 2 per cent.In evidence to the doctors' and dentists' review body, it argues a balance has to be struck between fairness to staff and affordability.

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    Rise in GP practices offering extended hours

    2008-10-14T12:15:00Z

    A census carried out on 22 September shows that 51.4 per cent of GP practices are now offering extended hours.

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    Patient safety research fund launched

    2008-10-14T12:10:00Z

    A £5m research programme to look into service quality and patient safety has been launched.

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    Changes to general medical services contract agreed

    2008-10-14T12:06:00Z

    Changes to the general medical services contract for 2009-10 have been agreed. They include alterations to how quality and outcome framework payments are calculated to reflect the prevalence of long-term conditions and the reallocation of 72 QOF points, which will be awarded for a range of clinical interventions.

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    Primary care can tackle health inequalities - World Health Organisation

    2008-10-14T12:03:00Z

    Striking worldwide inequities in healthcare - including outcomes, access, annual government expenditure and what people have to pay - could be improved through integrated primary healthcare, a report by the World Health Organisation has said.

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    DH survey reveals slow progress on patient choice

    2008-10-13T11:46:00Z

    Results from the Department of Health's patient choice survey have revealed slow progress in increasing choice.The proportion of patients who recalled being offered a choice of hospital for their first outpatient appointment was 45 per cent in May, down from 47 per cent in March but up from 30 per ...

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    Harefield heart transplants under review

    2008-10-13T11:41:00Z

    The Healthcare Commission has begun a review of heart transplant services at Harefield Hospital after the national specialised commissioning team informed it of a rise in mortality rates.

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    Wales publishes guide for mental health service users

    2008-10-13T11:21:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly has published a guide to encourage mental health service users to become more involved in planning and developing services.

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    Britain 'faces pharmaceutical industry skills gap'

    2008-10-13T11:09:00Z

    A report by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry says a lack of skills will threaten the long-term future of biomedicine in the country.

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    Annual health check results due this week

    2008-10-13T11:03:00Z

    Annual health check results for 2007-08 will be published on Thursday, the Healthcare Commission has announced.

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    Feedback: are you listening?

    2008-10-13T01:00:00Z

    How do you react to feedback? HR consultant Sheila Williams suggests how to receive it

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    PCT must provide more funds for GPs

    2008-10-09T09:00:00Z

    As a GP with a special interest in diabetes and who is studying for an MSc in the disease, I read your article 'Eat all that and you'll be sick' with interest.

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    NHS could be sued under free market

    2008-10-09T09:00:00Z

    Plans to create a European Union free market in public healthcare could open the health service to legal challenges from patients demanding treatments that are not available in the UK.