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Career Path: rising to the top
Dr Simon Eccles talks to Stuart Shepherd about his path from medical school to a variety of roles in NHS management
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self-certification reviews
Foundation trusts must accurately "self-certify" on all healthcare targets under a system which allows them to monitor their own performance or risk "significant financial and regulatory penalites", Monitor has warned.In December the regulator decided to scrutinise 11 foundation trusts which had failed to hit performance targets they had claimed they ...
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Report side effects, pharmacists urged
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has launched a six-week campaign to get community pharmacists to mention the yellow card scheme for identifying side effects when talking to customers about their medicines.
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Social care managers working longer hours
Eight out of 10 social care managers regularly work more than their contracted hours, a report by the Chartered Management Institute has found.
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Tories warn over Darzi polyclinic plans
Junior heath minister Lord Darzi's plan to introduce polyclinics throughout the UK will not improve family services, according to the Conservatives.
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Call for better veteran mental healthcare
Clinical care and rehabilitation services for wounded servicemen and women by the Defence Medical Services are world class but mental health treatment is not thorough or systematic, a report by the Commons defence select committee has said.
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Heart disease target met five years early
The target of reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease by 40 per cent in people under 75 has been met five years early, according to a progress report on the coronary heart disease national service framework.The report also outlines achievements of a capital programme to provide facilities for treating patients with ...
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Career changes will turn nurses into 'handmaidens', say unions
Nurses will become mere “handmaidens” who lack leadership skills under planned changes to nursing careers, unions have warned. The Department of Health’s consultation on post-registration nursing careers, which ended last Friday, proposed moving away from early specialisation, with nurses instead working in five shorter term “pathways” such as mental health ...
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minimum gp core hours
The Department of Health has no plans to set a minimum number of consulting hours GP practices should provide during their contracted core hours. As the government plans to set a minimum threshold for hours practices must be available for appointments outside the hours of 8am to 6.30pm Monday to ...
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New advice on promoting dignity in care
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has published guidance for health and social care workers on legislation designed to protect patients' dignity.
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£33m equipment boost for Welsh hospitals
Hospitals across Wales are to get a share of almost £33m to buy equipment and improve patient facilities, it was announced today.
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National breastfeeding helpline launched
A national breastfeeding helpline that will provide practical support and information to mothers - backed by £150,000 a year - was launched by public health minister Dawn Primarolo today.
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Scots veterans 'entitled to priority treatment'
All armed service personnel who develop health problems as a result of serving their country are entitled to priority treatment on the NHS, says guidance to Scottish health boards issued today.
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Quarterly A&E waiting times published
The Department of Health today published the latest quarterly figures for accident and emergency department waiting times.The statistics for the quarter ending December 2007 show trusts' performance on the total amount of time patients spend in A&E from arriving to being admitted to hospital, discharged or transferred elsewhere.
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CSIP urges greater health and social care integration
New cultures and methods of working together are the key to more effective health and social care services, according to a guide published today by the Care Services Improvement Partnership Integrated Care Network.
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Unison reacts over mental health ward assaults
Unison's head of nursing Gail Adams has described yesterday's Healthcare Commission report on assaults on mental health ward nurses as 'shocking reading'.
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Major inconsistencies between medical schools
Tests taken byUKdoctors show enormous variation in performance depending on which medical school they attended, according to new research.
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NHS private clinics 'underused'
Independent sector treatment centres carrying out NHS care are not seeing as many patients as they have been contracted to treat, according to figures published by the Department of Health.
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NHS changes 'are yet to deliver'
Payment by results has yet to deliver significant improvements, according to a report published today by the Audit Commission.Under PbR, productivity has not risen greatly although the report conceded that the policy had not borne out fears it would damage patient care by cutting costs.
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Violence increases but training in restraint techniques is still on hold
Urgent proposals for dealing with violent patients are still awaiting government funding 10 years after the death that sparked them.HSJ has discovered that a national training scheme for staff in acute mental health wards has been on hold for years, despite fresh evidence of increasing violent behaviour.