All News articles – Page 1202

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    DH consults on dementia strategy

    2008-06-19T13:05:00Z

    The Department of Health today launched proposals for England's first-ever dementia strategy.

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    More young girls having abortions, statistics show

    2008-06-19T13:03:00Z

    The number of girls under 16 having abortions went up last year, new figures show.

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    Wales offers support for chronic pain sufferers

    2008-06-19T13:01:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly today unveiled plans aimed at improving services for the thousands of people in Wales who suffer chronic pain from conditions such as arthritis and back problems.

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    Invest in HR to save lives, managers told

    2008-06-19T11:20:00Z

    Chief executives at the NHS Confederation annual conference have been urged to promote human resources issues to reduce deaths and improve patient care.

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    Increase patient choice to control demand, Confed hears

    2008-06-19T11:10:00Z

    NHS Choices could be used to help manage demand for treatment, Department of Health director of system management and new enterprise Bob Ricketts has told the NHS Confederation annual conference.

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    Implement new technologies with care, trusts told

    2008-06-19T10:25:00Z

    Every trust should establish a technology planning committee to evaluate new technologies and consider their impact on the workforce and operation of the trust, attendees at the NHS Confederation annual conference have heard.

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    Managers urged to use time efficiently

    2008-06-19T09:55:00Z

    Senior leadership teams in the NHS could save more than 2,000 hours a year by making meetings more efficient, attendees at the NHS Confederation annual conference have heard.

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    Foundation says it will use surplus to loosen PFI ties

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    The chief executive of the foundation trust with the biggest cash surplus has said his organisation will use its £120m to minimise its dependence on the private finance initiative.

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    Foundation failures upset Monitor

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    An increasing number of applications for foundation trust status are being turned down first time round because they are not up to scratch, it has emerged.

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    Look to Europe to improve healthcare

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    Professor Le Grand's assertion in your piece 'Just a Pawn in the Game' that despite being badly served under politicians, the NHS 'would have been worse under any other way of doing it' does not stand up to international scrutiny.

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    Data is essential for judging success

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    Last week's Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission report provides a welcome opportunity to take stock of the progress the government is making with its reforms of the NHS in England.

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    Corporate manslaughter legislation

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    In response to 'Academics slam two-tier legislation', the duty of care we owe patients detained under the Mental Health Act should afford them more protection under the law than the rest of the population, not less.

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    Top-up review set to question core NHS principles

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    The 'founding principles of the NHS' are to be revisited after the government launched a review of the ban preventing patients making 'top-up' payments for drugs.

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    Choice and competition are not local reality

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    The important review by the Audit Commission and Healthcare Commission should lead to better recognition of the huge difficulties facing reform. There are very few people in the NHS who see choice and competition as key policies for improving services.

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    Confed warns over challenges of innovation

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    Developments in genetics, regenerative medicine, web technology, surgery and telehealth will challenge the NHS, according to an NHS Confederation report out this week.

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    Inquiry into manslaughter case criticises care

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    An independent inquiry into the treatment of a paranoid schizophrenic with delusions about prominent politicians and the royal family has criticised mental health services.

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    Primary care leaders needed

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    The joint Audit Commission and Healthcare Commission report on the progress of reform highlights issues such as commissioning not driving movement of care from hospitals, and wide variation in implementation of reform nationally.

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    Improving care for older people

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    I read Nicky Hayes and Jonathan Webster's article 'Give old people a seat at the modernisation table', having just given a presentation at the Royal College of Physicians on 'the role of the nurse in musculoskeletal services - care for the older person'.

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    Integrated care heightens provider monopolies risk

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts will need to hold powerful monopoly providers to account if Lord Darzi gives integrated care systems the go-ahead.

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    Capital's PCTs give Darzi the thumbs up

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    Polyclinics are likely to be up and running across London by April 2009 following primary care trusts' endorsement of proposals in Lord Darzi's Healthcare for London.