All News articles – Page 1206

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    GP incentives are not needed, 'inverse care' doctor tells MPs

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    The GP who developed the 'inverse care law' - which says those most in need of healthcare are least likely to receive it - has told MPs he objects to giving family doctors financial incentives to do their job.

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    Integrated care pilots tipped for Darzi review

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Significant changes to how primary care trusts commission services are being considered as part of Lord Darzi's next stage review.Sources have revealed to HSJ that pilots for integrated care schemes are strongly tipped to feature in the report due out in two weeks.

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    Prostate cancer protest

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    We wholeheartedly welcome Adrian Masters' assertion that quality has to bind the Darzi recipe for reform through better and effective commissioning, but we are disappointed the director of strategy at Monitor should make misguided comments on survival rates of prostate cancer in the UK as compared with those in the ...

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    Report proposes a single Welsh mental health body

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Mental health services across Wales should be overseen by a single body to plan and deliver mental health provision, including hospital and community-based services and social services, says a report for ministers.

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    Board diversity

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    I read with great interest the article by Nicola Bullen about diversity on NHS boards. Even after 60 years of the NHS, it is still run by middle-aged, middle-class white people, albeit with a few more women. So what is the reason behind this lack of progress, despite the recent ...

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    Better on pain management

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    In HSJ's Chronic Pain Management supplement, Shropshire GP Louise Warburton said the wait to see a pain management team in her area was six months.

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    Assessment for venous thromboembolism

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Regarding the HSJ investigation into levels of risk assessment for venous thromboembolism being undertaken for hospital inpatients, the all-party parliamentary thrombosis group was disheartened to hear that more than half of hospital trusts are failing to follow best practice guidelines that all patients receive this risk assessment on admission.

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    Nick Clegg pledges GP rewards in poorer areas

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said he wants to 'slant the playing field in favour of GPs working in the most deprived areas'.

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    Unison and RCN pay vote allays strikes threat

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Fears of widespread strikes among NHS staff were allayed after the two biggest health service unions voted to accept a three-year pay deal.

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    Alan Johnson steps up pace of inequalities reform

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson has outlined plans to ramp up the pace of reform in the face of a struggle to meet health inequalities targets.

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    Adult care threat

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Congratulations on your leader responding to Sally Gainsbury's report on councils' potential loss of £7bn social care funds to the Department for Work and Pensions.

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    Acquisitions need to be more attractive says takeover chief

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    The chief executive of England's only foundation trust to take over a failing hospital has urged the government to make acquisitions more attractive.In an exclusive article for HSJ, Heart of England foundation trust chief executive Mark Goldman warns ministers not to rely on 'heroism'. His comments follow plans to replace ...

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    DH warns Treasury of chaos after accountancy rule changes

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Department of Health officials warned the Treasury that accountancy rule changes affecting the private finance initiative would ‘throw the NHS system into chaos’.

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    Senior doctors back plans for 360-degree patient appraisals

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Senior doctors' leaders are backing plans to allow patients to rate consultants' personalities as part of '360-degree appraisals'.

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    Mental health services let children down

    2008-06-11T11:06:37Z

    Children whose parents have serious mental illnesses are being 'failed' by the system, which does not give enough recognition and support to help them cope with their parent’s illness and their own vulnerabilities, a report from the children’s charity Barnardo’s is expected to say today.

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    Public will decide on controversial treatments in Wales

    2008-06-11T11:05:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly Government has announced plans to establish a panel made up of members of the public to decide which specialist treatments should be provided by the NHS.Health minister Edwina Hart said: “I am not one of those people who believes that lay people cannot be trusted to be ...

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    Families with disabled children face poverty trap

    2008-06-11T11:04:53Z

    Urgent government action is needed to tackle the poverty trap faced by families with disabled children, the campaign group Every Disabled Child Matters has said.

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    Moral duty drives young NHS managers

    2008-06-11T11:04:02Z

    Today’s generation of young managers working in the health sector are driven more by the desire to do good than to earn a lot of money, a survey by the Chartered Management Institute has found.

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    Diagnostic waiting times fall

    2008-06-11T11:02:57Z

    The number of patients waiting over 13 weeks for one of the government’s key 15 diagnostic tests fell by 22 per cent between March and April 2008, the latest waiting time statistics show.

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    Profits boost for Boots

    2008-06-10T11:58:00Z

    Pharmacy and health and beauty group Alliance Boots has announced a 20 per cent increase in profits and a 4.8 per cent increase in revenue.