All News articles – Page 1236

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    Yorkshire publishes vision for delivering Darzi reforms

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Higher life expectancy and fewer admissions to hospital for patients with long-term conditions, brought about in part by increased patient responsibility, are among the goals for NHS Yorkshire and the Humber.

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    SHAs to oversee delivery of Darzi reforms

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Strategic health authorities will be responsible for ensuring there is 'appropriate capability and capacity' in the NHS to deliver 'robust, evidence-based proposals', produce effective consultations and implement changes successfully, Lord Darzi's framework document says.

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    First regional Darzi visions offer glimpse into future

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Lord Darzi's review of the NHS finally became a reality this week with the publication of the first two regional plans spelling out what the process means for patients.

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    NHS Networks to close

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    NHS Networks has announced that it is to cease operating on 31 October after running out of funding.

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    Darzi review: Clinicians to be consulted on service redesign

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    The mantra for the reconfiguration of specialist care services is 'centralised where necessary, localised where possible'. Clinicians will play a lead role in determining what is possible under the proposals.

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    Modernising Medical Careers fallout

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Last week's health select committee report completes a full house of condemnation of the Modernising Medical Careers reform process, writes Matthew Jameson Evans

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    Poll of hospital patients reveals chasm in care standards

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    A Healthcare Commission survey of hospital patients in England has revealed ‘striking variations’ in some aspects of basic care.

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    Cannabis classification smoke screen

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Reclassifying cannabis as class B will achieve nothing. Our research shows only 3 per cent of people consider quitting the drug because of it being illegal, writes Paul Corry

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    Call to curb Liverpool's pub and food outlets

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    A ground-breaking commission looking into how to improve health in Liverpool has called for health impact assessments for planning applications to help fight obesity and alcohol-related problems.

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    Brown rethinks social care policy

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Prime minister Gordon Brown has suggested an insurance model may not be a reliable way to fund future social care provision.

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    Immigrants 'need psycho-social bridge'

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, has linked gang violence with the lack of mental healthcare available to immigrants.

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    Staff payment blunder at United Bristol Healthcare trust

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Hundreds of staff at a hospital trust have been left out of pocket after problems introducing the electronic staff record.

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    Barbara Young backed as Care Quality Commission chair

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Health select committee MPs have backed Baroness Young as a suitable candidate to chair the new Care Quality Commission.

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    Staff and associate specialist grade contract delay

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Daloni Carlisle's article on the staff and associate specialist grade contract negotiation fiasco misses points which could throw light on this, writes Sean Santos

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    National GP assessment to aid choice

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts will be able to assess GP practice performance against a national standard for the first time under a new primary medical care provider accreditation scheme

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    A&E attendance trap

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    I try hard not to respond to stories in HSJ relating to primary care, especially not to the deliberately provocative comments of the editor in his column, writes George Young

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    West Sussex A&E campaign undoes reconfiguration plans

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    A two-year battle to keep accident and emergency services at all three hospitals in West Sussex has ended in partial victory for campaigners.

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    Darzi review: NHS East of England is first with 10-year map

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Mental health waiting-time targets, urgent care centres and patient-held budgets all feature in NHS East of England’s 10-year ‘road map’.

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    New NHS bill to drive Darzi reforms

    2008-05-14T14:09:00Z

    Prime minister Gordon Brown has announced a new NHS Reform Bill to take forward proposals from Lord Darzi's next stage review.The proposed bill is part of the draft Queen's Speech, which Mr Brown unveiled today.

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    Inquiry reveals gap in paediatric training

    2008-05-14T13:21:00Z

    Children and young people with life-threatening illnesses are not being treated appropriately because the health professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.