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Looky likey
Our looky likey this week is suggested by NHS National Workforce Projects web development and new media officer Tim Gough. He writes: 'Has anyone ever spotted the unbelievable lookylikeyness between your columnist Noel Plumridge and Tim Brooke-Taylor? I thought the Goodies were taking over the NHS when I turned to ...
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Inequality targeted
The most deprived areas of the country are to get help to raise life expectancy and meet 2010 targets to reduce health inequalities with a health inequalities intervention tool.
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HSJ launches revamped website
HSJ has launched a new-look website featuring extra content and designed to be easier to use.
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Healthy schools
As health initiatives that straddle health and local government go, the National Healthy Schools Programme is an elder citizen. Eight years after it began, it is an example of what can be achieved when the two sectors work together. Input from schools leads to healthier populations, while input from the ...
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Weird world health
End Game’s family once had a cat that suffered a stroke and is ashamed to say that until this tragic event occurred, they did not realise that felines were subject to such health events, thinking that they were limited to humans.Now more evidence of the health problems that can be ...
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Weird world health
Is this something that the anti obesity lobby can learn from? The Italian town ofVarallois to pay overweight residents to lose weight; men will receive 50 euros (around£34) for losing 9 pounds in a month, while women will get the same amount for shedding 7 pounds. If they can keep ...
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Weird world health
End Game understands the ability to overcome pain - we once worked with someone who walked around for two weeks with a broken leg and have watched 24 on numerous occasions - but there are limits.However is appears that one can lose a limb and fail to notice. A Japanese ...
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Improvements still needed in mental health
Many mental health patients are not getting the support they need, a Healthcare Commission report has revealed.The government watchdog's annual community mental health service users survey shows that, while most patients are happy with standards of care, persistent gaps remain.Half of patients who wanted information about local support groups had ...
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GPs urged to help keep people in work
Family doctors should do more to help people with depression keep their job and avoid being off sick for too long, according to the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
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Warning for 'optimistic' foundations
Foundation trusts could see one of their freedoms curtailed if they continue to make 'overly optimistic' predictions about their performance.
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NICE stands firm, but the public must learn to respect rationing
When the High Court upheld NICE guidance on Alzheimer's drugs, it was seen as an endorsement of its fairness and credibility. But unless the public is better informed of resource issues, unrealistic demands for new drugs will continue to be an issue, writes Helen Mooney
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Where NHS finance goes wrong
A new report has called for more "honesty" in financial forecasting in the NHS.Health trust chief executives and finance directors are frightened of publishing bad financial forecasts for fear of losing their jobs, claims the report by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)."Understandably, they may delay bad news for ...
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Scottish minister pledges to end hidden waits
Patients will no longer languish on hidden waiting lists after the Scottish cabinet secretary for health and well-being announced details of the system that will replace availability status codes by the end of the year.
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Human rights let down by existing law
Human rights should be enshrined in health service delivery, according to a report calling for new duties to protect the rights of older people in hospitals and care homes.A joint committee on human rights report this week said existing legislation does not sufficiently protect and promote the rights of older ...
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New tools for diabetes services
Two new tools to help diabetes networks develop and improve their services have been published by the National Diabetes Support Team.
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Task force to explore organ donor consent
Health secretary Alan Johnson has asked the task force on organ donation to explore whether all adults should be automatically included on the donor register.The proposal, known as presumed consent, would view everyone as a potential donor unless they had registered an objection oropted outbefore death.
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Victory for NICE as High Court rejects drugs firm complaints
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has had its integrity upheld after fending off its first High Court legal challenge.The organisation's victory over its decision not to recommend the use of certain drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease was seized on as a sign that its processes were fair.But ...
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Deadly E. coli outbreak
The public health protection unit at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is working with environmental health at Renfrewshire Council, the Food Standards Agency and Health Protection Scotland to identify the source of a deadly outbreak of E.coli in Paisley. It had killed one woman and infected six others at the ...
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DoH to push choice policy using payment by results
The government has announced it will begin using payment by results to drive choice.
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CfH pulls paid-for google link
Typing 'where did all the money go' into Google until recently directed users to the website of the Department of Health's IT programme.