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Inquiry calls for action on age discrimination
Age barriers to mental health services must be removed to end widespread discrimination against older people, a national inquiry has found.The UK inquiry into mental health and well-being in later life found that 3.5 million older people who experience mental health problems do not have access to adequate services and ...
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Academic Health Science Centre
Pace has gathered in the formation of the UK’s first academic health and science centre as the consultation result show support for the move.The consultation results show strong public and staff support for a merger between Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and St Mary’s NHS Trust and integration with Imperial College ...
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Remove DoH from the NHS, says academic
The government should consider an 'alternative' comprehensive spending review which proposes new models of funding for the health service, according to a report published later this month.
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Graphic pictures illustrating the effects smoking can have on health will be printed on all cigarette packets from next year, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.The 15 images to be used were chosen following a consultation in 2006, market research and a public vote. The move makes the UK the ...
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The UK’s first academic health science centre has been given the green light by health secretary Alan Johnson.Hammersmith Hospitals trust and St Mary’s Hospital trust will merge on 1 October and integrate with Imperial College London. Lord Tugendhat has been appointed the first chairman of Imperial College Healthcare trust by ...
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The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has recommended that Gloucestershire Partnership foundation trust, Gloucestershire primary care trust and Gloucestershire County Council work closely to strengthen older people 's community mental health services and community mental health teams.Chair of the IRP, Dr Peter Barrett said: 'The issue of the location of inpatient services ...
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Temp manager sentenced for £300k fraud conviction
A manager who stole more than£300,000 from the health service was last week sentenced to a year in prison.The news comes as the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service annual performance report this week revealed that fraud cost the NHS over£7m in 2006-07.Michael Buckley was working for a temporary ...
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A new chief executive has been appointed to NHS South Central. Jim Easton joins the strategic health authority from York hospitals foundation trust and replaces Mark Britnell who moved to the Department of Health in July.Mr Easton said: 'There is a real ambition across the NHS and its partners ...
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Patients should be a given a personal budget to pay for their healthcare directly, according to a report from the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre.The paper suggests personalised budgets would empower NHS patients to take control of their care, similar to direct payments for social care. Our ...
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Five trusts have been judged compliant with the Hygiene Code, as part of the latest round of spot checks by the Healthcare Commission. Two were compliant with no recommendations for improvement:Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust andNorth Teesand Hartlepool NHS Trust.Trusts with recommendations were: Sherwood Forest NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital Birmingham ...
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The Royal College of Nursing has launched a consultation to gauge NHS members' views on the government's improved pay offer. The results of its indicative ballot have also been released, showing more than 95% of nurses wanted a ballot on strike action against the original staged pay award. The new ...
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2,000 in move to own homes
Nearly 2,000 people with learning disabilities are to be moved into their own homes after the DH announced £175m in funding for primary care trusts to close NHS institutions.
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A&E 'downgrade' forces trust to trash 10,000 magazines
West Kent primary care trust has had to destroy nearly 10,000 copies of a free patients' magazine because of an embarrassing listings error that has reignited fears over reconfiguration plans.
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Cases of invasive pneumococcal disease down
The number of cases of invasive pneumococcal disease in children has fallen since the introduction of a new vaccine a year ago, figures show.
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Darzi to host webchat
Health minister Lord Darzi is to host a webchat to answer questions about the Our NHS, Our Future consultation.The Department of Health is inviting questions for the webchat, to be broadcast at 10am on 27 September.
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Call to redirect NHS funds to councils
The NHS should lose 0.5 per cent of its next cash settlement from government to councils to pay for preventative services for the elderly, the Local Government Association has said.
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Guidance sets out who should pay for patient care
Guidance on when primary care trusts are legally obliged to pay for patient care has been published by the Department of Health.
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Vaccine could cut cases of cervical cancer
A new vaccine could reduce cases of cervical cancer and genital warts if introduced into the national immunisation programme, the Health Protection Agency has said.