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One in five trusts still have mixed-sex wards
Almost one in five trusts has failed to eliminate mixed-sex wards from their accommodation, a Department of Health report has found.A total of 28 trusts are receiving extra DoH support to provide single-sex accommodation. Best practice guidance on privacy and dignity will be released later in the year.Read the report ...
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Happiness is... getting to grips with the intangible
As the NHS has become sophisticated about the need to measure outcomes, it inevitably raises questions about what is actually measured, and therefore what matters. By necessity, the focus in the early years of this government has been on the utterly tangible - mortality rates, waiting lists and so on.
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Survey reveals public satisfaction with GPs
A patient survey has found 21 categories in which GPs' patients feel services have improved over the last three years.Almost half rated their satisfaction levels as excellent and over 30 per cent as very good. Areas that showed most improvement were opening hours and appointment times.Read the survey here
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In pursuit of happiness
The NHS goes to great lengths to implement complex and ever-changing outcome measures, but do they pay enough heed to how well patients feel, asks Mark Gould
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Imperial leads merger on hunt for joined-up research
The first academic health science centre in the country is aiming for the 'holy grail' of intimately connecting research with frontline healthcare, as Victoria Vaughan explains
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Mental health amendment scrapped
A House of Lords amendment to the Mental Health Bill to ensure no child under 18 would be placed on an adult mental health ward except in an emergency has been overturned.Minister for health Rosie Winterton was among Labour MPs who voted against the amendment.
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New chair for Partnerships in Care
Independent sector mental health services provider Partnerships in Care has appointed Kevin Beeston as a non executive chair.Mr Beeston is chair of service company Serco and chairman of the CBI public services strategy board.
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Regulatory performance ratings published
The Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence has published the results of its 2006-07 performance review for regulatory bodies.The review covers the General Dental Council, General Medical Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council.Get all the review reports here
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New champion for patients and public
Health minister Andy Burnham has announced the appointment of Arthritis Care chief executive Neil Betteridge as the new national patient and public champion.Mr Betteridge will work with local NHS, key stakeholders and patient groups in an attempt to help deliver the Government's target to reduce waiting times by 2008.
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Commons committee debates mental health amendment
The Commons Mental Health Bill committee will today debate a Lords amendment that protects children under 18 from being placed on adult wards and ensures they are looked after by specially trained staff.The amendment is strongly supported by the Mental Health Alliance.
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World Health Organisation launches clinical trial search tool
The World Health Organisation has launched a web site to enable researchers, health practitioners and consumers to search for information on clinical trials.The site works as portal into multiple clinical trial registers with a global search function.Access the site here
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Nursing and Midwifery Council issues code of conduct draft
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published the latest draft version of its new code of conduct.The publication follows a three-month consultation that involved 2,000 nurses and midwives. A second consultation phase will be launched in June.Find out more here
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March waiting figures released
The Department of Health has published inpatient and outpatient waiting time figures for March 2007.Among the findings, the number of patients in England waiting over 20 weeks at the end of March was 15,200, a decrease of 24,900 from February 2007.
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Pharmacy pages added to NHS Networks website
The latest addition to the NHS Networks Resources section is a subsection on pharmacy.
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Blair picks list buster to crack down on waiting
Tony Blair celebrated his first year in office and stepped up action on hospital waiting lists
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Critical decisions on critical care capacity
Historically, additional critical care capacity in a trust has usually occurred in response to repeated crises. This reactive approach is clearly less than ideal and a better solution involves planned or staged alterations in bed capacity to anticipate changes within the trust.
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Local Hospitals Network conference success
The inaugural conference of the Local Hospitals Network, The Future of Local Hospitals: Our greatest challenge?.was held in London on 21 March 2007. All the presentations are available to download from the conference page.
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Sharing good practice at the Patient Information Forum
The patient information forum is a multi-sectorial network with over 500 members that share a common aim; working to improve the way we communicate with patients and with the public about healthcare.
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Fuelling health
As the nation's largest organisation, the NHS has power to damage or protect the environment and to advance the cause of sustainable development, says Anna Coote
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Half of student nurses suffer abuse, says study
Nearly half of student nurses suffer verbal abuse while on their placements, including death threats and extremely obscene language, a study has shown.Researchers from Greenwich University presented their findings at the Royal College of Nursing's research conference, which ends tomorrow.Find out more here