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GPs open up to extended access target
Almost a quarter of primary care trust areas have now hit the Department of Health's target to extend GP opening hours, latest figures reveal.
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News in pictures: women surgeons
The portraits of six female surgeons go on show today at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The photographs, by Jane Brettle, mark the work of female surgeons who have played a major role at the college and helped raise the profile of women in surgery.
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Darzi calls for skills to tackle challenge of lifestyle diseases
Primary and community care organisations must strengthen their skills and infrastructure to tackle 'lifestyle diseases' such as obesity, Lord Darzi told an HSJ conference this week.
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Hospital death rates published
Death rates for four hospital procedures will be published by the Department of Health today in a move designed to help patients make more informed choices.
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Healthcare Commission survey highlights maternity failings
The Healthcare Commission is demanding improvements in maternity care after a huge review showed some women are put at risk by shortages of staff, beds and bathrooms.
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Shift in IT policy as trusts told they can develop their own system
The Department of Health has signalled a shift in the national programme for IT that will see it supporting NHS organisations that want to develop their own systems.
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The Darzi review in pictures
Watch this space for exclusive pictures of key moments in the Darzi review. And don't forget to check hsj.co.uk for ongoing coverage of the review.
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A Darzi future relies on data quality
Lord Darzi's report rightly focuses on patient care and sets out a broad and demanding agenda to achieve its vision of high quality of care for all.
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Sickness management
The article Dealing with presenteeism contains misleading comments attributed to Julian Topping, head of workplace health at NHS Employers. It does not reflect the views of either Mr Topping or NHS Employers.
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Stressed leaders?
In an article in Quality in Healthcare in 2001, we reviewed the evidence for the effects of leadership on financial management and quality of care. We concluded development programmes should be tailored to the complexities involved.
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Health and Social Care Act accuracy
Although heartening to see public engagement featuring as a key part of the supplement on world class commissioning, it was disappointing to see an incorrect representation of the legal framework central to the article.
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Raise the SBAR
Inadequate communication and weak teamwork often feature in reports of patient safety incidents to the National Patient Safety Agency ('Anyone here a doctor who speaks nurse?').
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Pensions reform
Reform of the NHS pension regime must be a priority for any government serious about health reform.
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Question mark over future of NHS Institute
A question mark is hanging over the future of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement following Lord Darzi's review of the health service.
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Move sex health provision to community says charity
The Terrence Higgins Trust has called on primary care trusts to apply Lord Darzi's access reforms to sexual health services to improve an unacceptably outmoded system.
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CBI warning on stop-start procurement projects
Primary care trusts that drag out procurements are hiking up the cost of schemes to taxpayers, the Confederation of British Industry has warned.
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PCTs will have veto on Darzi integrated care pilots
Strategic health authorities and primary care trusts will be expected to take a lead role in setting up and supporting integrated care pilots.
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Hospital at night model adopted by 80 per cent of trusts
Almost 80 per cent of NHS trusts across England, Wales and Scotland are now using the Hospital at Night method of teamworking, a survey by NHS National Workforce Projects shows.Four NHS trusts piloted the techniques in 2003, but now Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and countries in the EU have ...
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Care UK in £14.1m acquisition plan
Health and social care provider Care UK has conditionally agreed to acquire the whole of the Partnership Health Group in a £14.1m deal.
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NHS still failing multiple sclerosis patients, study claims
Only a third of multiple sclerosis patients access neurological rehabilitation services, research by the Royal College of Physicians and the MS Trust has revealed.