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Colleges back clinical case for specialist acute service centres
England's clinical leaders have backed moves to reconfigure specialist acute services - but urged caution over changes to the district general hospital.
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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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Foundations best placed to reshape healthcare, says Monitor
NHS foundation trusts have the financial stability, flexibility and leadership to deliver the changes in healthcare required to meet future demand, according to the regulator Monitor. However, they need clear direction from commissioners about which services they will be required to deliver in the future.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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New advice on LINks
Confusion about the structure of Local Involvement Networks has been clarfied by guidance from the Department of Health.The documents Getting ready for LINks, concern planning for LINks, set top replace public patient forums in April 2008 subject to legislation, and contracting a host organisation.They were informed by the seven early ...
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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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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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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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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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Autumn relaunch for skills
The knowledge and skills framework is set for a relaunch this autumn to address its lagging implementation in many trusts.The Social Partnership Forum, made up of NHS Employers, the NHS trade unions and the Department of Health, will lead a relaunch of the Agenda for Change careers framework from mid-September.The ...
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Trust in bully probe praised for progress
A hospital trust has been praised for the way it has tackled problems of bullying and harassment.The Healthcare Commission said East Sussex Hospitals trust had made 'significant progress' in improving communication and relationships between staff since its initial investigation in 2004-05.Trust chair John Lewis said: 'While the commission found that ...
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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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When will NHS digital dreams become a reality for patients?
The internet is helping feed the public's huge appetite for information. But with NHS websites struggling to live up to their potential and fears of a 'digital divide', how is the health service going to meet this challenge? Alison Moore reports