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Report calls for increased local surgery
A new report on the future of planned surgery recommends that 80 per cent of all surgery should be done locally, with the remaining 20 per cent of the more complex cases taking place at specialist centres.In his report Saws and Scalpels to Lasers and Robots - advances in surgery, ...
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Independent review for Modernising Medical Careers
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has launched an independent review of the Modernising Medical Careers programme.The review is intended to establish how the programme will go forward in 2008 and beyond.
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Study says government should release hold on NHS
The NHS needs greater freedom from the government to achieve stability and success, according to a report from Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre.The study proposes a new model with a significantly different and reduced role for government.Read the report here
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PAC slams uncertainty over IT programme costs
A report from the Commons public accounts committee on the national IT programme says the Department of Health must show it can deliver on its promises.Among the recommendations, the report says the DoH still has much to do to win hearts and minds in the NHS, especially among clinicians.Read the ...
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Productive Ward programme launched
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched the Releasing Time to Care: Productive Ward programme at the Royal College of Nursing congress in Harrogate.Find out more here
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Decline in services for special care baby units
A report published today by the premature baby charity BLISS says that on average special care baby units are understaffed by a third.It claims that shortages in staffed cots mean units are sometimes forced to close and turn babies away.
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RCN: care being compromised by staffing levels
Staffing levels are affecting patient care, according to a new survey by the Royal College of Nursing.Nearly two thirds of nurses (60 per cent) said patient care on their ward was compromised at least once or twice a week by poor staffing levels.Read the survey here
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Overtime is out of line
It was interesting to compare your headline - 'Thousands doing unpaid overtime' with the Healthcare Commission's press release on the topic. The latter did not mention in its commentary on the survey results the huge amount of unpaid overtime done by NHS staff, only reporting details in the sector breakdown ...
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The trouble with cancer services
I read with interest the article by Anna Donald (opinion, page 15, 12 April). I to have been diagnosed with breast cancer and totally agree with her comments. The medical treatment I received was second to none but as Ms Donald.says it is the relationships that matters.
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Patient safety: the blame game
I find HSJ's reporting of the concept of 'no blame' in patient safety incidents.incredibly disappointing and disquieting (opinion, page 16, 12 April).
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Legal briefing: NICE rulings
Sometimes trusts have no choice but to follow the advice of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, says legal expert David Lock.
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Eight steps to effective commissioning
Government rhetoric about patient-centred.commissioning is loud and clear. But how will it work on the ground?
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Key points in the commissioning framework for health and well-being
'The proposals in the document could mean the NHS paying for air-conditioning in the homes of people with chronic lung disease, or GPs prescribing anger management classes for children with behavioural problems.'.
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Bob Ricketts on the commissioning framework for health and well-being
'Turning the framework into action will of course depend on the response of all the individuals commissioning and providing care and support and also, crucially, users and carers themselves.'
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Ruth hussey on offender health services
The growing prison population is a significant issue for both primary care and acute trusts. Just as general healthcare is moving towards prevention, so is criminality. We need to look at what the NHS and social care can do to stop people committing ...
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Financial squeeze cost 22,300 posts, says RCN
More than 22,300 NHS posts have been lost in the last 18 months because of the financial crisis hitting the health service, according to a new report from the Royal College of Nursing.Our NHS: today and tomorrow claims the government's insistence that trusts balance their books last year has led ...
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Worldwide online health stats scheme launched
The World Health Organisation has launched an online scheme to revise the global standard for medical and health statistics.Stakeholders have been invited to join in the revision process through an internet platform.Find out more here
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Healthcare professionals work action plan published
NHS trade unions, the Department of Health and NHS Employers have put together an action plan to help healthcare graduates find work.Recommendations from the plan include encouraging new graduates to apply for entry posts and talent pools of all new qualifiers.Read the press release here
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Call to not limit mental health powers to doctors
Unison has called for amendments to the Mental Health Bill, which limits new powers on treatment to doctors only, to be thrown out.It claims the amendments exclude experienced mental health workers including nurses and therapists from making decisions about appropriate treatment. The Bill is due to get its second reading ...
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Survey says health is top public priority
According to a YouGov survey for the Royal College of Nursing the public believes health should be the number one concern for the next government.Over 90 per cent of those surveyed said they valued the NHS as a free public service. More than half wanted to see a higher level ...