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Nicholson says £250m surplus should be delivered by 2008
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said the NHS should achieve a net surplus of £250m by the end of 2007-08. Other priorities, set out in an operating framework for 2007-08, include 85 per cent of patients admitted for hospital treatment and 80 per cent ...
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Medicines agency reports progress on over-the-counter medicines
Good progress is being made on the better regulation of over-the-counter medicines initiatives, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has found. In its second report on the initiative, the agency found developments include rollout of a self-certification scheme for prescriptions-only medicine and a review ...
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High-impact changes for GUM services released
A guide to 10 High-impact Changes for Genitouninary Medicine 48-hour Accesshas been published. The measures include developing a separate pathway for low-risk patients, reviewing current access arranagments and reorganising clinic opening hours.Read the guide ...
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National bowel cancer audit
An audit on the care and treatment of patients with bowel cancer by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care on behalf of the Healthcare Commission has found that more hospitals are now meeting NICE guidelines on examination and treatment of bowel cancer.
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Connecting for health: the good, the bad and the wobbly
The national IT programme is in all sorts of trouble, with problems ranging from slow uptake to embattled suppliers. Andy Cowper looks for a silver lining
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Peter Cardy on a new focus on lung cancer
'While there has been striking progress in some cancers, lung cancer research has languished. Perhaps because of the stigma attached to a disease widely seen as self-inflicted through tobacco use, and the accompanying nihilism, it has had low priority.'
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Helping middle managers
One of the ills plaguing the NHS that seem to be overlooked by senior managers is middle managers that stay in one job, one position, same department for years. This includes ward sisters in acute hospitals, managers in community and primary care and those in primary care trusts.
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Doncaster PCT: helping benefit claimants back to work
Barriers to Employment is as ongoing partnership project in Doncaster that supports Incapacity Benefit Claimants (IBCs) to improve their health and well-being and return to work where possible.
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United Bristol Healthcare trust: child obesity
Childhood obesity has doubled in England in the last ten years. The condition affects one in four children aged 11-15 and has been increasing in prevalence since the mid 1980's. Where it used to be the view that overweight children grew out of the condition as they moved into adolescence ...
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New immunisation booklet published
A new version of the government's guidance on vaccines and immunisation known as the Green Book, has been published.The booklet includes new chapters on immunisation for patients with underlying conditions and monitoring of vaccine safety.Read the book here
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Public sector managers 'must have more flexibility in determining pay'
A major change to the pay and reward system within the NHS and the rest of the public sector is needed to achieve serious improvements in delivery, the Confederation for British Industry has said.In a new report, the CBI has concluded that greater incentives must be created for public sector ...
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Hewitt announces new medical research centres
Eleven new biomedical research centres of excellence have been announced by health secretary Patricia Hewitt.The centres, which will focus on translational research, will be partnerships between NHS acute trusts, foundation trusts and universities.Read more here
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Legal briefing: EU procurement
Interpretation of EU regulations about advertising when commissioning healthcare is changing
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More details on the future of patient involvement in the NHS
More information on how patients will be involved in designing future NHS services have been set out by the government. The details are included in the government's response to its consultation on A stronger local voice, published in July, ...
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Audit finds little improvement in continence care
The second audit of continence care in the NHS has seen little improvement over the past 12 months, the Royal College of Physicians has found.The Healthcare Commission-backed audit found that only 37 per cent of hospitals, and 10 per cent of mental health care sites have a written continence policy.Read ...
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Good and bad targets
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri's carefully worded article emphasised the processes that may be provoked by a target culture. It is surely right that these are the clue to any improvement in performance associated with targeting, other than thrashing the horses. However, the article colludes with the general statement of 'Targets Work', without ...
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Service reconfiguration
While there may well be a case for focusing resources on a smaller number of acute sites, there is a huge issue about accessibility and convenience, which doesn't sit well with the supposedly consumer-friendly modern NHS.
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Couch potato Britons surveyed
Only one-fifth of people in this country regularly take exercise, according to the biggest ever survey of sporting habits.The Active People survey, carried out by Sport England, found that only 21 per cent of people took 30 minutes of exercise three times a week. More than 350,000 people were polled.See ...
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Health inequalities increase
There has been a small increase in the gap in life expectancy for women between Britain's most affluent and poorest areas, according to an update from the Department of Health.The annual update on the public service agreement targets on health inequalities revealed that the gap in life expectancy for men ...
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HSJ and NT launch NICE guidelines service
HSJand Nursing Timeshave teamed up with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to launch a service to help managers and nurses implement NICE guidelines. In the new year HSJand NTwill ...