All Policy articles – Page 228
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GP access survey reveals mixed picture
Satisfaction with GP opening hours has dipped slightly, but patients are reporting improvements in access, the latest GP patient access survey has revealed.
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Alcohol and obesity threaten public health work, regulators say
Alcohol abuse and obesity must be tackled more systematically or they could 'derail' overall health improvements, health and spending watchdogs have warned.
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Alyson Morley on the push for polyclinics
Do polyclinics spell the end of the patient-doctor relationship in favour of faceless big business intrusion into health services? Or are they the must-have health facility of the future?
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Richard Craven on how Darzi will improve access
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS heralds a new era of innovation in healthcare, and with it the tools and opportunities to reach out to patients who are disengaged from health services.
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Wales outlines plans to fund eye drugs
Welsh minister for health and social services Edwina Hart has outlined plans on how the Welsh Assembly will spend £15m of funding to treat the eye condition 'wet' age-related macular degeneration.
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HSJ Knowledge
Darzi's vision - towards a quality-obsessed NHS
Under Lord Darzi's recently published plans for the health service, clinicians will lead the charge to top-quality care. Ingrid Torjesen explains
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Making clinical leadership happen
Education and training are key components of Lord Darzi's plans to increase clinical leadership in the NHS. Ingrid Torjesen explains how the clinical landscape will change
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UK cancer survivors top 2 million, claims charity
At least 2 million people in the UK have survived cancer or are living with the illness while being treated for it, according to research by charity Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Minister's respect tour visits East Midlands
Care services minister Ivan Lewis is to visit Leicester today as part of a national tour aimed at ensuring all people using health and care services are treated with dignity.
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CMO calls for focus on teen health
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has called for a focus on teenage health, including a national summit to take stock of health programmes and services for teenagers, more involvement of teenagers in designing health services, and establishing a young person's panel to advise on a national campaign on risk ...
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Julia Tybura on new NHS values
I am proud Zenon has reached the ripe old age (in consultancy years) of 10 and I am delighted that at last month's NHS Confederation conference we had many clients, colleagues and friends celebrating with us.
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Andrew Jones on topping up NHS care
The government's announcement that it plans to review co-payments and whether they should be allowed in the NHS surprised me because it asks the wrong question.
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Protecting NHS data
NHS managers should prepare their organisations for tougher data protection rules coming into force. Simon Charlton explains
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Angela Greatley on a new vision for mental health
Next year, the first of the government's national service frameworks will come to an end. The adult mental health framework was published in 1999 as a 10-year plan for improving services and setting out what patients could expect from them.
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NHS Choices to publish hospital mortality rates
Hospital death rates for four operations will be published for the first time on the NHS Choices website in a bid to help patients make more informed choices.
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Treasury set to rein in public spend
The Treasury has launched a fresh public sector efficiency review in a bid to keep an ever tighter rein on the public sector finances.
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Meldrum urges doctors to take leading role in reform
Doctors must 'roll up their sleeves' and get involved in Lord Darzi's healthcare reforms or risk being marginalised, irrelevant and ignored, according to the British Medical Association chairman.
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Darzi drives doctors to scale the dizzy heights
The next stage review makes a priority of getting more clinicians into leadership roles. Alison Moore explores the implications of the workforce strategy for clinical professionals
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Simon Stevens on a good year for Darzi
As wine experts will occasionally admit, it's hard to know how a new vintage will perform. Wines age, maturation takes time. And a decent bottle may be overshadowed by a later blockbuster year.
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Strategy will knit up the ravelled sleeve of care
Traditional institutional boundaries must be crossed and existing work patterns challenged before the elements of the NHS can come together to create care that fits patients perfectly