All Policy articles – Page 246
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Future NHS: the heat is on
As the population changes, the web transforms our relationship with information, medicines emerge to suit individuals' genomes and the planet warms, the NHS faces momentous challenges. By Daloni Carlisle
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Life expectancy tool helps address local inequalities
A life expectancy intervention tool is now available to help all local planners make informed decisions, writes Andy Cowper.
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Collaborative approach to cancer inequalities
A national initiative is encouraging patients to present themselves earlier when they display symptoms they might otherwise ignore.
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The authority on inequality studies
Professor Sir Michael Marmot's work with the World Health Organisation and on post-Acheson research puts him at the forefront of modern thinking on health inequalities. Andy Cowper spoke to him
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DH celebrates anniversary of smoking ban
More people are trying to quit smoking, the air in pubs and bars is cleaner and rates of compliance with smoke-free laws is high, according to the Department of Health report published to mark the first anniversary of the smoking ban.
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Consultation on vascular check programme
The Department of Health is consulting on the modelling undertaken by its analysts, which shows its proposed programme of vascular checks for patients aged 40-74 is likely to be very cost-effective and result in significant health improvements.
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More work needed to boost organ donation - BMA
Doctors today called on the government to do more to increase organ donation in the light of a report that shows the UK lags behind other European countries.
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EU law gives patients right to charge for overseas care
The rights of patients to charge the NHS for care they receive abroad will be set out for the first time in a European Commission directive due to be published this week.
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Instant reactions to the Darzi review
Organisations respond to Lord Darzi's review of the health service
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Darzi speak: the new jargon
Health minister Lord Darzi's report introduces some new acronyms and jargon. Here's a brief guide
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Darzi rules out statutory regulation for managers
Lord Darzi has ruled out developing a regulatory body equivalent to the General Medical Council for managers.
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Darzi launches 10-year vision for the NHS
Health minister Lord Darzi has set out his vision for an NHS focused on quality of services, where patients' wishes come first and nurses and doctors have the freedom to offer the safest and most effective treatment.
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Darzi turns up heat on clinical leadership and training
Health minister Lord Darzi has put clinical leadership at the centre of his next stage review.
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Darzi outlines draft NHS constitution
Lord Darzi today set out the seven principles that underlie the NHS - along with the rights and responsibilities that accompany them.
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Darzi review due at 3.30pm
The next stage review of the NHS is due to be announced by health minister Lord Darzi and health secretary Alan Johnson at 3.30 this afternoon. See www.hsj.co.uk for breaking news on the review from 3.30.
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NHS60: Déjà vu
Healthcare has moved on apace since 1948, with treatments that would have amazed medics of the time. Yet in other areas time seems to have stood still, says Niall Dickson
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NHS60: A dramatic revolution
Daloni Carlisle charts 60 years of the developing role of the NHS manager
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NHS60: The reinvention of hospitals
A ramshackle collection of impoverished hospitals dotted the NHS landscape in 1948. Anthony Harrison charts the transformation that has created the modern secondary care scene
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NHS60: Retrospective
Former chief executives and health authority leaders compare their challenges and ambitions with the picture they see emerging for managers today. By Alison Moore
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NHS60: Frontline pharmacy
The community pharmacist’s invaluable role in dispensing prescriptions and advice is sure to expand into delivering some primary healthcare services, says Lloydspharmacy