All Policy articles – Page 255
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Social care green paper: meeting the long-term care challenge
The government has still not answered crucial questions over its plans for long-term care of the elderly. With an ageing population, how will it fund a system set to cost a lot more? And will people still have to sell their homes to fund care? Mark Gould reports
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NHS primary care director to back anti-privatisation charity
The Department of Health faces serious embarrassment next week when one of its top officials supports the launch of a campaign to oppose some of the government’s NHS privatisation plans.
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PCTs to take on security costs of ill prisoners
Primary care trusts will take on responsibility for the security costs associated with healthcare escorts and bedwatches for prisoners from April 2008.
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Most non-admitted patients treated within 18 weeks
Three-quarters of patients who do not need to be admitted to hospital are treated in 18 weeks or less, Department of Health figures show.
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Urgent care best practice published
Guidance on urgent care pathways for older people with complex needs has been published by the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health: the safety scandal
Sexual safety is one of the biggest issues in inpatient care, with concerns not being heeded because of complacency, burnt-out staff and prejudice. Emma Dent reports
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Tackle child cancer head on, government urged
Children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent has called on the government to use its cancer plan to tackle cancer in children and young people.
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Smoking ban has widespread approval
Almost 80 per cent of adults believe the smoking ban will improve public health. Those surveyed said hair and clothes not smelling of smoke, a more pleasant atmosphere in pubs, bars and restaurants and cleaner air were the main benefits of the ban.Research carried out for the Department of Health ...
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Comment
Simon Stevens on choice and midwifery
We could be getting a lot more out of our midwifery services if they were organised differently
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HSJ Knowledge
Children's mental health: finding hope for the lost generation
A fifth of children have mental health problems and one in 15 self-harms, but they are getting lost in a system with no idea what to do with them. It's time for a radical rethink of care pathways for young people, writes Andrew McCulloch
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Darzi blames poor leaders for hospital infection outbreaks
Minimising hospital-acquired infections should be the responsibility of managers, junior health minister Lord Darzi has told the Commons health select committee.
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Trusts 'shell' bed space to keep grip on PFI approval
Hospital trusts are being forced to mothball significant numbers of beds to get government approval for private finance initiative deals.
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Travel costs to be refunded immediately
NHS organisations must be able to refund patients' travel costs immediately, in cash, on the day of travel and regardless of the time of day, new guidance from the Department of Health has stated.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health: unhappy old age
Dementia is far from the only mental health problem for over-65s, yet the millions who struggle with depression are scandalously neglected. Stuart Shepherd reports
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North Wales reconfiguration plans under scrutiny
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has sent NHS managers back to the drawing board over controversial plans to reconfigure services in North Wales.
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NHS Scotland to face independent scrutiny
The Scottish government has outlined its plans for independent scrutiny of reconfiguration and service changes in NHS Scotland.
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HSJ Knowledge
US health: Sicko's grim diagnosis
It may be naive and polemical, but Michael Moore's controversial documentary Sicko reminds us we should treasure the NHS, says Noel Plumridge. Below, Empire magazine's Helen O'Hara reviews the film
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Local commissioning: DoH sets out skills PCTs will need
The Department of Health has set out the skills primary care trusts will need to deliver its vision for world class commissioning in the health service.
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Comment
Anna Donald on healthcare in Australia
Returning to Australia from the UK brings to mind the differences betwen the two countries' healthcare systems, in particular Australia's clear separation of insurance and provider powers
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Comment
Primary care's big challenge is acting on great expectations
One of the stated aims in the Department of Health's vision of world class commissioning is to eliminate health inequalities. Not to reduce them, but to get rid of them altogether.