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NHS money to go on social care
People receiving social care are to be given control of their own budgets. NHS money will be allocated to councils to spend on social care services to keep people out of hospital.The programme, Putting People First, was set up with the support of six government departments and health and social ...
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Secure care: improving life in locked wards
The latest specifications for housing patients in medium secure care clarify the rules and include welcome proposals to improve life in locked wards. Rebecca Norris reports
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GP abortion trials begin
Trials have begun to test whether early abortions could be carried out safely in GP surgeries in England.
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First wave ISTCs: what do we know?
Four years after the first wave of independent sector treatment centres, the Department of Health has provided data on their performance. Unfortunately, this is almost useless in answering questions about their impact on waiting times.
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Mental health advocacy services delayed six months
Advocacy services for mental health patients subject to community treatment orders are not expected to be introduced until six months after the orders are brought in.
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Plunging waiting times reopen dispute over clinical benefits
The government's focus on cutting waiting lists can lead to resources being drained away from treatments for those in the greatest medical need, academics have claimed.This week the Healthcare Commission praised NHS organisations for 'genuinely dramatic' improvements in waiting times. But research from the Royal Society of Ophthalmologists has found ...
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Stroke victims will get immediate brain scan
Stroke victims will get a brain scan within an hour under a new 10-year government strategy to improve survival rates.
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Home care push for cancer patients
Cancer patients will spend less time in hospital and more will be treated at home or by community services under a five-year vision to improve cancer care.
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Media Watch: cancer strategy
The furore over party funding squeezed most health coverage out last week, but it made a return to the headlines as the government briefed newspapers on its new cancer strategy.
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Personalised healthcare: put the customer in control
Evidence demonstrates that customising services is effective - patient outcomes are improved and the provider gets better value for money. Angela Coulter and Don Redding argue for a personal health service
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Figures underpinning Darzi's London review 'dodgy'
Questions have been raised over the 1.4bn annual savings identified in junior health minister Lord Darzi’s blueprint for healthcare in London.
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Simon Stevens on the science of incentives
During the coffee break at a seminar I once attended, I let slip that I thought two of my fellow panellists seemed 'quite switched on'. 'Yes,' a delegate replied, 'they've both got a Nobel Prize'. Umm, amazing powers of insight, Stevens.
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Learning disabilities consultation launched
A consultation on learning disability policy has been launched by the Department of Health.
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Stroke strategy calls for quicker MRIs
The government today announced its 10-year strategy for stroke services.The £105m package includes plans to spend £12m on a public awareness campaign.
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Building sustainability in the NHS estate
Lorraine Brayford argues that sustainability should be a priority in healthcare design and recognises those already working to deliver sustainable healthcare buildings for the future
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Transforming lives with psychological therapies
A Department of Health programme that is making evidence-based psychological therapies more widely available than ever before means thousands of people and their families are having their lives transformed. Evidence shows the programme can reduce GP consultations and acute care activity, alleviating pressure when the NHS is working hard to ...
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Healthcare Commission slams learning disabilities care
Services for people with learning disabilities provide poor care, with safety and quality not up to modern standards in even the best services, according to a report by the Healthcare Commission.The report says that although staff were committed to services, service users were often deprived of their human rights and ...
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Cancer strategy stresses prevention
Plans for reform of cancer services were due to be published this morning. An emphasis on cancer prevention and providing more long-term support for people with cancer was expected to be outlined in the strategy.
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Underage alcohol abuse criticised
The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have rounded on the government to take action over rising levels of drinking among young people.Parliamentary figures revealed that 1,441 children under 14 were treated in hospital for conditions caused by alcohol abuse.
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Drop in mental health inpatient deaths
The number of inpatients dying in NHS mental health accommodation has dropped by a fifth.