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patient website
An independent patient feedback website, has won funding to extend its service to mental health users.Patient Opinion, the social enterprise behind the website www.patientopinion.org.uk, has secured funding to develop its service to cover mental health services in England.Founder of the site Dr Paul Hodgkin said the funding will be used ...
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EU cancer case
The European Commission has been asked to investigate whether a primary care trust can refuse to pay for drugs that are being funding elsewhere.In a case which, if it succeeds, would set a precedent for local PCT decisions on prescribing, Tory MEP Chris Heaton-Harris is calling on the European Commission ...
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The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has recommended that Gloucestershire Partnership foundation trust, Gloucestershire primary care trust and Gloucestershire County Council work closely to strengthen older people 's community mental health services and community mental health teams.Chair of the IRP, Dr Peter Barrett said: 'The issue of the location of inpatient services ...
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The UK’s first academic health science centre has been given the green light by health secretary Alan Johnson.Hammersmith Hospitals trust and St Mary’s Hospital trust will merge on 1 October and integrate with Imperial College London. Lord Tugendhat has been appointed the first chairman of Imperial College Healthcare trust by ...
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Graphic pictures illustrating the effects smoking can have on health will be printed on all cigarette packets from next year, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.The 15 images to be used were chosen following a consultation in 2006, market research and a public vote. The move makes the UK the ...
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A new chief executive has been appointed to NHS South Central. Jim Easton joins the strategic health authority from York hospitals foundation trust and replaces Mark Britnell who moved to the Department of Health in July.Mr Easton said: 'There is a real ambition across the NHS and its partners ...
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PCTs assured over ICATS liability
Primary care trusts in the North West will not have to pay out if the number of patients using privately operated clinical assessment services is lower than anticipated.NHS North West has moved to allay concerns that PCTs across the patch would be forced to pay for the integrated clinical assessment ...
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PCTs to consult on Darzi's London blueprint
NHS London has asked the capital's primary care trusts to form a joint committee to carry out consultation on junior health minister Lord Darzi's report, A Framework for Action.The joint committee would be responsible for approving the consultation document, considering the impact the proposals would have on health inequalities and ...
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Anna Donald on drugs in the headlines
Hardly a day passes without press reports on products of one kind or another, be they heart drugs, vitamin tablets or laser surgery.Of late: the diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos may cause heart failure. Our national heart disease director Professor Roger Boyle thinks all men older than 50 should take ...
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Trading places
After an exceptional week spent in each other's roles, the chief executives of a primary care trust and its main acute provider agree the idea works. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Maggie Rae on building trust
Competence-based work and well-defined skills are key to an effective workforce. My civil service colleagues benefit greatly from the Professional Skills for Government training they get. Of course, experience and creative thinking are also part of a well-rounded person.However, you can have all the skills, intelligence and qualifications you like, ...
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SNP calls for fast-track reforms
Scotland's new SNP health secretary has called on NHS boards to accelerate the pace of change to give patients the services they deserve.
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Money management
Reform and reorganisation in health services is not new. But arguably the most recent changes have had the most fundamental impact on the working lives of staff and there is increasing concern about the personal financial implications of these developments
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children's health
The UK can do more to stop children being harmed by environmental hazards such as air pollution, says a new report by the Health Protection Agency.The document is a first step towards a UK Children’s Environment and Health Strategy, which will be put into action by local and regional public ...
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Andrew Jones on world-class commissioning
'World-class commissioning sounds exciting but the definitions need sharpening up. What does it mean? You might ask: does anyone know and does it really matter?
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Specialist services essential in diabetes care
A new publication from the diabetes specialist services liaison group highlights the challenges that diabetes poses for the NHS and how specialist services can help overcome them.
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Mental health focus for humanitarian agencies
New guidelines to address the mental health needs of survivors of conflict and disaster have been agreed.
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Poor access costs businesses
Rigid and inflexible GP services are costing workers and businesses millions of pounds every year, according to the Confederation of British Industry.Restricted opening hours, difficulty in booking forward appointments and the limited range of services on offer cost theUKeconomy an estimated£1bn and 3.5 million working days a year, it says.The ...