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Get involved in bid for skills academy, employers urged
The Learning and Skills Council has urged employers to put forward expressions of interest in developing a national skills academy for their industry.The government plans to have 12 such academies up and running across England by 2008.Read the prospectus here
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BMA: better preparation on cultural differences needed
UK doctors and nurses who work in developing countries would benefit from better preparation on the cultural challenges faced, a report by the British Medical Association has found.Medics surveyed for the report said shortages of resources meant health problems often led to health problems not being addressed.
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No one to talk to say young people with eating disorders
A survey of young people with eating disorders has found 92 per cent could not tell anyone they had a problem.Only one per cent felt they could talk to their parents, nine per cent could talk to someone at school and 17 per cent to a nurse or doctor.Eating disorder ...
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Ruth Eley on why reconfiguration must work for older people
Older people are the biggest users of the health service. With services being reconfigured, their need for participation and independence must not be forgotten.
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Legal briefing: patient choice and the model contract
Under the new NHS operating framework, there will be greater competition, and far more choice for patients
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Alternative therapy scheme launched
The NHS in Northern Ireland has launched a pilot scheme in which patients can receive complementary and alternative therapies as part of their treatment.The pilot will initially focus on musculoskeletal problems and depression, anxiety and stress.
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Clinicians under the spotlight
Tackling performance problems is rarely easy, but there is experienced support to call on. Dr Rosemary Field explains
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Angela Coulter on the national patients survey
'Access to GPs has dramatically improved!' claims the government. 'Nonsense, it's got worse!' yells the Daily Express.
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Hilary Thomas on reconfiguration and supercasinos
So far this year I've enjoyed a strange mixture of speaking to the public about the case for change; getting involved in what I might loosely term 'people processes' - all of which has been a rich source of learning; and finding myself in a new-found role of professional patient.
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GP czar calls for family doctors to do hospital roles
GP czar Dr David Colin-Thome has made a clinical case for widening the role of GPs to include roles traditionally found in hospitals.In a report to health secretary Patricia Hewitt he says family doctors could carry out more minor operations, take responsibility for the six-week post surgery follow up and ...
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Book now for Good Management Live
Following the success of Good Management Live 2006, HSJ is pleased to hold a second series of GM Live events in association with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, and sponsored by the Integrated Service Improvement Programme and Connecting for Health.
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The real impact of shifting care from hospitals to the community
CSIP was asked to evaluate the shift of resources from inpatient wards at Folkestone to a comprehensive range of health and social care services provided in the community.
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Kate Silvester on waste and value
Do work that adds value, cut out the rest, and you will save time and money as well as providing a better service.
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Kids to get obesity education
Schoolchildren will be taught how exercise affects fitness and health, as part of an attempt to tackle childhood obesity, education secretary Alan Johnson has announced.Following a review by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, schools will also be able to introduce whatever physical activity best suits their pupils.Find out more here
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Committee hears public involvement concerns
The chief executive of the NHS Centre for Involvement has told the Commons health select committee that current arrangement for public involvement in NHS decision-making are not working well.Dr Jonathan Tritter told yesterday's hearing of the committee that he hoped the proposed local involvement networks would be more successful.
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'Unacceptable risk' to acutes exposed by PCTs' contract
The final model contract released last week has provoked fierce resistance from hospital providers, which have little time for the argument that it rebalances the power levels between primary care trusts and acutes. For more, read New model contract threatens survival, foundations warn.
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PCT could slash 90 per cent of staff
A troubleshooter chief executive plans to strip an ailing primary care trust down to its core functions and reduce the number of staff from 300 to 30.
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Hewitt to take part in live web chat
Next week you will be able to quiz the health secretary about the future of the NHS in a live webchat on the Number 10 website.It will take place on Thursday 8 February from 10.45am and last for an hour. The webchat is the first in a series addressing the ...
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Voluntary organisations to share £23.9m pot
Around 700 voluntary and community sector organisations will share a £23.9m pot of government grants, according to care services minister Ivan Lewis.The Department of Health's section 64 scheme will give an average of £44,000 to fund 132 new grants and 256 continuing grants. The Opportunities for Volunteering scheme will have ...
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New chair of NHS Litigation Authority
Professor Dame Joan Higgins has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Litigation Authority.Dame Joan is Emeritus Professor of Health Policy at the University of Manchester and outgoing chair of the Christie Hospital Trust. She is also chair of the patient information advisory group at the Department of ...