Primary Care – Page 302
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Scottish Executive unveils plans to reform nursing
New measures to reform nursing in Scotland have been unveiled by the Scottish Executive.Health minister Andy Kerr launched the Delivering Care, Enabling Healthstrategy, which will give nurses, midwives and allied health professionals a bigger role in patient care.The strategy was published alongside a review ...
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HIV awareness pack launched for schools
The National AIDS trust has launched a free resource pack to help teachers integrate HIV education into the national curriculum at key stages three and four. The trust fears the failure of the curriculum to include HIV within relevant subjects means many young people leave school without knowing the facts. ...
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Telephone marketing raising awareness of COPD
Cheshire and Merseyside Partnerships for Health (ChaMPs) are using telephone marketing to encourage vulnerable communities to reduce the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. People living in Vauxhall, Everton and Netherley in Liverpool, Kirby in Knowsley and Runcorn in Cheshire will be encouraged to ...
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Richard Barker on why the IT programme is never going to come right
'NPfIT will never get back on track; it was never on track in the first place. It breaks every rule of project management - from scoping to delivery - and is patently failing to take into account the actual requirements of clinicians across the NHS.'
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David Lock on pressure to prescribe
'There are two potentially conflicting legal duties here - the duty to prescribe the drug and the legal requirement to break even'
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CSIP's eBook resource for commissioners and service providers
The Care Services Improvement Partnership's commissioning eBook (www.cat.csip.org.uk/commissioningebook) was launched at the end of March and contains a range of articles that represent current thinking and practice in commissioning.
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Nigel Walker on commissioning for outcomes
The publication of the white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Sayand subsequent feedback have shown commissioning to be the highest single priority across the country. In response the Care Services Improvement Partnership is bringing together a commissioning programme that can be delivered through its eight regional development centres. The ...
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Ruth Hussey on public health
'What are the new opportunities to improve the public's health and what can the public health team do for you?'
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Matron's mate
Community matrons can save money and improve care - and Nina Barnett and colleagues have the evidence to prove it
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David Peat on snipers and Special Ones
I believe that in the fullness of time we will look back at these months of uncertainty and see it as a short diversion from the grand task in hand.
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David Woodhead on love and understanding
'If love is all around us, why is it seldom discussed? What is the exact role of love in promoting health? And if love were a desired outcome, how would we recognise it?'
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Government funding for prison drug treatment 'slashed'
Cuts in NHS funding have led to a budget shortfall for drug treatment for prisoners, according to a charity.The drugs information charity DrugScope said that the government had pledged £28m for an integrated drug treatment system in 2006-07 and £40m for 2007-08. But it says the budget for this year ...
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Patients to use libraries to choose healthcare
Patients will be able to use their local libraries to access their choice of healthcare provider under a new pilot scheme called Partnership for Patients.Read the press release here
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PCTs asked to help 'at-risk' families
The joint Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills parenting support programme for at-risk families is now accepting joint applications from primary care trusts and local authorities wanting to become demonstration sites for the programme.Download the application pack here
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Data fears don't stop survey
The Department of Health is pushing ahead with a massive GP patient experience survey despite fears over data protection issues and dissent from the British Medical Association.
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LIFT-funded buildings pass 100 mark
The opening of three new health centres this week through the local improvement finance trust has pushed the NHS above the 100 mark in its LIFT-funded building programme.The 100th building to open was the £3m Longview Drive primary care centre in St Helens and was followed by two more in ...
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Government announces carer arrangements
The government has defined 'carer' with regard to new rights from 6 April next year for carers to request flexible working arrangements from their employers.Employment relations minister Jim Fitzpatrick announced today that the rules will cover employees caring for an adult who is: their spouse, partner or civil partner; a ...
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Predicting the future
Cutting emergency hospital admissions among those with long-term conditions would save the NHS millions. But how can those at risk be identified, traced and their needs addressed? Daloni Carlisle looks at two solutions
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Chronic diseases threaten economies
Chronic diseases including heart and lung disease, cancer and diabetes should be more prominent in international development agendas as they threaten the economic growth of the developed and developing worlds, according to a new report.The report by the Oxford Health Alliance found that chronic diseases can cost up to 6.8 ...
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Dave Roberts on QOF and chronic diseases
The quality and outcomes framework rewards general practices for providing evidence-based, high-quality care to patients with a specific set of chronic conditions. But its data can be used to improve other processes.