All Stroke articles – Page 11
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NewsNHS mini-stroke performance 'costs 500 lives a year'
The NHS is failing to act quickly enough when people suffer symptoms of a transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini stroke, costing an estimated 500 lives a year, according to a report.
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NewsQuality vascular surgery ‘requires centralisation’
Vascular surgery should be centralised before strategic health authorities and primary care trusts are abolished, the president of the Vascular Society has argued. Cliff Shearman’s comments follow the publication of an audit calling for greater centralisation to improve quality.
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal authority and PCT partnerships
We know that better partnerships will identify and address need in an improved way and will save resources.
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NewsCentralising stroke services improves care, says NHS London
The centralisation of stroke services across London has more than tripled the number of patients receiving life-saving clot busting treatment in just five months, according to latest figures from NHS London.
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NewsDeparting NHS London chair hits out at Lansley
The NHS London chair who resigned in protest at the government’s reconfiguration policy has formally stepped down, leaving the strategic health authority struggling to maintain a functioning board.
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NewsUCLH says acute care centralisation is better
London’s controversial centralisation programme is delivering lifesaving benefits to patients, according to one of England’s largest foundation trusts.
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NewsNICE publishes the first set of quality standards
Trusts should screen all stroke patients for cognitive impairment within six weeks of diagnosis, according to the first set of quality standards to be published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsNICE publishes first quality standards
Trusts should screen all stroke patients for cognitive impairment within six weeks of diagnosis, according to the first set of quality standards to be published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsHealth network appoints new chairman
The South London Health Innovation and Education Cluster has appointed Paul Lincoln, the chief executive of the National Heart Forum, as its chairman.
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Comment
Why the NHS should devote 5 per cent of its budget to public health
It may seem crazy talk, but the NHS should devote 5 per cent of its budget to public health. We can’t afford not to, says John Middleton
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NewsNICE calls to slash transfat levels
Small changes to people’s diets that make them more healthy could prevent tens of thousands of deaths each year from heart disease and stroke, experts have claimed.
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News‘In intervention’ PCT is to investigate failings
NHS Portsmouth City has been placed “in intervention” by its strategic health authority.
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SupplementsPreventing stroke: action or crisis
There is a growing concern that too little is being done for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, an at-risk condition that is easier to diagnose than many practitioners realise
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NewsHealth bill announced in Queen's speech
The Queen’s speech has prepared the way for a new health bill, the draft text of which was leaked two days ago.
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NewsNHS needs 'stroke champions' to improve services
Stroke “champions” should be appointed in the NHS to help drive up the standard of a service that is lagging behind the rest of the UK, a group of Welsh Assembly members will say.
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NewsBurnham, Lamb and Lansley clash in health debate
The three main political parties all accused each other of “failing the NHS” before Thursday evening’s televised debate between the Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat leaders.
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NewsDavid Nicholson calls for 'more urgency' in stroke care
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said trusts must put “more urgency” into meeting the requirements of the national stroke strategy.
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NewsStroke action falls short of CQC standards
Many stroke patients are still not spending enough of their hospital stay on a specialist stroke unit or having a brain scan within 24 hours, a National Audit Office report has revealed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Telehealth and telecare
With the UK’s ageing population and ever more effective treatments for long-term health conditions placing immense amounts of pressure on public sector budgets, the urgency to deliver more-for-less has never been greater.
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HSJ Knowledge
QIPP challenges
QIPP is a cornerstone of the government’s drive to make the NHS take a more preventative and patient-centred approach.