All Voluntary sector/third sector articles – Page 22
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Age Concern seeks views on older people's care
Age Concern is seeking views on how to improve the quality of care and support for older people.
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VSO through the eyes of a health management volunteer
In her regular column from Cambodia, Patricia Sloan looks at how VSO has evolved over the last 50 years
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Getting to the bottom of NHS diabetes care
Diabetes is on the rise and is estimated to be responsible for more than one in 10 deaths in England - so why are more GPs not detecting and monitoring it, asks Emma Dent
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Nicky Jonas on NHS volunteers abroad
Volunteering offers stressed-out NHS managers the chance to make a difference in the developing world and learn valuable new skills that can give them an edge when they return home.
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Richard Branson joins Patients Association
Sir Richard Branson, Baroness Kennedy, Professor Sir Iain Hutchison and Dr Evan Harris have all become vice presidents of the Patients Association.
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Women ignoring vaginal infections, says charity
Nearly half of all women are ignoring symptoms of vaginal infections, according to a survey by women's health charity Wellbeing of Women.
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HIV services: caring for older patients
As people with HIV/AIDS live longer, services must adapt to meet the needs of more patients and the first generation of HIV-positive pensioners. Emma Dent reports
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Promoting patient choice in end of life care
A partnership between a foundation trust and a PCT has been tackling an integral part of care planning by asking patients how they wish to be cared for as they approach the end of their life
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Lord Carter to head up NHS competition panel
Lord Carter of Coles is to be the first chair and director of the NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel.
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Prison healthcare: community spirit and honour among thieves
A study of prison healthcare has uncovered inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill. It is time this was formally recognised.
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Shortfall in care home funding
An extra £540m is needed to pay for residential care for older people, research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation predicts.
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NHS vocational training: branching out
A mental health and learning disability trust has helped one of its rehabilitation schemes become a social firm. Alison Moore reports
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Trials offer support to staff with depression
A tool for supporting staff with depression is being tested with employers including the Department of Health, Kent County Council, Oxleas foundation trust, the Royal Mail and Tate & Lyle.
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Pregnant women with epilepsy need better care, says charity
The British Epilepsy Association has launched a campaign to give health professionals the tools they need to offer better care to women with epilepsy who become pregnant or are planning a pregnancy.
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Patient choice in mental health: your shout
The views of mental health patients will become much more important over the next decade as they demand services tailored to their needs, writes Mark Gould
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Integrated care connections
The Connected Care project involves healthcare organisations genuinely listening to local people. Paul Dinsdale tunes in
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Get happy: the secret to a healthy old age
There is clear evidence older people benefit from preventive healthcare. For the fulfilled old age that people want, services must spot depression early and support good diet and mobility
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Children 'do not have say in mental healthcare'
Few children have a say in their mental health treatment, although 97 per cent of professionals, parents and young people say they should, according to a survey by charity Young Minds.
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Adolescent services: smells like teen spirit
The teenage years are not the easiest: testing boundaries, asserting your independence and taking risks - and this age group often falls between child and adult healthcare. Claire Laurent reports on moves to target services for young people's needs
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Elderly 'going hungry' on wards
Many hospitals are still not doing enough to prevent older people from going hungry on hospital wards, according to Age Concern.Following monitoring undertaken as part of the Hungry to be Heard campaign, the charity claims 43 per cent of NHS trusts have still not introduced protected meal times.