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Translation services costing NHS £60,000 a day
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The NHS spend on translation and interpretation services is £60,000 a day, according to a report. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
BMA seeks pensions breakthroughEmail this article to a colleague.
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Association urges health secretary to return to negotiations (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Students decide: Feeling mutual?Email this article to a colleague.
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Should students on traditional medical degree courses subsidise graduate-entry medics? (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
BMA council election deadline loomsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nominations must be in by 5pm on Friday, February 10 (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Reform cuts costing 6,000 nursing posts, Labour warnEmail this article to a colleague.
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Money earmarked for the costs of reorganising the NHS could pay to prevent the loss of 6,000 nursing jobs, Labour claims. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Reader survey offers holiday prizeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Complete the survey by Sunday February 26. (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Exclusive: LMCs swamped by GPs suffering depressionEmail this article to a colleague.
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LMC leaders have warned that increasing pressure to cut costs and referrals has triggered a sharp rise in GPs seeking help for stress and depression, GP can reveal. (Source: Healthcare Republic News)
Source: Healthcare Republic News - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
RCGP chairwoman says Health Bill undermined focus on GP trainingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dr Gerada is working hard to fight the Bill and says other RCGP priorities have suffered as a result. (Source: Healthcare Republic News)
Source: Healthcare Republic News - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
CQC denies that 10% of GP practices face inspectionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rowed back on a warning from one of its senior officials that up to 10% of GP practices could present a 'risk to patients'. (Source: Healthcare Republic News)
Source: Healthcare Republic News - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHS must be 'bullish' on the valuation of branded drugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The NHS must stand its ground over what it is willing to pay for new medicines and ensure 'rigorous' assessment of value, a health economist has warned. (Source: Healthcare Republic News)
Source: Healthcare Republic News - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Government bailout likely for seven trusts hit by PFI debtEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hospital trusts in line for £1.5 million cash boost in bid to keep goingRelated items from OnMedicaNHS faces 'most severe financial challenge' ever'Ditch' private management consultants from the NHSIndependent sector overpaid by £927 million NHS finances in dire straits warn health leadersCutting NHS IT could compromise safety (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New government campaign ramps up effort to curb boozingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Just a little bit extra boosts risk of serious illness, drinkers warnedRelated items from OnMedicaDrinkers warned of dangers to waistlineParents to take key role in curbing teen boozing Poor patients more likely to die after heart surgery than richOver a third of adults drink in excess Drinkers do not know how much alcohol they are drinking (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Plan to Take British Health Records Into Virtual Reality Encounters Bureaucratic Reality, Shuts DownEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Peter Suderman, Reason Content: “It’s hard to imagine a better environment in which to test a government-run health information technology system than Britain’s National Health Service. The system is fully socialized, with a single government payer, universal enrollment, and doctors employed directly by the state. There are roughly 60 million beneficiaries, which is big [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 5, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News UK EHR Virtual Reality Source Type: news
[World Report] Cuts in Portugal's NHS could compromise careEmail this article to a colleague.
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Portugal's debt crisis is forcing hospital closures and hasty reform of the National Health Service, causing some observers to raise concerns about patient care. Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto reports. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - February 4, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto Tags: World Report Source Type: research
[Comment] How the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 would end entitlement to comprehensive health care in EnglandEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Health Service (NHS) in England has been a leading international model of tax-financed, universal health care. Legal analysis shows that the Health and Social Care Bill currently making its way through the UK Parliament would abolish that model and pave the way for the introduction of a US-style health system by eroding entitlement to equality of health-care provision. The Bill severs the duty of the Secretary of State for Health to secure comprehensive health care throughout England and introduces competitive markets and structures consistent with greater inequality of provision, mixed funding, and widespread...
Source: LANCET - February 4, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Allyson M Pollock, David Price, Peter Roderick, Tim Treuherz, David McCoy, Martin McKee, Lucy Reynolds Tags: Comment Source Type: research
[Editorial] Genomic medicine and the NHS: it is possibleEmail this article to a colleague.
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An independent advisory group has urged the UK Government to integrate genomic medicine into the National Health Service (NHS). The Human Genomics Strategy Group (HGSG), established in 2010 after a House of Lords inquiry into genomic medicine, set out their recommendations in a report published on Jan 25. First, the group proposed that the government outline a policy for expansion of genomic technology in the NHS; HGSG emphasised that commissioning of cost-effectiveness studies will be a necessary step. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - February 4, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Bradford surgeon becomes Yorks and Humber postgraduate deanEmail this article to a colleague.
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WORKFORCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust consultant vascular surgeon David Wilkinson has been appointed postgraduate dean at the Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Thinking differently about quality and costEmail this article to a colleague.
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"Revolution begins with a transformation of consciousness". Innovation, doing things differently, is becoming a high priority activity in the NHS. Innovation has a critical pre-requisite: thinking differently. If we are going to sustain a universal healthcare system for future generations, we need to think differently about the relationship between cost and quality. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Five NHS commissioning board directors confirmedEmail this article to a colleague.
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The appointment of five NHS Commissioning Board executive directors has been announced, including Ian Dalton in the key role of chief operating officer. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Medics welcome alcohol strategyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ministers propose all-Ireland minimum price for alcohol (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Cigarette machine ban spreadsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Minister says legislation will make it harder for children and teenagers to buy tobacco (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
BMA seeks Bahrain talksEmail this article to a colleague.
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Association seeks human rights and legal guarantees for health workers (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Government estimates central bail-out of seven trusts will cost £1.5bnEmail this article to a colleague.
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The government has estimated that bailing out hospital trusts with large PFI repayments could cost £1.5bn. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
CQUIN and CQC quality results don't match, report findsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The results of a financial incentive scheme to improve quality do not match up with other quality measures in hospital care, a study has found. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Frontline medicine: Licensed to thrill?Email this article to a colleague.
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‘The power of televised drama has altered the public’s perception of emergency medicine’ (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Commissioning board restricted by Health Bill 'turbulence'Email this article to a colleague.
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The NHS Commissioning Board is working under “strict limits” on what it can do as the government’s Health Bill battles “turbulence” in Parliament, its chair has said. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Revealed: All but six of London's non-FT hospital trusts unviable by 2014-15Email this article to a colleague.
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Only six of London’s 18 non-foundation hospital trusts will be viable in their current form in 2014-15, HSJ can reveal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Death rates higher after weekend admissions, study confirmsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Patients admitted to hospital at weekends have a greater chance of dying than those admitted on a week day, a large-scale review of NHS data has reiterated. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Emergency waits show sharp riseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Figures show 19.3 per cent rising in patients waiting longer than 12 hours (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
CMOs issue vitamin D warning to GPsEmail this article to a colleague.
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GPs should alert patients at risk of vitamin D deficiency and inform them of how to get free supplements to prevent diseases such as rickets, CMOs of the four UK countries have said. (Source: Healthcare Republic News)
Source: Healthcare Republic News - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Off the record Wales: Who dares winsEmail this article to a colleague.
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‘This is the most ambitious and controversial step Wales has taken since devolution’ (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
From the chair: Continental driftEmail this article to a colleague.
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Prime minister announces commitment to revising the EWTD (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Private practitioners seek thorough market investigationEmail this article to a colleague.
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BMA expresses disappointment over terms of Competition Commission investigation (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Royal Gollege of GPs joins calls for Health Bill to be scrappedEmail this article to a colleague.
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The UK’s largest medical royal college has called for the prime minister to scrap the Health and Social Care Bill, branding it “damaging, unnecessary and expensive”. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Sunday hospital admissions 'a bigger risk'Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion
The main finding of this study was that being admitted to hospital at the weekend (Saturday or Sunday) is associated with a significant increased risk of death over the following 30-days. This study has strengths in that it has used an extremely large and reliable data set representative of almost all hospital admissions within the NHS in England during one financial year. The researchers’ model also accounted for a wide range of medical and sociodemographic factors and characteristics of admission that could have influenced the risk of death.
While the researchers’ models adjusted for a variety of important...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Source Type: news
Travel Carbon Footprint (TCF) SystemEmail this article to a colleague.
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All London based NHS Organisations can benefit for free from an online travel carbon footprint system provided by NHS Support Services Partnership South West London (SSP) and funded by the London NHS Travel Network.
NHS staff are asked to spend just one minute completing an anonymous travel survey, and are presented instantly with a report of their annual travel habits and resultant carbon footprint.
Please visit http://tcfsspswl.hubsphere.com today and complete the survey.
Data is collated at site and organisation level to provide a wealth of robust information which can be used to inform the organisa...
Source: NHS Networks - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
Improving access to NICE approved drugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Local formularies provide a list of selected or preferred drugs available to local prescribers and have an important role in underpinning safe and effective use of medicines.
However, there is currently no standard process or advice for putting together a local formulary which has led to variations across the country.
A recent report into innovation in healthcare by the Department of Health has highlighted that not all local formularies are including all of NICE's technology appraisals. This can lead to a postcode lottery where patients miss out on drugs approved by NICE. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
Emergency day surgery: Improving productivity and reducing bed daysEmail this article to a colleague.
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Patients referred by GPs or attending the emergency department with minor emergency surgical conditions are assessed against certain criteria. Those with abscesses requiring drainage or hernias that are painful but not obstructed or strangulated are not admitted but instead sent home and allocated to unplanned gaps in elective surgery lists. Patients are notified of their surgery slot once known and usually attend the following day in a day surgery unit (weekdays) or short-stay ward (weekends), to fast before undergoing surgery. More ….. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
The need for standardised outcome reporting in colorectal surgeryEmail this article to a colleague.
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We were interested to read the paper by Morris et al demonstrating significant variation in 30-day postoperative mortality following major colorectal cancer surgery in National Health Service hospitals in England.1 While we agree that understanding the underlying causes of this variation will be invaluable to inform best practice, we think that it is necessary to choose a definition of postoperative mortality that provides information relevant to patients as well as clinicians. In cardiothoracic surgery, this issue has been debated for some years, resulting in a measure of ‘operative mortality’ which encompasse...
Source: Gut - February 3, 2012 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Whistance, R. N., Blencowe, N. S., Blazeby, J. M. Tags: PostScript Source Type: research
RCGP demands withdrawal of Health Bill in letter to PMEmail this article to a colleague.
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The RCGP has written to prime minister David Cameron demanding the complete withdrawal of the Health Bill. (Source: Healthcare Republic News)
Source: Healthcare Republic News - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Deaths higher in patients admitted at weekendsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Yet less patients die in hospital at the weekendRelated items from OnMedicaWaiting times peak as budgets are squeezedNHS finances in dire straits warn health leadersGPs say PCTs are slow to make decisionsNHS reliant on doctors working ‘goodwill’ hours'Ditch' private management consultants from the NHS (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Outbreak of salmonella strikes UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health Protection Agency says watermelons may be the source Related items from OnMedicaE. coli linked to long-term illnessSalmonella found in kebab shop salads Environment and health link to be tested Poor patients more likely to die after heart surgery than rich'Mad cow's disease' confirmed in patient with haemophilia for first time (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Sexual infections have doubled in seniorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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GPs should discuss safe sex regardless of age, say authors Related items from OnMedicaOver 45s take risks with their sexual healthSexually transmitted infections double in the over 45sParents unsure of HPV vaccine for daughters Nurses predict soaring STI ratesContraception plan to focus on GP intervention (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Malaria kills twice as many people than previously thoughtEmail this article to a colleague.
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Study shows deaths are high in adults as well as youngRelated items from OnMedicaDrug-resistant TB set to become more dominantGuide helps GPs care for migrant patientsAfricans in the UK most likely to acquire malaria One or two doses of HPV jab may be enoughSharp rise of swine flu in Australia suggests pandemic (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
GP College calls for Health Bill to be scrappedEmail this article to a colleague.
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GPs revolt over health reforms as college moves to total opposition Related items from OnMedicaAmendments made to Health BillReview calls for “substantial” changes to health reformsNHS policy hampers integrated care commissioningHundreds of GPs slam the health reformsGPs under pressure to put costs before patients (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 3, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Poverty, ethnicity and inequalityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Improving cross-cultural communication between doctors, nurses and the Asian community (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 2, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
A question of prioritiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Are health-inequalities programmes an unaffordable luxury in the current financial climate? (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 2, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Sacked Mid Staffs lawyer awarded £100,000Email this article to a colleague.
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A lawyer who was sacked by Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust after allegedly trying to cover up failings in a patient’s care has won more than £100,000 at an employment tribunal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 2, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NNS bosses pressured to encourage work for the wider NHSEmail this article to a colleague.
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Chief medical officers say time must be allowed for external duties (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 2, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Government backtracking on GPs’ hoursEmail this article to a colleague.
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Extended hours missing from plans to improve surgery access (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - February 2, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
