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If there’s one thing more frustrating than being ignored, it’s seeing someone else coming out with a similar idea and being rewarded for it. But that’s a not uncommon experience for doctors and other frontline NHS staff working for the many trusts that have spent large sums of money on external management consultants...
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Speech recognition technology has many applications within the NHS, whether it is being used in advanced forms of digital dictation or even in aiding disabled people lead a normal life. Richard Mackillican talks toProfessor Mark Hawleyabout this fascinating area of research Imagine not being able to open a door, switch on a computer or even open a window. All seemingly...
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| National campaign launched to end stigma and improve mental health of NHS staff NHS Employers has launched a national campaign to end stigma against NHS workers with mental ill health, improve employment rates for people with mental health conditions and help trusts to create a better working environment for all staff. The Open Your Mind campaign, supported by the Mental Health Network and the National... |
Preventing thousands of avoidable deaths from VTE Professor Beverley Hunt discusses what the inclusion of VTE as a national CQUIN goal means for the NHS in 2010 and argues the challenge to make an impact and prevent thousands of avoidable deaths from VTE has only just begun Thirty years ago Vijay Kakkar scored a significant medical breakthrough when he demonstrated that the use...
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NHS ‘better equipped’ to tackle local health inequalities, says DoH A new internet application, which will allow local trusts to monitor and respond to trends in infant mortality and life expectancy to tackle health inequalities, has been launched by Public Health Minister, Gillian Merron. Gillian Merron was speaking at the ‘Marmot and The Third Sector’ conference which was an opportunity for delegates to respond to the Marmot review - entitled ‘Fair Society, Healthy Lives’ - which identified key areas...
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They took all your dignity away Two recent in-depth studies of continence care of older people in hospitals and nursing homes show that older people are not always treated with dignity or able to use toilet facilities when needed. The studies, carried out by the University of Kent and the Royal College of Physicians’Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit showthe need for care which reflects the patient’s personal preferences rather than prescriptive clinical guidelines. Here, Dr Adrian Wagg describes how a research team with the Centre for Health and Social Studies along with the Royal...
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The next few years are going to be difficult for everyone in the NHS, especially for the financial managers who will have to deal with restricted budgets, reports Richard Mackillican As levels of demand on NHS resources grow ever larger, coupled with ever more demanding government targets, financial managers within the health service certainly have an uphill struggle ahead of them as they face the possibility of real terms cuts to their budgets... |
Smart use of health intelligence celebrated The organisation designed to help make the smartest use of health data across the NHS has celebrated its 10th anniversary. The Public Health Observatories have marked the anniversary with a joint one-day conference with the Department of Health where the keynote address will be delivered by the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson. Public Health Observatories... |
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