Wednesday 12 December 2012
Speak out about rape and sexual assault
Speak out about rape and sexual assault: Serenity, Northamptonshire's Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), is launching a campaign aimed at 18-30 year old victims of rape and sexual assault to encourage them to come forward and talk about... Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Northampton medical firm owed £230,000 by NHS
Northampton medical firm owed £230,000 by NHS: A Northampton medical supplies firm risks being unable to pay its staff because of a £230,000 debt owed by the NHS. Northampton Chronilce and Echo
England to be ‘among best in Europe at tackling cancer’ pledges Jeremy Hunt
England to be ‘among best in Europe at tackling cancer’ pledges Jeremy Hunt: The second annual report on ‘Improving outcomes: a strategy for cancer‘, published today, shows cancer survival rates are improving.
Get a flavour of the findings in this infographic.
Speaking today at the Britain against Cancer Conference, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt emphasised the need to reduce variation across England, so all areas reach the excellent standards of the best.
He pledged to make England among the best in Europe at tackling the top 5 killers: cancer, stroke, and heart, respiratory and liver disease.
Get a flavour of the findings in this infographic.
Speaking today at the Britain against Cancer Conference, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt emphasised the need to reduce variation across England, so all areas reach the excellent standards of the best.
He pledged to make England among the best in Europe at tackling the top 5 killers: cancer, stroke, and heart, respiratory and liver disease.
Is miscarriage care insensitive?
Is miscarriage care insensitive?: 'I could hear women having their babies while I was losing mine' BBC News
NHS trust helped on £45m deficit
NHS trust helped on £45m deficit: Experts are to be called in by an NHS watchdog to a hospital trust deemed unable to clear a £45m budget deficit. BBC News
The cost of our ageing society
The cost of our ageing society: This report, sponsored by Milliman, highlights the projected financial impact of the cost of the world’s ageing population. It particularly examines spending on healthcare, which in the UK is
projected to see the largest rise of all elements of age-related spending; rising from an annual cost of 6.8% to 9.1% of GDP between 2016/17 and 2061/62. This total rise of 2.3% of GDP is equivalent to a rise of around £36bn in today’s money. It calls on governments across the world to consider linking eligibility ages of state pension to life expectancy and do more to ensure that the labour market is accessible to older people. It also urges governments to consider how to create better conditions for health care innovation and development.
projected to see the largest rise of all elements of age-related spending; rising from an annual cost of 6.8% to 9.1% of GDP between 2016/17 and 2061/62. This total rise of 2.3% of GDP is equivalent to a rise of around £36bn in today’s money. It calls on governments across the world to consider linking eligibility ages of state pension to life expectancy and do more to ensure that the labour market is accessible to older people. It also urges governments to consider how to create better conditions for health care innovation and development.
Clinical Commissioning Groups start to take budgets
Clinical Commissioning Groups start to take budgets: This week the NHS Commissioning Board has given authorisation for 34 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to assume the management of health service budgets for their areas.Sir David Nicholson, the NHS Commissioning Board’s Chief Executive, said: "The creation of CCGs is a great opportunity for the NHS that will have real benefits for patients. In future, the vast majority of decisions about how we use the publ... Healthcare Today
How C.diff travels the world
How C.diff travels the world: Researchers in the United States say they have identified two strains of the superbug Clostridium difficile that can spread rapidly.Once they become resistant to antibiotics, the C. difficile strains quickly infected hospitals around the world.The study carried out a forensic analysis of the bacterium's genetic code, and were able to show how it had travelled.Once the bac... Healthcare Today
Winterbourne View failures lead to care system review
Winterbourne View failures lead to care system review: “Fine and ban care home abuse bosses,” the Daily Mirror demands, while the Daily Mail says that “there must be a complete culture change in treatment” for care centres.
Both headlines are in response to a Department of Health report into staff mistreatment and abuse of patients at the private Winterbourne View Hospital. These events first came to light in May 2011.
The engine behind GP-led commissioning? The private sector | Colin Leys
The engine behind GP-led commissioning? The private sector | Colin Leys: GPs taking on the commissioning role of primary care trusts will be more accountable to private shareholders than the public
The authorisation of the "first wave" of 34 GP-led clinical commissioning groups to replace primary care trusts in April is a good moment to take stock. What kind of health service are CCGs – which are the centrepiece of the controversial Health and Social Care Act 2012 – going to give us?
The authorisation of the "first wave" of 34 GP-led clinical commissioning groups to replace primary care trusts in April is a good moment to take stock. What kind of health service are CCGs – which are the centrepiece of the controversial Health and Social Care Act 2012 – going to give us?
Bowel cancer test delayed by IT glitch
Bowel cancer test delayed by IT glitch: IT problems have led to a two-year delay in rolling out a bowel cancer test that could save thousands of lives, the Department of Health has admitted.
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