Tuesday 29 January 2013

EMAS make deal with unions to help staff learning

EMAS make deal with unions to help staff learning: Ambulance bosses and unions have signed a joint learning agreement designed to support staff in developing their skills. Evening Telgraph

Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO's work on the Department of Health 2011-12

Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO's work on the Department of Health 2011-12: This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department of Health during 2011-12. National Audit Office

Mobile app connects GPs with specialist services

Mobile app connects GPs with specialist services: A foundation trust has developed an iPhone app to connect GPs to clinics, consultants and specialist services. GP Online

Report on hospice care in the UK

Report on hospice care in the UK: Current and Future Needs for Hospice Care is part of a series commissioned to give strategic direction to providers of hospice care in the UK for the next 10 to 15 years.
The report presents the current evidence on preferences for place of care and place of death in the UK. It shows that most people would prefer to die at home, but also that there is a substantial proportion who would prefer to die in hospices or palliative care units, particularly among older people. National End of Life Care Programme

Window restrictors alert published

Window restrictors alert published: This alert is regarding window restrictors that may be inadequate in preventing a determined effort to force a window open beyond the 100mm restriction. An incident has occurred in which a patient died following a fall from a second floor hospital window.
Read the estates and facilities alert EFA/2013/002 issued on 23 January 2013. Department of Health

Mass cancer mapping centre opens

Mass cancer mapping centre opens: The devastating changes that turn healthy tissue into cancer are to be investigated in the biggest centre of its kind in the NHS. BBC News

VIDEO: Surgeons urge new guidelines on botox

VIDEO: Surgeons urge new guidelines on botox: Only trained doctors, nurses and dentists should provide non-surgical cosmetic treatments such as Botox, according to the Royal College of Surgeons. BBC News

GPSoC delayed

GPSoC delayed: The new national contract for GP clinical systems has been delayed until the end of the year. E-Health Insider

Is Hunt's dream possible?

Is Hunt's dream possible?: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has just announced he wants the NHS to become the "most digital health service in the world." E-Health Insider

The Newest Edition of Psychiatry?s ?Bible,? the DSM-5, Is Complete - Scientific American

The Newest Edition of Psychiatry?s ?Bible,? the DSM-5, Is Complete - Scientific American:

Scientific American

The Newest Edition of Psychiatry?s ?Bible,? the DSM-5, Is Complete
Scientific American
For more than 11 years, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has been laboring to revise the current version of its best-selling guidebook, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) (see "Psychiatry's Bible Gets an Overhaul ...

How CCGs can commission to support those in poor housing

How CCGs can commission to support those in poor housing: The statutory duty of CCGs to consider integration of health related services may impact the provision of housing.
From 1 April 2013, strategic health authorities and primary care trusts will be abolished and replaced by the NHS commissioning board and about 200 clinical commissioning groups.
What do these reforms mean for registered providers who currently provide or have an interest in providing housing to those with significant care needs or in poor health?

Royal College of Surgeons calls for end to 'casual' cosmetic treatments

Royal College of Surgeons calls for end to 'casual' cosmetic treatments: New guidelines say only fully qualified doctors with surgical training should carry out procedures on medical premises.

Tax sugary drinks to improve health: leading organisations

Tax sugary drinks to improve health: leading organisations: Campaigners are calling for sugary drinks to be taxed, adding up to 20p a litre to their price, in order to improve children's health. The Daily Telegraph