Friday 17 May 2013

Workshops to help carers of those looking after loved ones with dementia

Workshops to help carers of those looking after loved ones with dementia: Free workshops to help people caring for a loved one with dementia is set to take place during National Dementia Awareness Week. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Mum asked to repay NHS compensation

Mum asked to repay NHS compensation: A mother who has been asked to pay back £375,000 compensation after her son died fears she could become homeless. BBC News

Benefit assessments 'are unfair'

Benefit assessments 'are unfair': A doctor, who worked for the private company which assesses people for disability benefits, says its methods are "unfair". BBC News

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AUDIO: Mental illness 'caused by chemistry'

AUDIO: Mental illness 'caused by chemistry': The Today programme's science correspondent Tom Feilden reports that a team of scientists based at Cardiff University who found that a handful of genes are implicated in a wide range of debilitating neurological conditions have won £5m for further research. BBC News

Workload pressures 'blocking GP research'

Workload pressures 'blocking GP research': A lack of time is preventing many GPs from taking part in NHS research into new treatments, a survey has revealed. GP Online

The Big EPR Survey: responses

The Big EPR Survey: responses: At the end of EHI's The Big EPR Survey, respondents were asked what single action would have the greatest impact in driving the adoption and use of electronic patient records across the NHS. E-Health Insider

New pay circular for Agenda for Change staff

New pay circular for Agenda for Change staff: The NHS Employers organisation has published a new pay circular and updated terms and conditions handbook for staff on Agenda for Change contracts which covers mileage rates and travel expenses.

The drive for quality: how to achieve safe, sustainable care in our emergency departments

The drive for quality: how to achieve safe, sustainable care in our emergency departments: This report calls for fundamental change in the way emergency care systems are designed, funded and run. Ten recommendations are made across four domains, based on the results of a survey of 131 emergency departments in the UK between 2011 and 2012. These domains cover: system redesign; expansion and sustainable working practices; radical funding change; and a better system to measure success.

A single book has come to dominate psychiatry. That is dangerous - The Economist

A single book has come to dominate psychiatry. That is dangerous - The Economist:

Washington Times

A single book has come to dominate psychiatry. That is dangerous
The Economist
Thomas Insel, the head of America's National Institute of Mental Health, has publicly encouraged scientists not to be constrained by its approach, lest it prevent them finding diagnoses and treatments. In terms of diagnosis, a few psychiatrists ...
Shrinks, Critics Face Off Over Psychiatric ManualThirdAge
FIELDS: Paying for the new psychiatryWashington Times
Mental health problems 'should not be treated like an illness', leading ...Daily Mail
Capecodonline -Medical Xpress
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Airline pilots and pizza delivery boys work all hours. How arrogant of GPs to think it's beneath them

Airline pilots and pizza delivery boys work all hours. How arrogant of GPs to think it's beneath them: DR MARTIN SCURR: The vocation and the art of medicine has been sacrificed for short-term economic gain, as measured by ticked boxes and statistics. The Daily Mail

The road to integration is longer and more costly than the government thinks

The road to integration is longer and more costly than the government thinks: Norman Lamb says health and social care will be integrated by 2018 but underestimates the investment required.
There is a great deal to welcome in the announcement from health minister Norman Lamb that there will be a big push to integrate health and social care, but the road ahead is longer, more difficult and considerably more costly than the government recognises.

Ann Clwyd review of hospital complaints finds 'shocking' neglect

Ann Clwyd review of hospital complaints finds 'shocking' neglect: Ann Clwyd's review of hospital complaints hears that nurses were on eBay instead of caring for patients. The Daily Telegraph

50,000 MMR vaccinations so far in battle to halt Welsh measles epidemic

50,000 MMR vaccinations so far in battle to halt Welsh measles epidemic:
More than 50,000 people have been vaccinated against measles in a major campaign to battle a growing epidemic. The Independent

180,000 children work as unpaid carers for relatives

180,000 children work as unpaid carers for relatives:
Almost 180,000 unpaid child carers – some as young as five – are being used to fill Britain’s care gap, official figures have revealed. The Independent

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