Monday 20 May 2013

Health bus to pull up in Northampton - Northampton Herald and Post


Health bus to pull up in Northampton Sponsored by Pfizer in a joint-initiative with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) Stop Smoking Service and local Pharmacy services, the bus is a great way to bring health services into a busy environment, allowing people to pop-in ... Northampton Herald and Post

Guidance: Update on novel coronavirus infection

Guidance: Update on novel coronavirus infection: The Chief Medical Officer provides the latest information and guidance in light of the 2 clusters of severe human cases of the novel coronavirus infection, which were reported in May 2013. Department of Health

Experts warn £260m not enough

Experts warn £260m not enough: A new government fund to boost adoption of e-prescribing will not be enough to help "laggard" trusts start the journey towards electronic patient records, health IT experts warn. E-Health Insider

Mileage arrangements for medical and dental staff

Mileage arrangements for medical and dental staff: New mileage arrangements are being introduced on 1 July 2013 and set out in Pay Circular (AforC) 3/2013. NHS Employers

Evaluation of the first year of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot

Evaluation of the first year of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot: This report outlines the findings of our evaluation of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot, which aimed to develop new
forms of care for older people and those with diabetes. It found that the foundations for change had been laid, with the pilot making good progress in designing and implementing a complex intervention. Progress was underpinned by a new set of governance arrangements and financial incentives.

£140 buys private firms data on NHS patients

£140 buys private firms data on NHS patients: Bupa approved to access sensitive medical records as campaigners question patient consent for release.
Private health firms, including Bupa, can pay £140 to identify potentially millions of patients and then access their health records, detailing intimate medical histories, under a new national arrangement in the NHS, the Guardian can reveal.

David Cameron accused of "scaremongering" over health tourism

David Cameron accused of "scaremongering" over health tourism: Cameron's promise to tackle health tourism faces criticism as official figures show cost to NHS is 18 times less than claimed by government. The Daily Telegraph

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Million 'at risk' from Care Bill

Million 'at risk' from Care Bill: More than a million people in need of care could be totally shut out of the system because of the fine print of the Government's reforms. The Daily Telegraph

Doctors in dispute: What exactly is normal human behaviour?

Doctors in dispute: What exactly is normal human behaviour?:
It is over 1,000 pages long, has undergone more than three years of revisions and has set doctors at each other's throats. But the latest version of the psychiatrists' bible is finally out - to a chorus of criticism that it is pathologising everyday life. The Independent

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Casualty in crisis: A&E - a service in meltdown

Casualty in crisis: A&E - a service in meltdown:
Doctors were placed under “unprecedented pressure” to go live with the new NHS 111 helpline before some were ready, contributing to the A&E crisis in Britain's hospitals, documents seen by The Independent on Sunday reveal.

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Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPs

Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPs:
A private company that took over the running of a GP out-of-hours service in north London has been severely criticised by the NHS regulator for failing to provide enough doctors to keep patients safe. The Independent