Wednesday 21 August 2013

NHS stop-smoking service 'a success'

NHS stop-smoking service 'a success' The first decade of NHS stop-smoking services in England has been hailed a success by researchers. BBC News

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NHS Employment Check Standards updated

NHS Employment Check Standards updated The NHS Employment Check Standards have been revised (July 2013). The Standards outline the employment checks that employers must carry out before appointing staff into NHS positions across England. NHS Employers

Updated flu fighter communications toolkit now online

Updated flu fighter communications toolkit now online View our refreshed communications toolkit and pick up all the tips you need for running a brilliant flu fighter communications campaign. NHS Employers

CCGs failing to involve hospital doctors

CCGs failing to involve hospital doctors CCGs are breaching NHS England rules by failing to appoint consultants to board posts, a BMA survey suggests. GP Online

Making recovery a reality in your community: a briefing for commissioners of mental health, drug and alcohol services

Making recovery a reality in your community: a briefing for commissioners of mental health, drug and alcohol services This briefing urges commissioners to tackle the poorly integrated support received by those with overlapping needs. It identifies new commissioning arrangements in public health and the NHS as an opportunity to put recovery at the heart of commissioning to build better lives for people with multiple needs. It argues that by focusing on what matters most to people's lives – a home, a job, family and friends – services can enable people with multiple needs to build better lives on their own terms.

Health check programme is pointless says leading GP

Health check programme is pointless says leading GP RCGP head says money for health checks is wasteful OnMedica News

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We ignore the rise of suicide in people with mental illness

We ignore the rise of suicide in people with mental illness Despite public campaigns to combat stigma around mental illness, people with mental health problems still face ongoing discrimination. And while some sections of the media focus on mental illness in cases of violence, a rise in the number of people who are more of a risk to themselves goes unnoticed. We still find it difficult [read the full story...] The Mental Elf

Why doesn't the NHS know how many patients have chemotherapy?

Why doesn't the NHS know how many patients have chemotherapy? Tim Kelsey, NHS director of patients and information, believes big data can transform the performance of the NHS.

The heart disease 'time bomb'

The heart disease 'time bomb' Three in four adults are likely to suffer illnesses such as heart disease or diabetes by 2030, according to a government report which warns that the NHS will not have enough staff to cope.The Daily Telegraph

Complacent? Alarm sounded over huge variations in legal safeguards for the vulnerable

Complacent? Alarm sounded over huge variations in legal safeguards for the vulnerable
The “fundamental human rights” of vulnerable people could be at risk, a leading mental health charity has warned, after new figures revealed huge regional variations in the use of key legal safeguards. The Independent

Child deaths from heart defects plummets – thanks to the NHS

Child deaths from heart defects plummets – thanks to the NHS

Fixing a child’s heart is one the most intricate operations that the NHS performs. Surgeons who do it must operate on tiny babies whose hearts are hardly bigger than walnuts and whose veins are little more than a hair’s breadth across. The Independent