NGH launches augmented reality app
Northampton General Hospital has become only the second NHS hospital in the UK to use an exciting new technology that delivers information to staff and patients' via their mobile phones or tablets. NGH Plus is the new free app launched by the hospital this week. It uses a technology called Augmented Reality so people can find out more about hospital news and services just by pointing their mobile device at visual triggers placed throughout the hospital sites and at photos in its Insight magazine. NGH News
Friday, 11 September 2015
Corby and Kettering area GPs merge to create largest practice in NHS
Corby and Kettering area GPs merge to create largest practice in NHS
GP practices in Corby, Kettering, Oundle and Stamford are to merge, creating the largest single GP practice in the NHS. Evening Telegraph
GP practices in Corby, Kettering, Oundle and Stamford are to merge, creating the largest single GP practice in the NHS. Evening Telegraph
Introducing ThinkFuture
Introducing ThinkFuture
A new programme of work to help employers bring more young people into the NHS, ThinkFuture launches today. NHS Employers
A new programme of work to help employers bring more young people into the NHS, ThinkFuture launches today. NHS Employers
Consultant contract negotiations start
Consultant contract negotiations start
Negotiations over reforms to consultant contracts, including the end of a right to opt out of weekend work, have begun, the British Medical Association says. BBC News
Negotiations over reforms to consultant contracts, including the end of a right to opt out of weekend work, have begun, the British Medical Association says. BBC News
Trade unions save the NHS at least £100 million every year – new research
Trade unions save the NHS at least £100 million every year – new research
New research shows that trade unions are saving the NHS at least £100 million every year. RCN
New research shows that trade unions are saving the NHS at least £100 million every year. RCN
Over 1,000 GPs face potential conflict of interest between profits and patients
Over 1,000 GPs face potential conflict of interest between profits and patients
National Audit Office reveals that two in every five board members of clinical commissioning groups, which make funding decisions, are family doctors
Two out of every five board members of local NHS funding organisations are GPs who are in a position to put their own financial interests before their patients, the public spending watchdog has found.
An investigation by the National Audit Office discovered that 1,300 family doctors have the potential to personally profit from new health services because they are also members of the governing body of their local clinical commissioning group (CCG). Guardian
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National Audit Office reveals that two in every five board members of clinical commissioning groups, which make funding decisions, are family doctors
Two out of every five board members of local NHS funding organisations are GPs who are in a position to put their own financial interests before their patients, the public spending watchdog has found.
An investigation by the National Audit Office discovered that 1,300 family doctors have the potential to personally profit from new health services because they are also members of the governing body of their local clinical commissioning group (CCG). Guardian
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Experts say hopping for two minutes a day could reduce osteoporosis risk
Experts say hopping for two minutes a day could reduce osteoporosis risk
Study by Loughborough University has found bone density in hopping leg improved after just a year. Telegraph
Study by Loughborough University has found bone density in hopping leg improved after just a year. Telegraph
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