Cancer's hidden price tag: revealing the costs behind the illness: This research was commissioned in order to calculate the financial impacts of cancer, revealing just how hard the costs are hitting patients. It shows that financial support is not always easy to access or good enough for cancer patients. The benefits system can be complex and difficult to understand. People are not always aware of the financial help available to them, such as free prescriptions.
Monday, 22 April 2013
The changing national role in health system governance: a case-based study of 11 European countries and Australia
The changing national role in health system governance: a case-based study of 11 European countries and Australia: This study of 12 countries, including England, provides an overview of recent changes in national governments’ role in the governance of health systems, focusing on efforts to reconfigure responsibilities for
health policy, regulation and management; the resultant policy priorities; and the initial impact. The shift in responsibilities shows little uniform direction: a number of countries have centralized certain areas of decision-making or regulation but decentralized others. The study reviews common trends, based on the country cases, and assesses potential future developments.
health policy, regulation and management; the resultant policy priorities; and the initial impact. The shift in responsibilities shows little uniform direction: a number of countries have centralized certain areas of decision-making or regulation but decentralized others. The study reviews common trends, based on the country cases, and assesses potential future developments.
GlaxoSmithKline accused of paying rivals to delay generic medicine
GlaxoSmithKline accused of paying rivals to delay generic medicine: OFT launches investigation into allegations GSK abused market dominance to keep price of antidepressant drug Seroxat high.
GlaxoSmithKline could face a multimillion-pound fine over allegations it paid other drug companies to slow down production of cheaper versions of its most profitable antidepressant, burdening taxpayers with inflated costs for NHS medicines.
GlaxoSmithKline could face a multimillion-pound fine over allegations it paid other drug companies to slow down production of cheaper versions of its most profitable antidepressant, burdening taxpayers with inflated costs for NHS medicines.
The 8,000 NHS staff on six figure salaries
The 8,000 NHS staff on six figure salaries: Almost 8,000 NHS hospital managers and consultants were paid six-figure salaries last year while nurses were "run ragged" because of dangerously low staffing levels.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
More women than men suffer heart disease
More women than men suffer heart disease:
The stereotype of the overweight, unfit bloke as a heart attack in waiting masks a deadly fact. In fact, more young women suffer from cardiovascular problems than men, heart experts warn. Across the UK, there are 710,000 women, aged 16-44, living with heart disease compared to 570,000 men, according to British Heart Foundation (BHF) research. The Independent
The stereotype of the overweight, unfit bloke as a heart attack in waiting masks a deadly fact. In fact, more young women suffer from cardiovascular problems than men, heart experts warn. Across the UK, there are 710,000 women, aged 16-44, living with heart disease compared to 570,000 men, according to British Heart Foundation (BHF) research. The Independent
Nurses concerned over staff levels
Nurses concerned over staff levels:
Three-quarters of hospital wards in England are operating with unsafe staffing levels at least once a month, a survey of nursing managers says today. The Independent
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Three-quarters of hospital wards in England are operating with unsafe staffing levels at least once a month, a survey of nursing managers says today. The Independent
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Forging Community Partnerships to Improve Health Care: The Experience of Four Medicaid Managed Care Organizations
Forging Community Partnerships to Improve Health Care: The Experience of Four Medicaid Managed Care Organizations: This issue brief explores how four managed care organizations serving vulnerable populations are changing the way care is delivered by investing in a strong community presence.
The Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund
Friday, 19 April 2013
Measles risk 'for million children'
Measles risk 'for million children': More than a million schoolchildren could be susceptible to measles due to the MMR vaccine scare, warn child health doctors in the UK. BBC News
Call for minimum nursing levels
Call for minimum nursing levels: Minimum nursing staffing levels are needed to protect hospital patients from the impact of cuts in the NHS, a leading health union says. BBC News
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See also:
Cancer 'increases money worries'
Cancer 'increases money worries': Cancer patients in the UK can find their illness costs them hundreds of pounds a month, a charity has warned. BBC News
See also:
See also:
- The £570 per month ‘cancer tax’ that affects thousands The Independent
BMA calls on Lords to throw out 'section 75' commissioning rules
BMA calls on Lords to throw out 'section 75' commissioning rules: BMA leaders have called for controversial 'section 75' NHS commissioning regulations to be withdrawn. GP Online
Junior doctors "invisible" in NHS IT
Junior doctors ?invisible? in NHS IT: Dr Wai Keong Wong has called on NHS managers and suppliers to engage with "invisible" junior doctors, and recognise them as the real forgotten users of many hospital systems. E-Health Insider
Former NHS chief exec says Francis ‘let Government off the hook’
Former NHS chief exec says Francis ‘let Government off the hook’:
| Report ‘has enabled politicians to indulge in characteristic evasion’ Related items from OnMedica Clinical teams need more power in hospitals NHS should give patients 'more clout' Francis calls for culture of care in NHS NHS staff face too much bureaucracy GMC stresses duty to report poor care |
NICE publish dementia commissioning guide: practical advice for commissioners
NICE publish dementia commissioning guide: practical advice for commissioners: NICE have published a new guide to help commissioners provide evidence-based care for people with dementia. Providing care for our ageing population seems not to have been out of the news in recent years and rightly so, especially as the headline stories are frequently not positive. A recent Care Quality Commission report found that people [read the full story...] The Mental Elf
Raising standards, putting people first: our strategy for 2013 to 2016
Raising standards, putting people first: our strategy for 2013 to 2016: This strategy document outlines changes to the way that CQC will inspect and regulate services to make sure they provide people with safe, effective, compassionate and high-quality care, and to encourage them to make improvements. The changes include: appointing chief inspectors of hospitals and social care and support; developing new fundamental standards of care; and publishing better information for the public, including ratings of services.
Community treatment orders 'don't reduce psychiatric readmissions'
Community treatment orders 'don't reduce psychiatric readmissions': "'Psychiatric Asbos' were an error says key advisor," The Independent reports. The news comes from new research examining the effectiveness of community treatment orders (CTOs), a legal measure that allows mental health teams to impose compulsory supervision on a patient after they have been discharged from an involuntary stay in hospital.
Mechanics find body in NHS mortuary van - The Independent
Mechanics find body in NHS mortuary van - The Independent:
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Mechanics find body in NHS mortuary van
The Independent NHS Grampian is investigating the “serious incident”, which happened in Aberdeen. A porter took the vehicle to get a back light repaired but was unaware that a body was still inside. A spokeswoman for the health board said: “This is a very serious ... Shock as body found in NHS van at garageExpress.co.uk Worker axed after garage finds a body in NHS vanThe Scottish Sun Dead body found in back of van by mechanics after NHS worker takes it to ...Daily Mail The Times (subscription) -Herald Scotland -Mirror.co.uk all 12 news articles » |
More than 1,200 people with a learning disability die of avoidable causes
More than 1,200 people with a learning disability die of avoidable causes: CCGs could play a key role in ending the health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability in the NHS
To date nearly 100 families have shared with us how they have been devastated by the death of a loved one with a learning disability, due to bad practice and neglect in the health service. Our reports Death by Indifference and 74 deaths and counting have concluded that this is a result of institutional discrimination in NHS services.
To date nearly 100 families have shared with us how they have been devastated by the death of a loved one with a learning disability, due to bad practice and neglect in the health service. Our reports Death by Indifference and 74 deaths and counting have concluded that this is a result of institutional discrimination in NHS services.
Homeopathy is nonsense, says new chief scientist
Homeopathy is nonsense, says new chief scientist: The NHS is spending millions of pounds every year on "nonsense" homoeopathic treatments which are not supported by a shred of evidence, the government's new chief scientist has said.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Postcode lottery in cancer survival
Postcode lottery in cancer survival: Cancer patients face "wide and persistent" variations in survival rates depending on where they live, according to official statistics.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
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