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The Department of Health (DH) has sent details to all NHS organisations on how they should approach the commitments made in Lord Darzi’s next stage review, which makes improving quality the centrepiece of the next decade of the NHS. Each tier of the NHS...
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According to an article in The Independent (Monday 27 October 2008), “Ministers are planning the first “Zagat-style” user’s guide to the NHS, which will rate hospitals and GP practices on the basis of comments from patients.” Zagat is a US-based organisation...
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Patient Safety Congress 2009 will be held 30 April - 1 May 2009 at the ICC Birmingham. Patient Safety Congress 2008 in London last May was a highly successful event with 800 delegates and over 100 speakers. The Health Service Journal and Nursing Times...
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The third annual Auditors’ Local Evaluation (ALE) report from the Audit Commission , published on 2 October, shows an overall picture of financial improvement for many NHS organisations in England in 2007/08. Half of the 302 NHS trusts and primary...
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The Darzi report High Quality Care for All signalled a shift to better quality care being the main theme of NHS reforms in England. Consequently, quality will become an issue that will be at the centre of most systems of governance in the NHS. According...
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The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by frequent invasions of rats, fleas, bedbugs, flies and cockroaches, a report claims. Figures released by the Conservatives show that 70% of NHS Trusts brought in the pest controllers at...
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published the second edition of Social Value Judgements: Principles for the Development of NICE Guidance. The guidance describes the principles that NICE should follow in designing the...
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The Health Service Journal is running a one day risk management conference on 15 October 2008 in Birmingham. Chaired by Patrick Keady, Chair of the IOSH Healthcare Group , the conference theme is ‘Identifying and mitigating healthcare risk.’ Planned conference...
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Health minister Lord Darzi is to announce plans for the next 10 years of England's NHS after a year-long consultation with patients and staff. His proposals are expected to focus on improving quality through financial incentives and performance data...
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The government is to set out plans to speed up approval of drugs used in the National Health Service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) can take up to two years to make a decision but...
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Nurses are to be rated according to the levels of care and empathy they give to patients under a new initiative to raise standards in the NHS, it was revealed today. Health Secretary Alan Johnson told The Guardian newspaper he wants the performance of...
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Surgeons say equipment is being returned broken Operating theatres are being thrown into chaos and operations cancelled because of broken, missing or dirty surgical instruments, surgeons say. The Royal College of Surgeons of England said it had contacted...
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Over the past few months we have seen a significant increase in the number of enquiries coming from NHS Pharmacy Departments, in particular Pharmacies that adhere to GMP and are regulated by MHRA. The driver behind this rise in interest seems to be as...
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More than 8,000 GP practices will have to register with a new health and social care inspectorate to show they meet minimum safety and quality standards, the government has announced. At present, private providers of health and social care services must...
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Thousands of hospital operations are being called off because surgical instruments are dirty, missing or broken. In some cases anaesthetised patients have been woken up and returned to the ward, says the organisation representing many of Britain's...
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