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NHS overhaul plans to be laid out

Posted by Daniel Rae in Quality News on Mon, Jun 30 2008

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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Drug approval for NHS to speed up

Posted by Daniel Rae in Quality News on Sat, Jun 28 2008

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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Safety checklist for surgical operations launched

Posted by Daniel Rae in Quality News on Fri, Jun 27 2008

A safety checklist designed to cut the risk of surgical complications is to be circulated to doctors world-wide. The list has been drawn up by the World Health Organization (WHO), which says half of complications resulting from major surgery may be preventable...
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'Compassion' rating for nurses

Posted by Daniel Rae in Quality News on Thu, Jun 19 2008

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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Preparing for EU GMP Annex 11

Posted by Angela in Quality News on Mon, Jun 9 2008

Following on from Daniel's post on the draft EU GMP Annex 11 , I'd like to talk about how using the latest version of Q-Pulse can help your organisation check the boxes against some of the new guidance that the draft EU GMP Annex 11 introduces...
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EU-OPS 1 replaces JAR-OPS 1 on 16 July 2008

Posted by Daniel Rae in Quality News on Fri, Jun 6 2008

The European Union (EU) will introduce the EU-OPS regulations on 16 July 2008. The regulations are derived from and very similar to JAR-OPS 1 , after consultations between the EU and JAA in 1997. EU-OPS is the transposition into EC law of JAR-OPS 1 as...
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EU Publishes New Version of EU GMP Guide Annex 11 "Computerised Systems"

Posted by Daniel Rae in Quality News on Wed, Jun 4 2008

The timetable for the revision of Annex 11 "Computerised Systems" was announced by the European Commission as early as in December 2006. You can read more over at www.emea.europa.eu . Now, the draft agreed on by the Inspectors Working Group...
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June 2008 - Quality News

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NHS overhaul plans to be laid out

Drug approval for NHS to speed up

Safety checklist for surgical operations launched

'Compassion' rating for nurses

Preparing for EU GMP Annex 11

EU-OPS 1 replaces JAR-OPS 1 on 16 July 2008

EU Publishes New Version of EU GMP Guide Annex 11 "Computerised Systems"