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Details of potentially surplus land for housing in the NHS published

Details of potentially surplus land for housing in the NHS published

Tuesday, 08 May 2012

Details of potentially surplus land for housing, currently owned by NHS organisations, which is no longer required nor likely to be needed for health ...

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Sir Alasdair Breckenridge appointed Chair of Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee

Sir Alasdair Breckenridge appointed Chair of Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee

Tuesday, 08 May 2012

Sir Alasdair Breckenridge has been confirmed as Chair of the newly established Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee (ESBAC). He…...

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Risk Register will not be published

Risk Register will not be published

Tuesday, 08 May 2012

The Department of Health's Transition Risk Register from November 2010, which was a statement of potential risks of NHS changes, will not be published...

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Statistical press notice: Mental health community teams activity data, 2011 12 Q4

Statistical press notice: Mental health community teams activity data, 2011 12 Q4

Friday, 04 May 2012

The following statistics were published today by the Department of Health: Quarterly Mental Health Community Teams Activity data for 2011-12…...

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Statistical Press notice: PIP breast implants

Statistical Press notice: PIP breast implants

Friday, 04 May 2012

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Latest weekly PIP implant data (covering the period 6th January to…...

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Statistical press notice: Ambulance Quality Indicators – monthly update for England

Statistical press notice: Ambulance Quality Indicators – monthly update for England

Friday, 04 May 2012

(Ambulance Systems Indicators for period March 2012 and Ambulance Clinical Outcomes for period December 2011) The following statistics were…...

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Statistical press notice: NHS 111 Minimum Data Set – March Release

Statistical press notice: NHS 111 Minimum Data Set – March Release

Friday, 04 May 2012

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Call statistics to the NHS 111 service up to and including March …...

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Attributing the costs of health & social care Research & Development (AcoRD)

Attributing the costs of health & social care Research & Development (AcoRD)

Friday, 04 May 2012

The Department and the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) announce the publication of new guidelines for attributing the costs…...

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Transfer of employees from NHS Commissioning Board Authority to NHS Commissioning Board

Transfer of employees from NHS Commissioning Board Authority to NHS Commissioning Board

Friday, 04 May 2012

The Department of Health is seeking views on the proposed abolition of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the transfer of employees to…...

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Save lives: Clean your hands

Save lives: Clean your hands

Friday, 04 May 2012

New cases of MRSA bloodstream infection have dropped by 41 % and C. difficile by 30% across the NHS in England since 2009/10. The decrease …...

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Charging under a Shared Lives arrangement

Charging under a Shared Lives arrangement

Thursday, 03 May 2012

Shared Lives schemes (formerly known as adult placement schemes) offer people aged 18 and older the opportunity to live an ordinary domestic…...

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Guidance for winter flu vaccination programme published

Guidance for winter flu vaccination programme published

Thursday, 03 May 2012

The Chief Medical Officer, Director of Nursing and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer are emphasising the need to increase flu vaccination rates....

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Amended eye prescription and voucher validity

Amended eye prescription and voucher validity

Thursday, 03 May 2012

The previously published voucher was valid for six months. Legislation amended the voucher validity to two years and the document has been updated…...

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Very senior managers pay awards guidance published

Very senior managers pay awards guidance published

Thursday, 03 May 2012

Very senior managers (VSM) covered by the VSM pay framework are eligible to be considered for a performance related pay award. ...

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Charging for non residential care

Charging for non residential care

Thursday, 03 May 2012

Non-residential care is care, other than in a care home, usually in peoples’, own homes. ...

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Charging for residential care

Charging for residential care

Thursday, 03 May 2012

Local authorities are required to arrange residential care in a care home for people who are in need of such care and are unable to arrange …...

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Charging under a Shared Lives arrangement

Charging under a Shared Lives arrangement

Thursday, 03 May 2012

Shared Lives schemes (formerly known as adult placement schemes) offer people aged 18 and older the opportunity to live an ordinary domestic…...

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Local authorities’ responsibilities for charging

Local authorities’ responsibilities for charging

Thursday, 03 May 2012

Each local authority has powers, under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948, to arrange social care services for people living in its …...

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300 former child migrants reunited with their families

300 former child migrants reunited with their families

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

Almost 300 former child migrants have been reunited with their families in the UK thanks to the £6million Family Restoration Fund....

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Sir Keith Pearson confirmed as Chair of Health Education England

Sir Keith Pearson confirmed as Chair of Health Education England

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

Sir Keith Pearson has today been confirmed as Chair of Health Education England (HEE)....

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Update to CNST cover for independent sector providers published

Update to CNST cover for independent sector providers published

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

An update to the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) cover for independent sector providers in 2012-13 is published. ...

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Couple talk about living and caring with long term conditions

Couple talk about living and caring with long term conditions

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

Di Hopkins and Jeff Hopkins talk about how their life together is affected by long term conditions....

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Don Redding blogs on importance of patient voices for long term conditions strategy

Don Redding blogs on importance of patient voices for long term conditions strategy

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

Don Redding, Director of Policy at National Voices has written a blog for the Department of Health’s new long term conditions strategy site....

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Have your say on long term conditions strategy

Have your say on long term conditions strategy

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

The Department of Health is asking people to comment on what should be covered by the cross-government long term conditions strategy....

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Safe management of healthcare waste

Safe management of healthcare waste

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

An updated version of the safe management of healthcare waste guidance manual is published.  A number of issues needed clarifying to improve…...

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Non commercial partners needed to support healthy pregnancy marketing campaign

Non commercial partners needed to support healthy pregnancy marketing campaign

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

The Department of Health is developing the next phase of the Start4Life social marketing programme with a view to launching a new campaign later…...

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PM’s challenge on dementia – driving improvements in health and care

PM’s challenge on dementia – driving improvements in health and care

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

In this video blog Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia talks about the five areas thought to be particularly important…...

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Transforming Public Health Bulletin: issue 8, May 2012

Transforming Public Health Bulletin: issue 8, May 2012

Wednesday, 02 May 2012

The latest issue of the Transforming Public Health Bulletin is now online. In this edition, Anita Marsland welcomes Duncan Selbie as the new…...

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Information requirements for child health information systems

Information requirements for child health information systems

Tuesday, 01 May 2012

Published today, this document sets out the information requirements for the delivery of child health services as part of the future health …...

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Guidance on new national CQUIN goals

Guidance on new national CQUIN goals

Tuesday, 01 May 2012

The Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) payment framework enables commissioners to reward excellence by linking a proportion of…...

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