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NHS and Department of Health update on Savile investigations

NHS and Department of Health update on Savile investigations

Thursday, 06 December 2012

The Department of Health and NHS are publishing terms of reference for the investigations into the abuse by Jimmy Savile it was announced today....

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Overall Patient Experience scores updated to include results from a 2012 survey of Accident & Emergency departments
Department of Health and NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile

Department of Health and NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile

Thursday, 06 December 2012

Investigations are being carried out into Jimmy Savile's involvement in Broadmoor Hospital, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the Leeds General Infirmary....

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Planning medical and dental school intakes for the future needs of the NHS

Planning medical and dental school intakes for the future needs of the NHS

Thursday, 06 December 2012

This report from the Health and Education National Strategic Exchange (HENSE), using research by the Centre for Workforce Intelligence, looks ahead at...

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How Savile investigation will be carried out

How Savile investigation will be carried out

Thursday, 06 December 2012

How the DH and West London Mental Health Trust will undertake the investigation into the involvement of Jimmy Savile in Broadmoor Hospital....

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Savile investigation terms of reference

Savile investigation terms of reference

Thursday, 06 December 2012

Investigation into the role Jimmy Savile played at Broadmoor Hospital: terms of reference. ...

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Statistical press notice: NHS diagnostics waiting times and activity data October 2012 and September 2012 diagnostic census activity

Statistical press notice: NHS diagnostics waiting times and activity data October 2012 and September 2012 diagnostic census activity

Wednesday, 05 December 2012

Diagnostics waiting times and activity - October 2012 Data are published on waiting times and activity for 15 key diagnostic tests for the …...

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‘Christmas to remember’ campaign aims to raise awareness of dementia

‘Christmas to remember’ campaign aims to raise awareness of dementia

Wednesday, 05 December 2012

The ‘Christmas to remember’ campaign was launched by actress Carey Mulligan and the Prime Minister at Downing Street this morning. ...

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Friends and Family Test: Mandate update

Friends and Family Test: Mandate update

Wednesday, 05 December 2012

Patients to give feedback on the quality of their care....

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High cost devices

High cost devices

Wednesday, 05 December 2012

There are a number of high cost devices that are excluded from the Payment by Results (PbR) tariff. ...

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High cost drugs

High cost drugs

Wednesday, 05 December 2012

There are a number of high cost drugs that are excluded from the Payment by Results (PbR) tariff....

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NHS will have to admit to patient safety failures

NHS will have to admit to patient safety failures

Tuesday, 04 December 2012

New contractual duty for commissioning contracts will drive more open NHS culture....

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Top nurses announce new strategy to build culture of compassionate care across the NHS

Top nurses announce new strategy to build culture of compassionate care across the NHS

Tuesday, 04 December 2012

A new 3 year vision and strategy, aimed at building a culture of compassionate care for nursing, midwifery and care staff, has been launched....

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Regulations for medical revalidation come into force

Regulations for medical revalidation come into force

Monday, 03 December 2012

The regulations for medical revalidation made by the GMC, and the start of the relevant enabling provisions in Part IIIA of the Medical Act 1983, have...

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New protections if care providers fail

New protections if care providers fail

Saturday, 01 December 2012

New measures to protect people who rely on care services in the event of a provider failure like Southern Cross have been set out by Care and…...

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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, 30 November 2012

(Ambulance Systems Indicators for period October 2012 and Ambulance Clinical Outcomes for period July 2012) The following statistics were released…...

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Statistical Press notice: NHS Inpatient and outpatient events

Statistical Press notice: NHS Inpatient and outpatient events

Friday, 30 November 2012

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:** NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting: elective admission events…...

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

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

Friday, 30 November 2012

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:  **NHS 111 Minimum Data Set - October Release ** Call statistics…...

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Thousands set to take control with Personal Health Budgets cash for care

Thousands set to take control with Personal Health Budgets cash for care

Friday, 30 November 2012

Thousands of people around the country could soon have the freedom to design their own NHS care as Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb announced th...

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Audio: Sally Davies and Dr Tom Fowler discuss volume one of the CMO’s first annual report

Audio: Sally Davies and Dr Tom Fowler discuss volume one of the CMO’s first annual report

Friday, 30 November 2012

This first of 2 volumes of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Dame Sally Davies’s 2011 annual report provides a comprehensive picture…...

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Expressions of interest for funding to improve care environments for people with dementia

Expressions of interest for funding to improve care environments for people with dementia

Friday, 30 November 2012

Expressions of interest are now being accepted from care providers for funding to improve the surroundings of people living with dementia....

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Latest topics referred to NICE: October 2012

Latest topics referred to NICE: October 2012

Friday, 30 November 2012

Department of Health ministers agreed to refer the following topics to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence** **(NICE) …...

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Personal health budgets to be rolled out

Personal health budgets to be rolled out

Friday, 30 November 2012

The roll out of personal health budgets has been announced today by Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb. A personal health budget is an amount…...

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‘Speaking Up’ Charter encourages staff to raise concerns

‘Speaking Up’ Charter encourages staff to raise concerns

Friday, 30 November 2012

The NHS Employers’ launch of its ‘Speaking Up’ Charter marks a shift towards tackling the barriers that prevent staff from reporting concerns…...

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Chair of Public Health England’s Advisory Board announced

Chair of Public Health England’s Advisory Board announced

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Professor David Heymann has today been confirmed as Chair of Public Health England’s Advisory Board....

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Indicators on breastfeeding

Indicators on breastfeeding

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Data on breastfeeding, quarter ending September 2012. ...

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Preferred candidate for post of Care Quality Commission chair announced

Preferred candidate for post of Care Quality Commission chair announced

Thursday, 29 November 2012

David Prior has emerged as the Government’s preferred candidate for the post of Chair of the CQC. ...

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28 November 2012, Jeremy Hunt, Kings Fund – Quality of Care

28 November 2012, Jeremy Hunt, Kings Fund – Quality of Care

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Our health and social care system faces many challenges and we rightly have lively political debates about all aspects of health policy. But…...

Hunt orders review into OFSTED style ratings for NHS and social care

Hunt orders review into OFSTED style ratings for NHS and social care

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Study to help end the ‘crisis in standards of care’ that exists in parts of health and social care...

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New research reveals true regional picture of end of life care

New research reveals true regional picture of end of life care

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Wide variations in the quality of end of life care across the country were revealed in statistics published today by the Office of National Statistics...

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