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The carbon reduction commitment requires NHS trusts to monitor and report their electricity use but is it a burden or an opportunity? As one of the biggest employers in the world, behind only the Chinese People's Liberation Army, WalMart and Indian Railways, the NHS faces an uphill struggle when...
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A selection of images of Langdon Down museum. Once a progressive hospital, it's the first museum to people with learning disabilities
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Langdon Down was once a progressive hospital, now it's the first museum to people with learning disabilities. Terry Philpot takes a tour Normansfield hospital in south London is long gone but behind builders' fencing one can still glimpse the many flourishing trees on the 42 acres where hundreds...
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NHS Gloucestershire's plan to move many of its responsibilities and duties to a social enterprise come to a head next month The sign fixed to the ugly concrete exterior of Stroud general hospital is quite clear. "Gloucestershire NHS," it reads. "PCT." Inside, amid the waiting...
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Social workers are increasingly complaining of unmanageable caseloads but while some say they now step in only in a crisis, others say practices include manipulating the system. Jessica Fuhl reports "It is not unusual for social workers to not to be able to sleep. We're under pressure, and we...
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Doctors are to lead CCGs under current health reforms but the historic divide between medics and management has yet to heal. Richard Vize explores how the cracks appeared The need for doctors to be working in concert with managers has never been greater, as the NHS tries to secure productivity gains...
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Chair of NHS Future Forum tells conference that clinicians should follow the government's lead in accepting NHS reforms The NHS as it stands cannot be sustained and healthcare professionals must come to terms with this, says professor Steve Field, chair of the NHS Future Forum, at a recent at a recent...
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Managing services under the same roof may not be new but budget cuts and an ageing population could mean its time has come Barrhead's Health and Care centre is relatively unusual. It is one of only a few partnerships in Scotland that manages local NHS and local authority social care services under...
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Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust found that transforming human resources was better for staff and reduced costs and we find out how it was done The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) employs around 6,900 people, many with highly specialist skills, yet human resources management...
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Dr Pritti Mehta explains how patients with hearing difficulties could benefit from better choice at their disposal Local decision makers throughout England have voted for hearing services to lead the implementation of 'any qualified provider' (AQP) policy in the health service, with more than...
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North Bristol's new £430m hospital is largely built and much needed. SA Mathieson takes an early look through its concept and design The current main entrance to Southmead hospital in Bristol leads to a long, dark corridor, running left and right. It isn't underground, but might as well be. Patients...
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As the numbers of older people and those with chronic illnesses increase, Denis Campbell reports on a seminar which discussed the benefits of joined-up care While the task of integrating health and social care has never been more pressing, it has also never enjoyed such strong support. The government...
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As it's our first anniversary, we've compiled a round up of 2011's most popular news, analysis and comment The healthcare professional network marks it's first birthday today and to celebrate this occasion we look back at the year's most popular stories... NHS staff aren't stupid...
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Prevention and early intervention in mental health is a priority say healthcare professionals at a London assembly meeting and must include better co-operation At any one time in London, one in six adults suffers mental health symptoms and suicide is the biggest killer of young men in the capital. The...
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Another 6,000 health visitors will have to be recruited in the next four years to sustain existing services The government has promised to create another 4,200 health visitors in England by 2015 to help address what is increasingly looking like a recruitment crisis. But eight months after the campaign...