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Closing A&E department and replacing maternity services is not backed by local commissioners and makes no financial sense Last year, the government launched its NHS "failure regime" for the first time, due to the intractable indebtedness of south London Healthcare NHS trust. With many other...
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Alexander Seifalian is professor of nanotechnology and regenerative medicine at University College London I work for University College London (UCL) on the campus of the Royal Free hospital. I only live five minutes' walk away, and I begin the day by dropping off my five-year-old son, Nicholas, at...
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Plans to merge Guy's and St Thomas', Kings College hospital and South London and Maudsley would see the biggest hospital trust in the country – but is it necessary? News that three foundation trusts in London look likely to merge slipped relatively under the radar last month – but if the plans...
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Tue, Aug 21 2012
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A lack of integration and splintered funding streams threaten care savings but social impact bonds offer councils hope Positive conversations about the opportunities presented by the public health reforms have quickly turned to discussions of funding shortfalls and the dangers of under-investment. If...
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Fri, Jul 13 2012
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Professor Tony Rudd discusses the transformation of London's stroke care and his fears about the impact of NHS reforms The transformation of London's stroke services into some of the best in the country owes much to specialist units, multi-disciplinary teams and high standards explains Professor...
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London and south east NHS trusts want replacement for NPfIT e-record system to enable data sharing and mobile working NHS trusts in London and the south east of England are planning to spend up to £300m on a replacement clinical and administrative information system. The system is intended to enable...
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Fri, Jun 22 2012
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS trust stroke consultant wants research into telemedicine for early supported-release for patients Professor Tony Rudd, the lead clinician for stroke services at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS foundation trust, has said there needs to be more research into the use of...
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Mon, May 28 2012
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The organisers of this inner city programme to improve health and promote community cohesion believes it's 'an idea whose time has come'. Gill Hitchcock reports. Each Tuesday the Buywell food co-op commandeers a community hall on Tower Hamlet's Lansbury Estate and sells fresh fruit and...
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Debate at our first Public Health Dialogue focused on the evolving role of directors of public health, as well as commissioning, accountability and inequality Will directors of public health sink or swim in their new roles in local government? That was one of the key questions raised in the healthcare...
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Chelsea and Westminster reduces the number of outpatients not attending 16 of its clinics through text message reminders Chelsea and Westminster hospital foundation trust has reduced its did not attend (DNA) rate by 26% since the introduction of a SMS text message reminder system, with falls in almost...
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Thu, Sep 29 2011
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Shaun Jeffery , ICT operations manager at Newham University hospital trust explains how it has made significant energy savings without disrupting the work of frontline staff The public sector as a whole is trying to work greener and smarter to meet carbon emission reduction targets while at the same...
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The capital is moving discharge notes from fax to secure email, boosting efficiency and helping patients leave hospital promptly Hundreds of patients discharged from London's hospitals each week need continuing care, from health and social care teams. The package of care provided to patients is approved...
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London hospital trust tests potential of cloud computing for shared access to patient records Chelsea and Westminster Hospital foundation trust is to begin testing online sharing of confidential patient information with consultants and GPs this July. The pilot follows 18 months of development work involving...
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Investigation under way into loss of health records on laptop belonging to NHS research body London Health Programmes (LHP), an NHS research organisation, has admitted losing a laptop containing 8.6m health records, reports The Register. The machine was lost three weeks ago, but has only just been reported...
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IT problems at capital's ambulance service leaves 999 staff using pen and paper The London Ambulance Service (LAS) has said that a computer crash on 8 June forced staff to revert to pen and paper to record calls from the public. The problem arose because of technical issues implementing a new emergency...
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