Mobile devices can reinvigorate frontline staff by giving them more time to focus on patient care Recent figures released by the Royal College of Nursing suggest that on average British nurses spend 17.3% of their time on paperwork and clerical tasks instead of caring for patients. This rounds-up to...
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on Wed, May 15 2013
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Cost-effective, person-centred, co-ordinated care requires support for local health systems so they can deliver the right care in the right settings, and develop new ways of working In recent years, the health and social care sectors have both faced a series of unprecedented challenges. These have included...
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on Tue, May 14 2013
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How can the NHS move forward from the current situation where it is besieged by the Francis report and cuts? Post the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the economic climate, providing affordable and safe healthcare is now one of the biggest challenges we face. The NHS is always changing and over time...
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on Tue, May 7 2013
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Mayur Lakhani has been a GP for 21 years and is always on the lookout for ways of improving quality in healthcare I feel enormously privileged to be able to do what I do: combining my job as a GP in Leicestershire with my role as chair of a charity, the National Council for Palliative Care which spearheads...
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on Fri, May 3 2013
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