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Publication: National Health Executive

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

£260m fund for digital prescriptions

A new £260m fund will help hospitals to implement electronic prescriptions and patient record systems, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.The funding will increase the use of technology to stop drugs being prescribed incorrectly due to errors ... [Published National Health Executive - May 17 2013]

Entities: NHS, England, Patient

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

'Revelatory' new IVF process could boost success rate to 78%

‘Revelatory’ new IVF process could boost success rate to 78%A new IVF procedure could dramatically improve the success rate of healthy babies, researchers at Nottingham’s CARE Fertility Group have found.Taking a series of automatic time-lapse photographs ... [Published National Health Executive - May 17 2013]

Entities: In Vitro Fertilisation, Embryo, Chromosome, Fertility

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

RCPCH calls for collective effort to tackle child inequality

Improving health and wellbeing for children will take “collective effort”, the RCPCH has stated in response to the BMA’s Growing Up in the UK report.The report warned that the Government’s austerity policies are cutting welfare support and “failing” vulnerable ... [Published National Health Executive - May 17 2013]

Entities: Inequality, United Kingdom, Royal College of Paediatrics, Well-being

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Certificate of Fitness for Honorary Practice launched

A new system seeks to speed up short-term transfer of consultant doctors elsewhere in the NHS or at universities.Certificates will verify short-term work, to improve responsiveness to patient emergencies and enable more consultants to provide extra support ... [Published National Health Executive - May 16 2013]

Entities: NHS, Fitness, Patient, Health Care

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Continence care ‘deteriorating’ – MPs

There has been significant deterioration in continence services in the NHS since 2007, a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Continence Care shows.An ageing population and fewer resources continue to threaten this care, with a ... [Published National Health Executive - May 16 2013]

Entities: NHS, Patient, Kevin Stewart, Parliamentary Group

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Urgent care 'crisis' - College of Emergency Medicine

Urgent care ‘crisis’ – College of Emergency MedicineEmergency departments in the UK are facing “unsustainable workloads” and their biggest challenge for over a decade, a new report by the College of Emergency Medicine warns.The warnings have been echoed ... [Published National Health Executive - May 15 2013]

Entities: College of Emergency Medicine, emergency, Crisis

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

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Pressures on A&E could lead to winter 'collapse'

Pressures on A&E could lead to winter ‘collapse’The emergency care system is in danger of collapse, the Foundation Trust Network (FTN) has warned, highlighting how the funding system penalises A&E units for the rise in patients.The warning follows the ... [Published National Health Executive - May 15 2013]

Entities: emergency, College of Emergency Medicine, Andy Burnham, Bruce Keogh, England

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Assisted dying legislation to be tabled today

Lord Falconer will table a private members’ bill to legalise assisted dying in “strictly defined circumstance” today.The Labour peer proposes that patients aged over 18 who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness should be allowed to request help ... [Published National Health Executive - May 15 2013]

Entities: Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Patient

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Challenge to diagnose two-thirds of people living with dementia

160,000 more people living with dementia will be diagnosed and offered treatment by 2015, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.The number of people with dementia is set to double in the next 30 years and costs are set to rise to £19bn. Diagnosis ... [Published National Health Executive - May 15 2013]

Entities: Dementia, NHS, Patient

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

£10m to tackle ‘revolving door’ of care for homeless people

Homeless people are more likely to be admitted to hospital or A&E, and are often discharged without their health and housing problems effectively addressed.The Government is providing £10m funding to help address this, by supporting voluntary organisations ... [Published National Health Executive - May 14 2013]

Entities: NHS, Rick Henderson, Anna Soubry, Mark Prisk, Patient

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Widespread welcome for coordinated care commitment

NHS organisations and commentators have broadly welcomed the new vision for coordinated care announced today by care minister Norman Lamb.Commissioned by NHS England, the commitment was developed with service users by National Voices and partners.Don ... [Published National Health Executive - May 14 2013]

Entities: NHS, Patient, King's Fund, Norman Lamb

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Pregnant women to be tested for smoking

New guidelines could introduce carbon monoxide tests to all women at antenatal appointments, to encourage pregnant women to quit smoking.NICE would recommend that midwives refer mothers to smoking cessation services if the tests showed high levels of ... [Published National Health Executive - May 13 2013]

Entities: Smoking, Pregnancy, Carbon Monoxide, Cathy Warwick, Smoking Cessation

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Dr Peter Carter, head of the RCN, said: "These figures prove what a shocking amount of a nurse's time is being wasted... Yes, some paperwork is essential and nurses will continue to do this, but patients want their nurses by their bedside, not ticking boxes."

2.5 million hours of paperwork for nurses [Published National Health Executive - Apr 22 2013]

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£260m fund for digital prescriptions [Published National Health Executive - May 17 2013]
'Revelatory' new IVF process could boost succes... [Published National Health Executive - May 17 2013]
RCPCH calls for collective effort to tackle chi... [Published National Health Executive - May 17 2013]
Continence care ‘deteriorating’ – MPs [Published National Health Executive - May 16 2013]
Certificate of Fitness for Honorary Practice la... [Published National Health Executive - May 16 2013]
Urgent care 'crisis' - College of Emergency Med... [Published National Health Executive - May 15 2013]
Pressures on A&E could lead to winter 'collapse' [Published National Health Executive - May 15 2013]
Challenge to diagnose two-thirds of people livi... [Published National Health Executive - May 15 2013]
Assisted dying legislation to be tabled today [Published National Health Executive - May 15 2013]
Widespread welcome for coordinated care commitment [Published National Health Executive - May 14 2013]
£10m to tackle ‘revolving door’ of care for hom... [Published National Health Executive - May 14 2013]
New drive to integrate health and social care b... [Published National Health Executive - May 14 2013]
Monitor and NHS England to redevelop NHS paymen... [Published National Health Executive - May 13 2013]
Pregnant women to be tested for smoking [Published National Health Executive - May 13 2013]
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Fitness to practise hearings to be sped up [Published National Health Executive - May 09 2013]
'Right patient, right bed' launched by RCP [Published National Health Executive - May 09 2013]
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Patient safety 'thermometer' shows improvements [Published National Health Executive - May 08 2013]
NHS 111 failures 'extremely worrying' - RCGP [Published National Health Executive - May 08 2013]
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Research Innovation Fund awards first projects [Published National Health Executive - May 07 2013]
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