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healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells
FOI requests by Suzy Lamplugh Trust found none of the 41 ICBs who responded could identify any services or staff training they had commissioned for stalking victims. Only 7% of healthcare professionals felt very confident in their ability to identify a patient who may be experiencing stalking and 85% of healthcare professionals did not know what specialist stalking services existed and where to refer for specialist support.
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healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells
Strict measures have been introduced at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, Hampshire following a norovirus outbreak. Restricted visiting was introduced by the hospital to contain the virus spread on Tuesday 15 April. Ann Thomas, chief nurse and director of infection, prevention controlat Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, said:'We are continuing to see high numbers ofnoroviruscases in our hospital setting and people are continuing to visit the hospital with norovirus symptoms.
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healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart
The research by the IPPR says reliance on central targets, competition and regulation are less likely to deliver on intended goals and calls for a focus on gathering real-time patient feedback, unlocking staff insights and decentralising NHS resources and decisions.
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healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart
Planning permission has been requested for the development of an integrated health and care centre (IHCC) in Boston, Lincolnshire. The IHCC would focus on out of hospital care, prevention and early intervention, as well as tackling health inequalities of the local population, and would also allow for the re-provision of a GP Practice.
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1 week ago | 
healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart
Pharmaceuticals are currently exempt from a 10% US base line tax on imports but President Donald Trump has warned of drug tariffs in the ‘not too distant future'.
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1 week ago | 
healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells
The Government is investing £80m in expanding the scheme, which includes being prescribed medication, accessing blood tests or scans via a GP, or receiving care in a local women's health hub or community physio service, rather than being put on long NHS waiting lists. Health minister Karin Smyth said: ‘By caring for patients closer to home, we save time and stop masses of people having to head to hospital for unnecessary appointments in the first place.
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healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart
The move follows a DHSC request for hospital trusts to reduce the cost of support functions to 2022 levels. Professor Lesley Dwyer, NNUH chief executive, said: ‘I have been honest with our staff that we are facing the same challenges as the rest of the NHS and I appreciate this is a worrying and uncertain time for many colleagues.
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1 week ago | 
healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart
The inspection in June 2024 was carried out in response to concerns about access and flow, delayed discharges, staffing shortages, culture and waiting times.
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healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart
The UCL study published in the journal Addiction and funded by Cancer Research UK found the rise in the proportion of people vaping has stalled after the Government announced plans to ban disposable vapes in January 2024 following an almost 25% increase in the previous two years. Research also found the proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds using disposable vapes almost halved from 63% to 35% after January 2024.
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healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells
The report by the Royal College of Physicians in partnership with the Patients Association says outpatient care is ‘outdated, inefficient and in need of reform'. Dr Theresa Barnes, RCP clinical lead for outpatients, said:‘NHS outpatient care is fundamentally no longer fit for purpose.
