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NHS report suggests people in deprived areas more likely to die in hospital Extracts from NHS National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) page, 2012-02-08. 'Deprivation and death: Variation in place and cause of death 'National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) |
10/02/2012 - 12:28pm Ed Wilcox |
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Age UK release 'Care in Crisis 2012' report Extracts from the Summary of Age UK 'Care in Crisis 2012' report: |
10/02/2012 - 11:37am Ed Wilcox |
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Hospitals feed patients on 90p a meal, official figures show Extracts from Telegraph article, 10.01.12 Some hospital trusts commit just £2.57 for each patient’s daily food and drink, according to the latest statistics, despite growing concern about poor nutrition on wards. At least 30 hospital trusts, almost one in 10 of the total, spend less than £5 a day on breakfast, lunch and... |
10/02/2012 - 11:35am Ed Wilcox |
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Consultant claims patients have been physically harmed at St Bartholomew's hospital Resignation email by Barts and the London orthopaedic consultant sparks inquiry An inquiry has been launched into a leading London hospital trust after a consultant claimed in a devastating resignation email that poor management... |
04/12/2011 - 2:42am Ellie Keen |
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Hospitals axe 1.2m follow-up appointments in a year An analysis of data from all 168 acute hospital trusts in England reveals the ratio of follow-up appointments to surgical procedures has plummeted by 4.3% in the last year, and 5.9% over the last two years, as managers impose a series of brutal efficiencies. ... |
27/11/2011 - 7:39pm Ellie Keen |
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Legal challenge over legal aid for victims of clinical negligence From Action Against Medical Accidents Ken Clarke's Ministry of Justice faces a legal challenge over its controversial plan to scrap legal aid for victims of clinical negligence. The charity Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) has issued legal proceedings for a judicial review of the decision. AvMA argue that the Ministry of Justice's decision was both... |
18/11/2011 - 3:27am Ellie Keen |
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Manchester City Council social care cuts 'not unlawful' Manchester City Council's planned cuts to its adult care budget are not unlawful, a judicial review has found. Mr Justice Ryder dismissed a claim against the council by two disabled and elderly applicants. Barristers for the pair claimed the changes did not follow the government's disability guidelines and the council consultation was unfair. The council countered that the budget was developed to safeguard and meet the needs of the most vulnerable people. ... |
18/11/2011 - 3:26am Ellie Keen |
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Social care: judge rules cuts are 'potentially devastating' Birmingham City Council budget plans need rethink after court rulings Sir Albert (Lab Ladywood) said: “Two judicial reviews found the council acted unlawfully in approving budget-making decisions. Something is clearly dramatically wrong in Birmingham. “There should... |
18/11/2011 - 3:24am Ellie Keen |
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Active patients wiped from GPs’ lists Exclusive: GPs are seeing current patients wrongly wiped from practice lists as primary care organisations across the UK step up sweeping list-cleansing exercises in a bid to cut costs, a Pulse investigation reveals. The East Finchley Medical Centre in Barnet, north London... |
18/11/2011 - 3:22am Ellie Keen |
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Cuts 'put mental health early intervention at risk'Cuts 'put mental health early intervention at risk'Public sector cuts are threatening to undermine early intervention work to support young people with mental health problems, according to NHS employers. |
18/11/2011 - 3:19am Ellie Keen |