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Industry View – Patients are good at caring for themselves
Guest Blog by David Patterson, founder of Helicon Health, emeritus professor of cardiovascular medicine, University College London and consultant cardiologist, Whittington Health. A blog, written for Digital Health by a highly experienced consultant cardiologist, struck a chord with us so we … Continue reading
Hospital inspections: lessons to be learnt
The programme of independent hospital inspections carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was made tougher in September 2013. During the first year to the end of August 2014 under the new arrangements 38 NHS acute trusts (each comprising … Continue reading
Posted in A&E, Department of Health, Health and Wellbeing, Health reform, Hospitals, Local Authorities, NHS, NHS England, NHS reforms, Patient choice, Patients, Quality and Safety, safety, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020health, Care Quality Commission, Charing Cross, choice, CQC, Department of Health, Hammersmith, Hospitals, Imperial College NHS Trust, National Health Service, NHS, Quality, Queen Charlote and Chelsea, St. Mary's
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“peoplehub welcomes Minister for Care and Support’s commitment to personal health budgets.”
Guest blog by Rita Brewis, Co-founder of Peoplehub blogs about the launch of the 2020health report ‘Personal Health Budgets: a revolution in personalisation‘. Rita can be contacted on rita@peoplehub.org.uk Peoplehub is a personal health budget peer network. Its purpose is to connect, inform … Continue reading
Help the MS Trust safeguard the future of MS nurses
Guest blog post by the MS Trust. This week, 29th-6th May, is MS Awareness week. For more information about fundraising or to nominate an MS nurse visit the MS Trust’s MS Awareness Week website: www.msawareness.org.uk For more information about the work of the … Continue reading
Posted in MS Awareness Week, Multiple Sclerosis, Nursing, Patient choice, Patients
Tagged MS Trust, Multiple Sclerosis, nursing, patient
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Contribution to 2020health’s recent report ‘Too posh to wash? Reflections on the future of nursing?’ By Kay Fawcett, Chief Nurse, University Hospitals, Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Nursing is based in a complex healthcare system where compassion and dignity are an expectation. Constantly … Continue reading
Monday round-up: Obesity, free choice, technology and brains
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP has begun the morning tweeting about obesity apropos her conversation with Dr Hilary Cass, President of the Royal Society of Paediactrics and Child Health on Politics Home. We agree with both of them – stricter planning … Continue reading
Guest Blogspot: Prevention is better than cure.
The economic consequences of preventing illness are highly complex. Just comparing the costs of prevention with the direct treatment costs that should be avoided is far too simplistic. The true economic impact of preventative measures can often only be assessed … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Business, Children, Elderly, Health Bill, Healthcare, Information, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Obesity, Patient choice, Patients, Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged accidents, alcohol, Andrew Lansley, arthritis, cancer, cardiovasculsr, cause of dsath, choice, elderly, government, health, Health Bill, injury, Jeremy Hunt, longevity, mortality, National Health Service, NHS, Obesity, Patients, prevention, Public Health, respiratory, smoking, tobacco
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Message to the SoS: Personal Health Records not a paperless NHS needs to be the focus
By 7.30am this morning various doctors had already taken to the twitter airways bemoaning the latest health headline: Jeremy Hunt wants the NHS to be paperless by 2018. We will all know why – echoes of the National Programme for … Continue reading
Posted in Hospitals, Jeremy Hunt, NHS IT, Patient choice, Self-care
Tagged Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Paperless, Patients. control, PHR
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Guest Blogspot: Do private patients in the UK help or harm the NHS?
Private medicine like private education and first-class travel can stir up feelings of resentment between the “haves” and “have-nots”. A short blog like this one has no possibility of uniting stereotypical politicians from the left and right wings of politics. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Department of Health, Drugs, Elderly, GPs, Health Bill, Health Team, Healthcare, Hospitals, Inequality, mental health, NHS, Nursing, Patient choice, Patients, Pharma, Policy, Private, Research
Tagged 2020health, choice, Consultant, Cosmetic Surgery, Dental, Department of Health, Drugs, elderly, Gamma Knife, General practitioner, government, GP, GPs, health, Health Bill, Medical Insurance, medicine, mental health, National Health Service, NHS, outcomes, patient, Patients, pharmaceutical, Prescription Charge, Private Hospital, Private Medicine, Private Patient, Research
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