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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 17, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedABOUT 35,000 people will benefit from a 70 million [pounds sterling] government funding scheme to support inpatients who are being discharged home, according to health secretary Andrew Lansley. 'Re-ablement' packages...
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From:Community Living (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCommunity care grants are intended to promote community care by helping people to return to or remain in the community. They provide a one-off cash payment to claimants getting a qualifying benefit (see below) to buy...
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From:Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol. 106, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThere is long-standing interest by the public health community in the potential implications of trade and investment agreements for public health. Our commentary highlights the main pathways by which the Trans-Pacific...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY The transfer of NHS community services to social enterprises is controversial. Small enterprises are working well, but their future is uncertain. Keywords Social enterprises * Community services * 'Any...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 24, Issue 52) Peer-ReviewedOfficial figures suggest that nurse vacancy rates have fallen, prompting concerns that newly qualified nurses will struggle to find jobs. Latest figures show there are 8,153 nurse vacancies in England, compared with...
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From:Primary Health Care (Vol. 20, Issue 6)THE GOVERNMENT is likely to publish its blueprint for the future of the NHS and community services imminently, Primary Health Care understands. A white paper will formalise recent hints from both prime minister David...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 24, Issue 45) Peer-ReviewedThe future employment of thousands of community nurses in England has been plunged into doubt after the government announced plans to scrap primary care trusts (PCTs). The move was unveiled in a white paper by health...
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From:Nursing Older People (Vol. 20, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedWales has increased its continuing healthcare budget by 37 million [pounds sterling]. Deputy minister for social services, Gwenda Thomas, announced the additional funding last month. It comes on top of the recurrert 50...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 21, Issue 42) Peer-ReviewedMinority ethnic communities The Ethnic Training Network will hold a one-day conference on working with minority ethnic communities on July 4 at the University of Leeds. The aim is to support service providers and people...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedTwo health-related dossiers are expected to spur the German presidency of the EU into action: the proposal for a regulation on innovative therapy and the revision of the rules governing the marketing in Europe and the...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 21, Issue 34) Peer-ReviewedOver the next decade the government wants to divert 5 per cent of hospital spending into the community. The move, set out last year in the while paper Our health, Our Care, Our Say, aims to reduce wasted patient...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe Department of Health (DH) has launched a wide-ranging review of the NHS that will help shape its policies over the next ten years and beyond. The Our NHS, Our Future review is intended to involve staff, patients and...
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From:Emergency Nurse (Vol. 13, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedThe publication last month of the Department of Health's white paper on improving community health is set to spur on changes in emergency care provision, delegates heard. Referring to Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: A...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedA community hospital in Wales is earmarked for closure despite being oversubscribed. Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust wants to close Prestatyn community hospital because of outdated facilities. Managers admit in...
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From:Patient Care for the Nurse PractitionerPeer-ReviewedPrimary care and anthrax A retrospective study of the medical response to the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York found that primary care physicians played an important role. (1) Nationwide, more than 10,000 affected...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 21, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDetails on the feasibility of primary care trusts (PCTs) acquiring foundation status will be published by the Department of Health later this year, health secretary Patricia Hewitt revealed last week. In a pamphlet...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 322, Issue 7301) Peer-ReviewedThe development of primary care groups is part of the British government's strategy for modernizing the National Health Service. These groups were formed in 1999 to improve the health of their communities. They can make...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 80, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedThe article by Kent Ranson on the experience of the Self Employed Women's Association's (SEWA) Medical Insurance Fund in Gujarat, on pp. 613-621 of this issue of the Bulletin, focuses on catastrophic health care...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 18, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedI started nursing before the birth of the NHS and worked for 43 years as an RGN, district nurse and health visitor. I planned to do a variety of things when I retired, but I did not want to waste the skills and...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 321, Issue 7259) Peer-ReviewedVisits are most useful for people aged [is greater than or equal to] 75 EDITOR--The systematic review by van Haastregt et al of trials of preventive home visits for people aged 65 or over reported that "no clear...