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  • Chief Nursing Officer bulletin – July/August 2011

    This bulletin provides updated information about issues in the NHS of specific interest to nurses, midwives and health visitors.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statistical press notice: Dental Commissioning Statistics – quarterly update

    Dental Commissioning data released today by the Department of Health.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Improving medicine use and cutting wastage to be tackled

    A new group set up to tackle the £300 million being lost every year in the NHS due to medicine wastage.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Action on medicine wastage and improving medicine use

    A new group set up to tackle the £300 million lost every year in the NHS because of medicine wastage has been announced by Health Minister Lord Howe today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fulfilling and rewarding lives: the strategy for adults with autism in England

    The first autism strategy for England marked a fundamental change in public services helping adults with autism to live independent lives and find work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Equal pay test case

    Some media have reported on a UNISON press notice claiming that a London nurse won a landmark equal pay test case against City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Human Genetics Commission’s report on DNA diagnostics

    The government notes the Human Genetics Commission report on Intellectual Property and DNA Diagnostics.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Radiotherapy dataset annual report 2009/2010

    This report, compiled by the Radiotherapy Clinical Information Group, details the first year's experience of collecting and using a new radiotherapy dataset.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Guidelines for design of in-patient prescription charts

    The attached letter provides information on work undertaken on improving the design of in-patient description charts in hospitals.

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  • Diagnostic tool for emerging clinical commissioning groups

    A new developmental, self-assessment tool to enable emerging clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to understand and reflect upon their values, culture, behaviours and wider organisational health has now been made available.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Freedom of information

    Making a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rolling out the NHS 111 service

    NHS Deputy Chief Executive, David Flory, and National Director for Improvement and Efficiency, Jim Easton's letter to strategic health authorities.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Learning disabilities: 2011/12

    Farewell letter from Anne Williams CBE, retired National Director for Learning Disabilities with the Department of Health.

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  • Risk Stratification and next steps with DH Risk Prediction tools: Patients at Risk of Re-hospitalisation and the Combined Predictive Model

    Letter from Stephen Johnson, Deputy Director, Head of Long Term Conditions.

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  • Rolling out the NHS 111 service

    Letter to Strategic Health Authorities to request confirmation of plans for full roll-out of the NHS 111 service in each region by April 2013.

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  • A stronger voice for patients

    Patients will today have a stronger voice under plans set out by Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Campaigns to promote earlier diagnosis of cancer

    Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS medical director, today wrote to all trust chief executives setting out plans for campaigns to help promote the earlier diagnosis of cancer.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Campaigns to promote earlier diagnosis of cancer

    Letter from Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, outlining plans for improving cancer survival rates through earlier diagnosis.

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  • Agreements between specialised services commissioning groups and providers

    Letter from Bob Ricketts CBE Director of Provider Policy, dated 3 August 2011.

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  • Innovative care could help over 15 million people with long-term conditions

    The NHS could help improve the care of over 15 million people living with long-term conditions and reduce the number of unnecessary trips to hospital if the most innovative work being pioneered in other parts of the NHS were…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government