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Social Partnership Forum
June 2010
The Social Partnership Forum (SPF) is a partnership between the Department of Health, NHS Employers and NHS Trade Unions to improve working relationships and involve partners in the workforce...
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Strategic Review of Health Inequalities Published
May 2010
Sir Michael Marmot has published his report - Fair Society, Healthy Lives – outlining proposals to reduce health inequalities from 2010. It includes policies and interventions that address the...
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Free, Unlimited Access To Two Thousand Years Of Mankind And Medicine In Pictures
May 2010
'Wellcome Images' is a large collection of images on the history of medicine, modern biomedical science and clinical medicine. All content has been made available under a Creative Commons Licence,...
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Report on the Health of Health Professionals
April 2010
A recent Department of Health (England) report, Invisible Patients, specifically focuses on the health issues facing regulated health professionals and identifies some priorities for addressing them.
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NHS Urged To Say Sorry When Things Go Wrong
March 2010
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has published strengthened guidelines for NHS organizations in England and Wales on Being Open - a set of principles that healthcare staff should use when...
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Swine flu: UK planning assumptions
October 2009
A document has been published containing revised planning assumptions in relation to the current A(H1N1) Swine Flu pandemic. The assumptions are intended to provide a common agreed basis for...
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NHS-funded nursing care practice guide (revised) 2009
October 2009
A practice guide has been published setting out the process for determining the eligibility for NHS-funded Nursing Care under the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded...
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Integrated care pilots: an introductory guide
October 2009
An introductory guide to the national programme of integrated care pilots and evaluation has been published. It provides a summary of the work each pilot will be doing as they implement and test...
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Responding to Regulations in Response to Shipman Inquiry
October 2009
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report detailing significant progress in implementing regulations introduced in response to the Shipman Inquiry. The regulations, introduced in...
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NICE 2008/09 annual report
August 2009
The publication of the NICE 2008/09 Annual Report and annual accounts marks the Institute?s 10th anniversary year.
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