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23/12/2009 This Briefing summarises the key points of New Horizons, and focuses on what the strategy means for the NHS.
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23/12/2009 This Briefing outlines the main points of the Government’s national delivery plan for improving the health outcomes of this group.
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16/11/2009 This Briefing explores how ambulance services and mental health services can work together to provide the best care for patients with mental health problems.
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11/11/2009 This Health Services Research Network briefing describes how the research governance landscape has changed in recent years.
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12/10/2009 The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, which will begin in April 2010 with an introductory three-year phase, is a mandatory energy efficiency scheme that will affect both the public and the private sector.
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24/9/2009 Dual diagnosis is the term used to describe people who have concurrent mental health and substance misuse or alcohol problems. It affects a third of mental health service users, half of substance misuse service users and 70 per cent of prisoners.
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29/7/2009 This Briefing summarises the key features of the green paper.
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9/7/2009 Following the 2 July decision to move from containment to treatment of swine flu, all eyes are on the NHS as it takes the lead on national systems to deal with high numbers of cases.
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11/6/2009 This discussion paper outlines the challenges facing commissioners over the next few years and identifies actions that PCTs might take to prepare their health economies for what is to come.
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11/6/2009 This briefing provides a background to the Department of Health’s Same-sex accommodation: your privacy, our responsibility initiative, launched in January 2009, to provide clearer guidance and support for hospitals.
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11/6/2009 The aim of this briefing is to explain what EU competition law is and our understanding of what it means for the NHS. It also provides some comments on the remit of the Panel.
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8/6/2009 This briefing sets out the key points of new climate change legislation and other initiatives that are helping the NHS to do its bit on climate change.
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4/6/2009 This Briefing comes in response to the increasing number and complexity of requests NHS Confederation members are receiving under the Freedom of Information Act.
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14/5/2009 This Briefing summarises the issue, sets out the policy context and clinical practice, and provides suggestions for how boards can provide leadership and challenge to reduce mortality and improve efficiency.
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13/5/2009 As of 1 April 2009 Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) came into force.
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7/5/2009 How liaison psychiatry services can transform quality and productivity in acute settings.
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30/4/2009 This briefing outlines the main changes that will affect community services.
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30/4/2009 Health minister Lord Darzi’s NHS Next Stage Review final report contained a number of new organisational structures aimed at stimulating innovation.
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30/3/2009 In April 2009 a new two-stage complaints process for health and social care replaces the existing system. The new system should be beneficial not only to patients and service users, but to NHS and local authority organisations and their staff.
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18/3/2009 The New Ways of Working (NWW) programme has helped develop mental health services in recent years. This Briefing celebrates the achievements of NWW, outlines its impact and sets the scene for the next phase of workforce development.
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16/3/2009 This briefing is intended to raise awareness of issues in the commissioning of services for people with learning disabilities that meet their specific needs and enhance the development of mainstream services that are fit for purpose.
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25/2/2009 The deprivation of liberty safeguards address the October 2004 European Convention on Human Rights ‘Bournewood’ judgement...
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18/2/2009 NHS views on the European Commission’s proposals on cross-border healthcare
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16/1/2009 This Briefing summarises the key elements of the new Standard NHS Contracts for community health services, mental health and learning disability services and ambulance services, published by the Department of Health.
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