Northampton General Hospital cancels ‘small number’ of operations ahead of strikes:
A ‘small number’ of operations scheduled for Thursday have been rearranged and an outpatient clinic cancelled at Northampton General Hospital as a result of strikes by doctors. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Ambulance service covering Northamptonshire fails to hit response target
Ambulance service covering Northamptonshire fails to hit response target:
The ambulance service covering Northamptonshire was among only two in the country to not hit its non-life threatening call-out targets last year, an NHS report shows. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
The ambulance service covering Northamptonshire was among only two in the country to not hit its non-life threatening call-out targets last year, an NHS report shows. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Guidance on the health visiting career
Guidance on the health visiting career:
The guidance, A Health Visiting Career, promotes understanding of the current picture, identifies
areas of good practice, and suggests ways that these can be shared and
enhanced. It gives an overview of the novice to expert journey and the pathway
for newly qualified health visitors in their first two years.NHS Networks
The guidance, A Health Visiting Career, promotes understanding of the current picture, identifies
areas of good practice, and suggests ways that these can be shared and
enhanced. It gives an overview of the novice to expert journey and the pathway
for newly qualified health visitors in their first two years.NHS Networks
NHS CB to build My Health portal
NHS CB to build My Health portal: The NHS Commissioning Board is looking to create a new website called My Health where patients will be able to access their GP records, book appointments and order prescriptions. EHI News
RPS publishes report on transfer of medicines information between care providers
RPS publishes report on transfer of medicines information between care providers: Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Area: News
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has issued a report titled "Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providers: Getting the medicines right", which outlines the results of a six-month project involving over 30 healthcare organisations which volunteered to implement RPS guidance on transfer of medicines information. The report calls for improvements to the transfer of information about medicines, and the following recommendations have been made (taken directly from source):
. All suppliers of IT systems to hospitals and general practice should ensure their systems can effectively transfer recommended core content of medicines records . All community pharmacies should have an NHS.net website address to enable secure communications between secondary and primary care . All clinical records should be structured in a recognised and nationally agreed format to assist interoperability and the transfer of information . National sharing ...
Area: News
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has issued a report titled "Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providers: Getting the medicines right", which outlines the results of a six-month project involving over 30 healthcare organisations which volunteered to implement RPS guidance on transfer of medicines information. The report calls for improvements to the transfer of information about medicines, and the following recommendations have been made (taken directly from source):
. All suppliers of IT systems to hospitals and general practice should ensure their systems can effectively transfer recommended core content of medicines records . All community pharmacies should have an NHS.net website address to enable secure communications between secondary and primary care . All clinical records should be structured in a recognised and nationally agreed format to assist interoperability and the transfer of information . National sharing ...
Doctors' strike: three quarters of surgeries to stay open as usual
Doctors' strike: three quarters of surgeries to stay open as usual: Just one in four doctors' surgeries are expected to take part in tomorrow's industrial action over pensions as the number of GPs prepared to defy the stike increases, figures from 20 primary care organisations suggest.
Telegraph Health News
Telegraph Health News
Health leader warns NHS is heading for disaster
Health leader warns NHS is heading for disaster:
The leader of England's hospital and primary care trusts has
warned that the NHS is heading for disaster and must change course
if it is to survive. Independent
The leader of England's hospital and primary care trusts has
warned that the NHS is heading for disaster and must change course
if it is to survive. Independent
Ambulance response times: all trusts meet eight minute national standard for first time
Ambulance response times: all trusts meet eight minute national standard for first time: *Regional data available from this publication Every single ambulance trust in England for the first time has met the national standard for responding...NHS Information Centre
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