GPs and hospital doctors could help patients avoid ‘lost years’
If GPs and hospital doctors directed some elderly patients to a care support service that allowed them to continue living in their own homes, “lost years” in old age could be avoided, according to Fiona Lowry, chief executive of The Good Care Group.
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Guidance on heart failure
NICE is updating its clinical guideline on the management of chronic heart failure in adults and has published its draft recommendations for public consultation.
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BMA warning on ‘direct payments’
The BMA has warned that plans to allow patients to pay directly for services could “undermine equality in the NHS in England, create a new layer of bureaucracy, divert funding to unproven treatments, and result in some patients not getting the care they need”.
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Care at home could save NHS £1.2 bn
The NHS could save £1.2 billion through the free provision of home-based hospital care, according to the report Hospital care at home.
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Failures in vaccine storage prompt alert
New guidance, produced by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) and frontline services across England and Wales, has been published aimed at ensuring clinicians store vaccines at the recommended manufacturer temperature range.
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London hospitals face ‘financial crisis’
A report by the BMA claims that hospital services in London could close or be down-graded as healthcare in the capital heads towards “a major financial and organisational crisis”, with the imposition of real term cuts of £5 billion by 2017.
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