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All rights reserved.Building on the success of the inaugural Florence Nightingale Foundation Conference, the second annual conference will be taking place on 8th & 9th March 2012 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London.This Conference is aimed at senior professionals across all aspects of healthcare delivery and is relevant to everyone in healthcare.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9334Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:25:35 GMTFewer people per 100,000 population aged below 75 are now dying from respiratory disease compared to nearly a decade ago.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9333Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:54 GMTHealth Secretary, Andrew Lansley has announced that Professor Viv Bennett has been appointed as the first director of nursing in the Department of Health and the Government’s principal advisor on public health nursing.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9332Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:59:52 GMTBuilding on the progress made on healthcare associated infections in 2011, the Government has announced its latest ambition for the NHS.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9331Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:59:21 GMTThe latest in a series of good practice guides to support commissioners in designing high quality, evidence-based services to improve outcomes for patients and to help the NHS make better use of resources has been published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9330Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:57:57 GMTA drive to free up nurses’ time to spend on patient care has been announced by Prime Minister, David Cameron.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9329Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:56:57 GMTPeople with low levels of iron in the blood have a higher risk of dangerous blood clots, according to research published in the journal Thorax.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9328Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:56:24 GMTThe Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) has received a boost to its training budget with an award of £40,000 from the Charles Wolfson Trust, which gives grants to registered charities in the fields of medicine, education and welfare.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9327Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:55:19 GMTWard sisters/charge nurses need to be a given a more prominent leadership role in hospitals if standards of acute nursing care are to be improved, according to a new paper from the University of Birmingham’s leading health policy unit, the Health Services Management Centre.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9326Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:54:14 GMTA report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) has identified missed opportunities to tackle alcohol abuse through existing sexual health services.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9325Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:53:12 GMTThe Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) has launched a pocketbook guide entitled AfPP in your Pocket, which provides a concentrated snap shot of perioperative practice.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9324Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:52:42 GMTMore than 100,000 cancers – equivalent to one third of all those diagnosed in the UK each year – are being caused by smoking, unhealthy diets, alcohol and excess weight, according to figures from Cancer Research UK.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9323Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:51:53 GMTThe findings of a recent Royal College of Nursing (RCN) study show that verbal abuse, intimidation and attacks are still very real threats faced by community based nurses on a regular basis.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9322Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:50:45 GMTNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has warned that a ‘perfect storm’ could be created by the bumper sporting calendar and extra bank holidays, severely affecting blood donation levels in 2012.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9321Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:49:32 GMTThe Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres (ECMC) network which runs UK clinical studies of the newest cancer treatments, has been awarded a second wave of £35 m funding for the next five years.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9320Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:48:34 GMTThe National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has issued a Rapid Response Report aimed at ensuring that effective controls are in place to minimise the risk of mismatching spinal, epidural or regional devices with incompatible connectors.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9319Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:47:51 GMTResearchers in the US have found that faults in a gene called HOXB13 seem to be more common in men with an inherited form of prostate cancer, and among those who develop the disease at a younger age.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9318Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:46:18 GMTThe Health Protection Agency (HPA) together with the Group A streptococcal (GAS) Working Group has produced new guidelines for the investigation, control and prevention of GAS infection in acute healthcare settings, including maternity units.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9317Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:43:31 GMTPlans to improve the identification of potential organ donors and consent rates in order to address the shortage of organs for transplant have been set out in new guidance from NICE.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9316Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:41:35 GMTA new scheme to reward individuals and teams who are championing infection prevention in hospitals has been launched by Kimberly-Clark Health Care in the UK. http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9298Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:43 GMTSurgeons can learn their skills more quickly if they are taught how to control their eye movements, according to research led by the University of Exeter. http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9291Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:01:15 GMTThe risk of TB diagnosis is significantly increased in women during the first six months after pregnancy, according to a new UK-wide study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9289Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:49:29 GMTA major clinical trial, funded by the British Heart Foundation, has shown that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan offers a better tool for diagnosing suspected coronary heart disease (CHD) than the most commonly used alternative.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9288Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:48:06 GMTThe Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has raised concerns that consultant physicians are increasingly working above and beyond their contracted hours. In a statement, the College reported that the NHS is relying on this good will to deliver the services that patients need.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9284Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:40:03 GMTStep Communications, the publishers of The Clinical Services Journal are delighted to announce the re-launch of www.clinicalservicesjournal.comhttp://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9283Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:31:12 GMTThe Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has issued a warning that the NHS “is heading for crisis point”, with 56,058 NHS positions being axed across the UK.http://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/Story.aspx?Story=9273Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:16:02 GMT