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Service-line management: can it improve quality and efficiency?

At a time when hospitals are under pressure to improve quality and make productivity savings, they need to find tools to support them. Service-line management (SLM) and service-line reporting (SLR) ...

12:26 - Fri 27 Jan 2012

NICE approves new generation CT scanners

Four new generation cardiac computed tomography (CT) scanners can now be used by the NHS to help diagnose and manage patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who are difficult to ...

12:24 - Fri 27 Jan 2012

A&E attendances up and patients stay longer

More than half of A&E attendances involve patients staying more than two hours in the department – a higher percentage than the previous year.

12:21 - Fri 27 Jan 2012

Independent experts to help improve health results for children

An independent group of experts has been established to help develop a new strategy for improving care for children and young people.

12:16 - Fri 27 Jan 2012

Healthwatch England membership consultation

Stakeholders and the public are being asked to contribute to the development of the Healthwatch England membership regulations.

12:13 - Fri 27 Jan 2012

Choice of GP practice guidance published

The guidance published provides primary care trusts (PCTs) with the support tool they need to prepare for the implementation of widening patient choice of GP practices.

10:02 - Thu 26 Jan 2012

National End of Life Care Programme newsletter

Issue 41 of the End of Life Care newsletter

09:59 - Thu 26 Jan 2012

New advice on anti-epileptic drugs

New recommendations on the use of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) for the treatment of adults and children with epilepsy have been set out, in updated NICE guidelines.

09:55 - Thu 26 Jan 2012

CQC publishes 12 reports from its review of services for people with learning disabilities

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a further 12 reports from a targeted programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning ...

09:51 - Thu 26 Jan 2012

Report highlights benefits of genomic innovation

A new report on genomic technology highlights the UK’s achievements in genetics research to date and makes recommendations to government to ensure future benefit of genomic innovation for the NHS ...

09:48 - Thu 26 Jan 2012