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Director appointed to NHS Liverpool Community Health - Liverpool Daily Post 3rd November 2009
"A MERSEYSIDE health service has appointed a new Finance Director.
Gary Andrews has taken up the role at NHS Liverpool Community Health.
He has more than 15 years’ experience in the finance and commercial sector."
New boss for NHS Liverpool Community Health - Liverpool Echo 2nd November 2009
"A MERSEYSIDE health service has appointed a new Finance Director.
Gary Andrews has taken up the role at NHS Liverpool Community Health.
He has more than 15 years experience in the finance and commercial sector, joining from United Utilities"
Daughter of Alzheimer's patient defies NHS gagging order to speak out - Daily Telegraph 2nd November 2009
"A daughter has spoken out in defiance of a gagging order that was imposed after she won a £30,000 refund for care unfairly denied to her mother, an Alzheimer's patient. "
David Cameron: Tories would rename Department of Health - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"Conservative leader promises NHS reforms to cut costs and extend 'patient power'"
Cameron lays out plans to save millions in NHS reform - The Times 3rd November 2009
"David Cameron promised yesterday to cut the cost of running the NHS by a third while handing day-to-day management of the health service over to an independent body.
The Tory leader guaranteed that up to £1.5 billion of savings on bureaucracy would be reinvested elsewhere in the health service. He also pledged to extend “patient power” and to create a rebranded Department of Public Health if his party won the next election. "
Cameron's NHS board is all well and good; where will the buck stop? - The Times 3rd November 2009
"When things go wrong in a David Cameron and Andrew Lansley-led health service, who will carry the can?
Under David Cameron’s blueprint released yesterday, day-to-day responsibility will be removed from ministers and handed to a council of doctors and managers known as the NHS board. Elected Tory politicians will set “strategic objectives”, but it will be for this body, effectively a super-quango, to oversee its £100 billion budget and execute its powers in whatever way it sees fit."
Elderly pay higher care home bills so others can go free - Daily Telegraph 31st October 2009
"Elderly people are being charged thousands of pounds extra for their residential care in order to subsidise others getting free places, care home owners have admitted."
Women denied NHS fertility treatment because 'they cannot carry child themselves' - Daily Telegraph 30th October 2009
"Hundreds of women face a postcode lottery getting NHS funding for IVF treatment because they were born without a womb and require surrogates, the Telegraph can reveal. "
Liverpool’s Active Age Centre faces closure - Liverpool Echo 29th October 2009
"A CENTRE, which provides a “vital lifeline” to Liverpool’s older people, will close next month if funding is not found.
Liverpool PCT have not given the Active Age Centre in Clubmoor any cash since April."
The Big Question: Is depression increasing, and what is the best way to treat it? - The Independent 29th October 2009
"Why are we asking this now?
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) yesterday published updated guidelines on the treatment of depression calling for extra focus on talking therapy, especially cognitive behaviour therapy, for depression and less focus on drugs. It also warned GPs to be more alert to depression in people with chronic health problems, amongst whom the condition is three times more common than in the general population. "
Millions with chronic illnesses 'should be checked for signs of depression' - Daily Telegraph 28th October 2009
"Millions of patients with chronic illnesses should be checked for signs of depression, a Government watchdog has recommended. "
Too many managers spoil NHS - Lancashire Telegraph 27th October 2009
"The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says one in eight NHS trusts must urgently improve the care it provides.
The CQC found a drop in the number of hospitals meeting basic standards in areas such as hygiene and safety. But it also said more services than ever could be rated good or excellent.
The CQC published ratings on England's 392 trusts and looked at every type of NHS trust, including acute, mental health, primary care and ambulance. The Blackburn with Darwen NHS trust in 2008 - 2009 in meeting core standard & providing services - the score said they just met the criteria."
Patients with cancer to be assessed for depression - The Guardian 28th October 2009
"GPs must assess people with chronic diseases to see whether they are suffering from depression, under new guidelines"
'Talk therapy' for the depressed - BBC Health News 28th October 2009
"Antidepressants should not be used routinely to treat depression in adults with chronic health problems, according to the treatment regulator, NICE.
Depression is two to three times more common in patients with problems such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. "
More cash to boost health care - Liverpool Echo 26th October 2009
"A MERSEYSIDE hospital NHS trust has been awarded £35,000 which will be used to improve services for patients.
The Aintree Hospitals Trust, which runs the Fazakerley and Walton hospitals sites, received a share of the £500,000 Partnership Fund."
Who's to blame for Britain's obesity epidemic? - The Observer 25th October 2009
"As newspapers last week descended on an Ipswich bungalow to chart the extraordinary life of the world's heaviest man, a fierce debate broke out about how to respond to the surge in obesity in Britain. How much is it a self-inflicted condition? Should the NHS bear the cost of dealing with its effects?"
Health care goes under the microscope - Warrington Guardian 23rd October 2009
"ALL the health bodies covering Warrington have improved in their annual ratings, released last week.
The ratings are released annually by the Care Quality Commission, formerly the HealthCare Commission, and award a ‘weak, ‘fair’, ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ mark for quality of care and financial management. You can see the full reports at cqc.org.uk. "
Tories would allocate NHS money to public health boards - The Guardian 22nd October 2009
"The Tories would give newly-created public health boards ringfenced NHS money to spend across local government and housing and save on future health costs, the shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, said today.
Local authorities had led the way in piloting preventative care for the elderly that helped older people live independently, Lansley said, and a Conservative government would use a a separate public health budget to invest in such measures."
£11 million spent studying public fitness levels - The Times 23rd October 2009
"Discovering fitness levels among the population in England is proving an expensive business — £11 million and counting, in fact. That is the cost to the public purse of three national opinion polls asking adults which sports they played and how often. "
NHS plans to bulldoze Warrington baths and build clinic will reap cash - Warrington Guardian 22nd October 2009
"DEMOLISHING Warrington Baths and building a new health centre in its place could net Warrington Borough Council £105,000.
The figure comes from swapping the Legh Street site to NHS Warrington and the council taking ownership of the current Garven Place Clinic based next to the Town Hall. "
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