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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"
What does your GP really think of his patients? - The Independent 3rd November 2009
"There is, says Phil Hammond, something missing from medicine. It is pleasure. Pleasure gets just two mentions in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, and none whatever on the website of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). Doctors rarely tell patients to pleasure themselves, for fear of getting struck off, but something a little less directive might actually improve all our lives.
"Our media are negative, our politics is"
'Fit notes' for back pain concern - BBC Health News 2nd November 2009
"Government plans to introduce GP "fit notes" instead of sick notes may be unrealistic, at least in the case of back pain, say researchers.
A survey of 440 GPs in Nottinghamshire found few currently took any responsibility for managing the work issues of patients with back problems. "
Clitheroe Health Centre shut until next Thursday - Lancashire Telegraph 30th October 2009
"CLITHEROE Health Centre is not expected to reopen until next Thursday or Friday after health bosses said damage caused by a fire was worse than they expected.
NHS East Lancashire said repair teams were working 'flat out' and would work over the weekend to restore electricity supplies after the £2m building’s lighting, heating, IT and telephone systems were knocked out by the blaze on Tuesday.
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Cash help will boost figures for breastfed babies - The Bolton News 30th October 2009
"NHS Bolton is receiving a share of a £3 million fund to encourage mums to breastfeed their babies.
The Primary Care Trust is one of 32 organisations across the country to be given the boost and will get more than £86,000 from the Department of Health. "
Two wheels are better than four - The Bolton News 30th October 2009
"NHS BOLTON, the borough’s Primary Care Trust (PCT), has “saddled up” to a new initiative to promote two wheels rather than four.
The NHS Trust is among more than 70 North West major employers pledging to implement a new “Cycle to Work” guarantee. "
Anger over new health centre dates - The Bolton News 30th October 2009
"DELAYS to plans to build six new state-of-the-art health centres in Bolton have sparked anger in the areas that will have to wait the longest.
NHS Bolton’s board has approved a revised timetable for the work, which means some centres will not be completed until 2016. "
Hand gels for Liverpool doctors’ surgeries and care homes to stop spread of superbugs - Liverpool Daily Post 29th October 2009
"LIVERPOOL patients and visitors will soon have to use hospital-style hand gels in GP practices and care homes to stop the spread of superbugs.
C. Difficile targets are currently being missed in the city, because of a large amount of “community acquired” infections, caught outside hospitals."
Liverpool GP practices and care homes to provide hand gels to stop bug spread - Liverpool Echo 29th 2009
"LIVERPOOL patients and visitors will soon have to use hospital-style hand gels in GP practices and care homes to stop the spread of superbugs.
C. Difficile targets are currently being missed in the city, because of a large amount of “community acquired” infections, caught outside hospitals."
Southport’s MP has called for increased PCT accountability - Southport Visiter 28th October 2009
"UNELECTED local health chiefs must be stripped of their power to make crucial decisions, Southport’s MP has told the Government.
John Pugh introduced a backbench Bill calling for the end of the “democratic deficit” whereby NHS bodies can make wide-reaching decisions – such as the closure of children’s casualty in Southport – despite public objections."
Accrington hospital to get GP practice - Lancashire Telegraph 28th October 2009
"A NEW GP practice based at The Accrington Victoria Community Hospital will open in November.
The practice, commissioned by NHS East Lancashire, will provide a GP service for patients to register while also working alongside the Minor Injuries Unit already based at the hospital to provide a walk-in service for any patients with minor illnesses. "
Fire shuts Clitheroe Health Centre for a week - Lancashire Telegraph 28th October 2009
"CLITHEROE Health Centre has closed after a fire knocked out all of the £2million building’s lighting, heating, IT and telephone systems.
Staff discovered the fire in the centre’s main electricity meter room when they arrived at work to an alarm ringing around 8.30am yesterday, shortly before the Railway View Avenue site was due to open to the public. "
GPs swamped by red tape means lack of eye contact with patients - Daily Telegraph 28th October 2009
"GP consultations should be longer because red tape means doctors cannot spend enough time listening to patients, a survey has found. "
GPs warn winter vomiting bug cases rising at same time as swine flu - Daily Telegraph 28th October 2009
"GPs are urging patients with minor illnesses to stay away from surgeries as a combination of the winter vomiting bug and the second wave of swine flu threaten to swamp family doctors. "
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."
Fire at Clitheroe Health Centre - Lancashire Telegraph 27th October 2009
"TWO GP surgeries and a treatment room at Clitheroe Health Centre have been closed after a fire this morning.
Nobody was injured in the blaze, which started in the main electricity meter room around 8.20am and was discovered by staff after a fire alarm sounded. "
Half of doctors 'too busy using computers to look patients in the eye' - Daily Mail 28th October 2009
"Nearly half of GPs claim they are too busy to look patients in the eye during consultations, according to a shocking poll out today.
A survey of family doctors found that 38 per cent are unable to give patients enough eye contact because they are spending so much time tapping information into their computers to meet Government targets."
Building work starts on £15.5m Garston mini hospital - Liverpool Echo 26th October 2009
"BUILDING work has started on a £15.5m mini hospital in south Liverpool.
The NHS Treatment Centre on the site of the Sir Alfred Jones Memorial Hospital site in Garston, will replace the existing facilities which have stood there for 95 years."
NHS must discuss clinics with public - Lancashire Telegraph 26th October 2009
"FOLLOWING recent letters on the subject of the Little Lever Health Centre, I think it is unlikely that the new centre will ever be built.
NHS Bolton, the Primary Care Trust, is currently struggling to balance the books. It is attempting to save £13 million and, as part of this, is rescheduling the remaining six health centres from completion in 2011 to 2015. "
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