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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. "
Chronic patients to be screened for depression - The Times 28th October 2009
"People suffering from chronic conditions such as cancer, diabetes, respiratory problems and heart disease should be screened by GPs for depression, according to new NHS guidance.
The recommendation has been made in response to concerns about high rates of depression among Britain’s 17 million sufferers of chronic illness, and a lack of awareness among NHS staff. "
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. "
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"
Millions of patients yet to arrange personal healthcare plan, campaigners say - The Times 18th September 2009
Plans to give millions of patients more control of their own healthcare are in jeopardy as the majority of people with long-term illness have not arranged a care plan with their doctors, campaigners say.
Ministers have promised to offer personalised care plans to 15 million patients in England who suffer chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma and heart disease.
Don't tell patients off if they forget their pills doctors told - The Telegraph 23rd January 2009
Doctors should not tell patients off for failing to take their medication properly under new guidance which reveals up to half of people with long-term illnesses waste their drugs.
Doubts raised over plan to give personal budgets to NHS patients - The Guardian 17th January 2009
The government was at loggerheads with doctors' and nurses' leaders last night over plans to give NHS patients in England personal budgets to buy physiotherapy, home nursing and other healthcare services.\n\nAlan Johnson, the health secretary, introduced a health bill that includes powers to make direct payments to people with long-term medical conditions, such as asthma, diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
NHS 'personal budget' for patients outlined in new health bill - The Guardian 16th January 2009
Proposals for NHS patients in England to 'buy' healthcare services closely modelled on social care budgets
Patients to receive own budgets under NHS reform - The Guardian 16th January 2009
Direct payments to be made to patients to spend on health services of their choice
Health Bill to give control of care budget to patients - The Independent 17th January 2009
The Government has set out plans to hand some patients control of their own healthcare budgets.
The new Health Bill will enable patients to receive direct payments to spend on health services of their choice.
Lord Darzi, who will unveil the plans, first trailed the idea last year. It is thought the payments would particularly benefit people with long-term conditions like Parkinson's or motor neurone disease, or those who use mental health services.
Chronically ill elderly 'to rise' - BBC Health News 13th January 2009
The UK's ageing population is set to cause a huge rise in the number of older people living with long-term illnesses, campaigners have said.
Help the Aged says that by 2025 there will be a big increase in the number of over-65s with heart disease, osteoporosis and dementia.
New help for people with long-term health problems - Carlisle News & Star 29th December 2008
HELP could be at hand for people struggling to cope with long-term illness.
The Expert Patient Programme has been run throughout Cumbria since 2005 by trained volunteer tutors who have personal experience of living with a long-term health condition.
The courses, run over six weeks, teach self-management techniques for managing pain and fatigue and relaxation and distraction techniques.
Plan to bring hospital to patient's home - Manchester Evening News 16th December 2008
SERIOUSLY ill patients could get electronic monitors in their own homes under radical plans to modernise healthcare in the birthplace of the NHS.
Trafford GPs want to look at technology to let patients with chronic long-term conditions spend less time in hospital by using devices to alert surgery staff to any changes in their health.
London to lose NHS resources to areas with more older patients - The Guardian 9th December 2008
The NHS was told yesterday to prepare for a massive switch of resources out of London into areas with a high proportion of older people with chronic medical conditions.
Alan Johnson, the health secretary, said he would allocate £164bn for primary care trusts in England to commission hospitals and GPs to provide care for patients over the next two years. Every area will get an increase of at least 5.2% a year, suggesting that NHS spending will continue to grow in real terms in spite of the credit crunch.
Chronic care need 'unsustainable' - BBC Health News 4th November 2008
The estimated 800,000 people in Wales with long-term illness put an "unsustainable" demand on hospitals, says the public finance watchdog.
Auditor general Jeremy Colman found hospitals often gave unplanned care for chronic conditions, while community services could be poorly co-ordinated.
Cancer patients will not have to pay anything for their drugs - The Times 24th September 2008
A quarter of a million cancer patients are to get free treatment from April after Gordon Brown announced the scapping of all prescription charges for sufferers of the disease.
The step will be a prelude to phasing out the £7.10 prescription fee for all patients with long-term medical conditions, the Prime Minister said in his conference speech.
Brown promises to scrap NHS prescription charges for cancer patients and those with long-term conditions - Daily Mail 23rd September 2008
Patients with cancer and other long-term conditions are to get free NHS prescriptions in England.
Gordon Brown bowed to pressure from health charities and announced that charges for cancer sufferers would be scrapped first, from April 2009.
Free NHS prescriptions for some - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
Patients with long-term conditions will get free prescriptions in England under plans announced by the prime minister.
Charges for cancer patients will be scrapped from next year with other conditions to follow afterwards, Gordon Brown told the Labour Party conference.
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