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An increase in NHS prescription charges in England of 25p to £7.65 has come into effect.
via BBC News – NHS prescription fee rise to £7.65 comes in to effect.
Obesity fuels record rise in kidney cancers – Health News – NHS Choices.
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Kidney cancers: Major rise ‘linked to obesity’. BBC News, March 30 2012
Bigger waistlines linked to rise in kidney cancer. The Independent, March 30 2012
Record kidney cancer toll because of obesity. Daily Express, March 30 2012
Kidney cancer cases hit record high as experts warn condition is fuelled by obesity. Daily Mail, March 30 2012
Kidney cancer – UK incidence statistics. Cancer Research UK, March 30 2012
Privately-run centre breaches 18-week standard | News | Health Service Journal.
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Patients are being diverted away from a privately-run treatment centre because the 18-week referral-to-treatment standard is being breached.
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Background Organisation of acute care services for people living in residential aged care facilities (RACF) is a complex area of health policy. For people living in RACF, the emergency department is often used to provide acute care; needs of RACF residents, however, are not always well met. Alternative models of delivering care must be acceptable to a variety of stakeholders; however, little is known about the values and preferences that people attach to aspects of how and where care is delivered.
Methods/design The PROSpER Study examines people’s preferences for the organisation of acute healthcare services for older people in RACF. The authors aim to (1) determine which factors influence preferences of residents, carers and providers for how and where acute care is delivered and (2) determine the relative importance of these factors and the acceptable trade-offs between them. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be used. One-on-one interviews will be conducted with RACF residents, their families, staff of RACF and emergency department staff. A discrete choice study will then be designed to quantitatively assess preferences for alternative models of care delivery. Approximately 600 respondents from three respondent groups will be surveyed: older people living in RACF, family members of aged care residents and staff of RACF. A mixed logit model will be used; results will be expressed as parameter estimates (β) and odds of choosing one option over an alternative. Trade-offs between attributes will also be calculated.
Ethics and dissemination The PROSpER Study has been approved by the University of Sydney, Human Research Ethics Committee (Protocol numbers 10653 and 14382) and Royal Perth Hospital Ethics Committee (reference 2009/045). Results will be published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and via conference presentations; a newsletter will also be provided to study participants. A stakeholder roundtable will also be held to discuss the results.
Senior doctors should be in hospitals for at least 12 hours a day, seven days a week, a leading medical college has said.
Twenty of Wales’ 22 councils have not implemented a ban on smoking in playgrounds, according to a survey.
via BBC News – Smoking: 20 of Wales’ 22 councils have no playground ban.
via NHS savings plans ‘short on detail’ as trusts plan swathe of cuts | News | Health Service Journal.
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There is a lack of detail about where “efficiency savings” demanded by the government of the health service are being made, analysts have said.
via NHS regulator may not be fit to register GP practices, MPs warn | BMJ.
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MPs have raised fears that the NHS’s main regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) might be unfit to register all 10 000 GP practices later this year.
