NHS Bolton Library Presents… Primary Care News, Research and Opinion: Week Ending 22nd April 2012

Please find below a selection of the most relevant and interesting news stories of the past week. Including:

Primary Care

• Enhanced involvement of general practitioners in cancer rehabilitation: a randomised controlled trial — Bergholdt et al. 2 (2) — BMJ Open
• New report highlights obstacles for migrants in accessing healthcare in European Union
• Primary care factors associated with cervical screening coverage in England

Public Health

• Obesity strategy criticised by royal colleges | News | Health Service Journal
• Call for government to cut bowel cancer deaths by 60% in the next 13 years
• Minimum alcohol pricing ‘will save lives’

 Commissioning

• CCGs will be subject to Agenda for Change
• Three top NHS regional chiefs decline commissioning board roles
• Forget about ‘social care pot of gold’

 

Austerity measures will lead to rise in unemployment and suicides, says Marmot

via Austerity measures will lead to rise in unemployment and suicides, says Marmot | BMJ.

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European austerity programmes are a “ghastly experiment” that will lead to more citizens’ deaths, says a leading expert on health inequalities.

 

Call for government to cut bowel cancer deaths by 60% in the next 13 years

via Call for government to cut bowel cancer deaths by 60% in the next 13 years | BMJ.

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The number of deaths from bowel cancer could be cut by 60% by 2025 if the government acts on recommendations made in a report, a charity has claimed.

 

Commissioning board mandate could lead to government clashes

via Commissioning board mandate could lead to government clashes | News | Health Service Journal.

 

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The Department of Health and the NHS Commissioning Board are preparing for a likely clash over the contents of the first set of instructions for the independent new body.

 

Primary care factors associated with cervical screening coverage in England

Primary care factors associated with cervical screening coverage in England.

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Abstract

 

Background The National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme was established to decrease the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in England.

 

Minimum alcohol pricing ‘will save lives’

via Minimum alcohol pricing ‘will save lives’ | News | Health Service Journal.

This article is solely the work of the HSJ. For a full copy of the article please contact the library.

Implementing a minimum alcohol unit price would save more than 1,000 lives each year, a report has claimed.

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Three top NHS regional chiefs decline commissioning board roles

via Three top NHS regional chiefs decline commissioning board roles | News | Health Service Journal.

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Three of the NHS’s most experienced and respected leaders have decided against joining the NHS Commissioning Board

 

NHS staff vote to strike over pensions

via NHS staff vote to strike over pensions | News | Health Service Journal.

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The government faces further disruption from public sector workers after more industrial action was called by NHS staff and civil servants over controversial pension reforms.

 

NHS must ‘up its game’ on homeless people’s mental health

via NHS must ‘up its game’ on homeless people’s mental health | News | Health Service Journal.

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Mental health leaders must “up their game” in tackling mental health problems among the homeless, according to a new report.

 

Forget about ‘social care pot of gold’

There will be no “pot of gold” to answer the prayers of councils struggling to look after the elderly, according to social care chiefs.

BBC News – Forget about ‘social care pot of gold’.