281 Pharmacist-led
reconciliation backed by draft NICE guidance A
pharmacist should be involved in reconciling a patient's medicines
as soon as possible after admission to hospital, according to draft
guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence
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281 New deal on pensions
for NHS staff Details of the new
NHS pension scheme have been announced by NHS Employers. The final
agreement has been reached after a four-year review conducted with
health care trade unions, the NHS Pension Scheme and the Department
of Health
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282 New NHS regulator to deal with hygiene A
new hospital regulator that will have the power to impose fines and halt new
admissions to hospital wards in England for failing to meet hygiene requirements
has been announced by Health Secretary Alan Johnson
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282 NHS progress is mixed, patient reports
show Over the past five years the NHS has improved
significantly in some areas, including reducing waiting times, but there are
mixed results in other areas such as hospital hygiene, according to a new report
from the Picker Institute
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283 Hospital Pharmacist Life-long Learning
winners The winner of the Hospital Pharmacist Life-long
Learning competition that ran from January to July/August 2007 was Katie Davies,
from Cheshire
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RESEARCH UPDATE
283 Pharmacy input improves blood sugar
control Pharmacist input into diabetic therapy
can significantly improve blood sugar control, new research shows
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283 Errors reduced by automated medicines
management system Prescribing and medicine administration
errors are reduced by the use of an integrated electronic medicines management
system, recent research shows
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283 Doctors unaware of medicine costs Doctors
have a poor understanding of how much drugs cost, according to a new systematic
review
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281 NEWS
IN BRIEF
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NHS hospitals will face spot checks where there is concern
that older people are not being treated with dignity.
A new report published by the Healthcare Commission shows
that trusts are generally putting appropriate systems
in place, but improvements are needed.
The report can be accessed
online
Performance of NHS foundation trusts over the first quarter of 2007
is detailed in the latest
report from Monitor, the independent regulator
for trusts. It highlights the financial strengths of the trusts and
the number which have failed to achieve their predictions.
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and St Mary’s NHS Trust have
merged, and have strengthened the
existing links with Imperial College, to form Imperial College Healthcare
NHS Trust. The new trust will comprise five hospitals — Charing
Cross,
Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea, St Mary’s and
the Western Eye.
An “innovation council” has been announced by health
minister Lord Darzi. The council will be given £100 million to
help the NHS develop innovation across several categories, including
pharmaceuticals.
Lord Darzi’s interim
report on “Our NHS,
our future”
An online
toolkit to encourage better hydration for hospital patients
has been launched by the National Patient Safety Agency and the Royal
College of Nursing. |
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