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David Flory has published his third quarterly report on NHS finance and service performance

Health Secretary Alan Johnson today unveiled plans for a major new programme to train an extra 3,600 psychological therapists

Health Secretary Alan Johnson today announced a package of measures to recruit an extra 4,000 midwives to the NHS over the next three years.

The possible health effects of climate change are set out in a report published today by DH and the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

In February 2007, the Ministerial Industry Strategy Group published its Long-Term Leadership Strategy for medicines. To encourage joint working between the NHS and pharmaceutical industry it recommended that the Department would publish guidance to support this.

The eligibility criteria, which governs all older and disabled people's right to receive care services, is to be fundamentally reviewed.

Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo today announced £398m funding for drug treatment for 2008/09 to build on the successes of existing drug treatment programmes.

Health Secretary unveils new infection control strategy

Gordon Brown will today pledge to make the renewal of the NHS his "biggest priority" as he unveils a major new national health screening programme.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe, and an international leader in cancer research and development.

-Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:35:54 GMT

Updated patient information booklet

New patient information booklet

This booklet has been updated

97% of our patients said our services were either excellent or good

We have a commitment to making sure that the risk of infection to patients is minimal. Patients at the Christie are particularly vulnerable to infection and we have a dedicated infection control team working to minimize that risk.

Spinal Cord Compression: What you need to know

Spinal Cord Compression: what it means and how it can be treated

All our chemotherapy regimen information cards have been updated

A guide for patients and their families

The Christie is a training hospital for postgraduate and undergraduate trainees so you may meet male and female students in all areas of the hospital. We train doctors, nurses, radiographers and other therapists in the treatment and care of cancer patients.

People coping with cancer are not always aware of the many helpful services they can call on. This booklet tells you what sort of help there is at the Christie and in your local area.

This leaflet has been written specially for patients who are having treatment to the pelvis for tumours of the anus.

These booklets have been updated

Docetaxel (Taxotere) and Cisplatin Chemotherapy regimen cards

Patient information booklets from the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network have nbeen updated

We are often asked about new drugs and treatments reported in the newspapers or on the internet. This leaflet answers some frequently asked questions but you may have others to discuss with your doctors

Patient information booklet

This is a new information booklet

This booklet has been updated

-Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:14:02 GMT

Consultation on regulations to implement the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act 2008

-Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:14:02 GMT

Public health topics of special interest to the Chief Medical Officer.

-Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:14:03 GMT

On 18 June 2008, the Government published the Consultation on a statutory scheme to control the prices of branded NHS medicines. The consultation was in two stages. This document sets out the summary of responses to the consultation

RSS feed of new resources added to the Specialist Library for Ethnicity and Health (SLEH)

Compared with white people, how frequently are people from black and minority ethnic groups detained under the Mental Health Act 1983? Is the question asked by this systeamtic review.

A relationship between education, racial discrimination and health may exist in the UK, this study examines if that is so.

Previous studies have shown that people with a black ethnic background are more prone to develop psychosis in Western countries, this study investigates whether a "perception of disadvantage" may mediate this.

There are currently few research studies that examine how people with a common mental disorder manage their mental distress, this study explores alternative help seeking strategies in a multi-ethnic community and also examines that relationship with primary care use.

Factors affecting the early environment of a person such as birth weight have been linked to risk factors for type 2 diabetes, this study investigates whether the early environment of British-born Pakistani women could result in a lower prevalence of type 2 diabetes for this group than Pakistani women who have migrated to the UK.

Little research has been conducted on the symptom of pain in cancer across different ethnic groups, this study explores and compares the meanings of pain amongst black Caribbean and white patients with advanced cancer.

Many factors including: social, cultural and political affect the care of migrants with HIV living in the UK, this study investigates how these factors influence health service provision in the UK.

A "group density" effect on health has been discovered in which people living in an area with a high proportion of their own ethnic group tend to have better health than those living in an area with a low proportion of their own ethnic group. This study evaluates previous research on this phenomena with an aim of stimulating further research.

This review assesses published data on the main ethnic groups in the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS).

In this American study national survey data was used to assess the effects of education and income on the use of complementary and alternative medicine in four ethnic groups.

Using the South London Stroke Register (SLSR) this study investigated trends in stroke incidence and risk factors between different ethnic groups over a 10-year period.

Home based cardiac rehabilitation programmes do not produce inferior results to centre based programmes according to this report.

Key questions in Urdu, Cantonese, Punjabi and Sylheti on tobacco use were compiled from the best exisiting surveys to develop cross-culturally valid and comparable questionnaires for use in clinical practice and other services.

Health research has often excluded ethnic minority individuals due to percieved cultural and communication difficulites, particularly where informed consent is required. This study developed audio-recorded methods to overcome these difficulites.

A 31 article critical review on ethinicity and cancer/palliative care that was carried out folowing a broader review of UK research literature on race, ethnicity and health.

Concerns have been raised about the sexual health and the sexual exploitation of young asylum seekers seperated from their parents living in the UK. This study carried out in depth interviews with young asylum seekers and health professionals in East London about these issues.

139 people took part in this study which explores sexual decision making in relation to early parenthood amongst black and minority ethnic young parents in England.

A literature review on the use of the term "Black African" assessing its acceptability, use in official documents and data collections and the concealment of disparities in health such a term can cause. The review also offers a set of alternatives for classifying this population.

Religious affiliation can effect a persons sexual health knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. This study surveyed 3007 high school students in London aged between 15-18 of various or no religious belief about their sexual health knowledge.

There is evidence that religion and spirituality affect psychosocial adjustment to cancer. This study invesigates the perceptions and meanings of religion particularly Christianity among White, Black and minority ethnic groups in the UK.

NLH Evidence Update RSS Feed

-Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:14:16 GMT

This document is intended as a resource to be used by commissioners and providers of community services to help create transparent models of funding through the use of new currencies and better pricing at local level. New currencies (the units of healthcare for which a provider is funded) and better pricing are key to transforming community services, enabling commissioners to...

-Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:14:16 GMT

This good practice guidance on mobile phone usage replaces all previous guidance issued by the department.

This document is intended as a resource to be used by commissioners and providers of community services to help create transparent models of funding, through the use of new currencies and better pricing at a local level. New currencies (the units of healthcare for which a provider is funded) and better pricing are key to transforming community services, enabling commissioners to incentivise improvements in quality and value. The use of new currencies with accurate pricing should also lead to more services being available closer to home for patients.

Letter highlighting the work that is going on to develop a Payment by Results (PbR) approach for mental health.

This guidance is to support NHS trusts, (including Primary Care Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts) in introducing MRSA screening for all elective patients by the end of March 2009.

Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards annual report (covering the 2008 awards round)