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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.

-Thu, 07 May 2009 09:16:54 GMT

Updated patient information booklet

New patient information booklet

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

-Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:21:37 GMT

The Department of Health is asking for views on the allocation of three social care grants from 1 April 2011.

The Government's intention is to create an NHS which is much more responsive to patients, and achieves better outcomes, with increased autonomy and clear accountability at every level. Responsibility for commissioning most healthcare services will be given to groups of GP practices, so they can shape services for their patients and decide how best to use NHS resources. As part of the public consultation on specific aspects of the White Paper, the Department of Health is inviting views on how best to implement the changes to commissioning.

This document is part of a public consultation on implementation of proposals in the White Paper and supporting papers. It further outlines proposals on foundation trusts and the establishment of Monitor as an independent economic regulator for health and adult social care. It seeks views on specific consultation questions

The Government's White Paper, Equality and excellence: liberating the NHS, set out how the Secretary of State for Health will hold the NHS Commissioning Board to account for delivering better health outcomes through a national NHS Outcomes Framework. We are now launching a full consultation and engagement process on how we should develop the NHS Outcomes Framework.

This consultation builds on the proposals in the White Paper to increase local democratic legitimacy in health. This will be achieved through local authorities: i) being given a stronger role in supporting patient choice and ensuring effective local voice ii) taking on local public health improvement functions, and iii) promoting more effective NHS, social care and public health commissioning arrangements.

-Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:09:18 GMT

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

-Thu, 06 May 2010 09:23:43 GMT

The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 provides a power to remove those causing a nuisance or disturbance on hospital premises in England. This response to the consultation produces a final version of the guidance for the use of these powers, which gives NHS bodies a framework in which to use this legislation.

Report on a consulation about the level of the fees to be charged by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain for the registration of pharmacy premises, from 1 January 2010.

This document provides the response to the consultation on draft Regulations launched in the 'Response to consultation on the framework for the registration of health and adult social care providers and consultation on draft Regulations'

Report and analysis of responses to the consultation, with the Department's conclusions for changes to the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 (IRMER2000) and related guidance.

This document sets out the Government's response to the consultation on the piloting of direct payments for health care

This report summarises responses to the Government's Big Care Debate consultation on the proposal put forward in the Green Paper: Shaping the Future of Care Together

The NHS Constitution: Government response to consultation on new patient rights

This document contains a summary of responses received to the consultation, which sought views from the NHS, industry and other stakeholders on the Government's proposals for an incremental development of some of the arrangements proposed in the Carter Review, in particular reshaping the membership and role of the National Commissioning Group (NCG).

New Horizons: report of public consultation: the document contains the full response to the public consultation which opened in July 2009 and set out a vision for the future of mental health care in England. It describes the consultation process, summarises responses, and sets out the Government's response.

This is the Government response to the consultation document entitled Personal Care at Home: A consultation on proposals for regulations and guidance. Annex B to the Government response is published as a separate document. A series of stakeholder engagement events, hosted by the Central Office of Information (COI), formed part of the consultation and a report of these events, produced by COI, is published alongside the Government response.

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

Gypsies and Travellers have significantly poorer health outcomes than the white population and a higher prevalence of outcomes such as cough than other ethnic minority groups according to this study.

Over the last three decades the black and minority ethnic (BME) elderly population has progressively increased; this study is the first in over ten years to compare suicide rates among elderly migrants with those in their country of origin.

Caribbean people in the UK are increasingly being affected by HIV/AIDS, this study investigates the coping strategies of HIV positive Caribbean people.

One of the key messages of this better health briefing by the Race Equality Foundation is that disproportionate experiences of bullying and harassment have been reported by minority ethnic staff in the NHS.

Black-Caribbean patients have the most positive attitude to colorectal cancer screening according to this study whilst patients from an Indian background have the most negative attitude amongst ethnic groups, as a result this study recommends, "culturally relevant screening strategies should aim to increase knowledge of the symptoms and signs related to bowel cancer among south Asian ethnic groups" in the UK.

Increasingly restrictive policies such as detention are being adopted by Western countries for the treatment of asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced persons. This systematic review investigates mental health outcomes amongst immigration detainees.

Refusal of insulin treatment by Bangladeshi people with type-2 diabetes is common, this study explores the reasons for this.

This US study on breast cancer found that black women of various backgrounds have 3-fold more triple-negative tumors than women of other ethnic backgrounds regardless of their age or BMI. The study conludes that this likely contributes to black women's unfavourable breast cancer prognosis.

Guidance provided by the National Cancer Equality Initiative to aid those working at reducing cancer inequalities. The guidance can also be used as a checklist for equalities proposals and tenders.

Since the early 1980's; clinical differences have been noted in the effects of blood pressure lowering drugs on people from different ethnic backgrounds. This review summarises the most widely recognised cardiovascular drugs that have a different effect depending on ethnicity.

Ethnic differences in survival after stroke and the factors that influence this are explored in this study.

Care providers can at times be oblivious to the barriers some ethnic minority patients can be confronted with when accessing health services, this review aims to present an overview of these potential barriers.

The majority of cases of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Britain occur in inner city areas including those with diverse multi-ethnic populations. This study based in Birmigham developed a tailored and systematic approach to CVD risk screening with a multi-ethnic population.

It is still unclear whether health inequalities are passed from one generation to another; this study investigates to what degree if any ethnic inequalites are passed from the first generation to the second.

Children of south Asian origin have been shown to have increased prevalence of obesity and evidence of insulin resistance. Low levels of physical activity are becoming increasingly linked to obesity. This study compares south Asian and white European secondary school pupil's physical activity in the UK.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, this review looks at vascular disease, diabetes and associated risk factors among populations of sub-Saharan African descent in comparison with European populations.

Examines the work involved for service users in arranging the use of informal interpreters with a focus on refugees and asylum seekers in the west of Ireland.

Describes the development of a tool that will enable health professionals to estimate the ten year risk of an individual developing diabetes in ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations such as those in the UK.

Mortality from stroke in the UK is higher among south Asians than those of white ethnicity. This is a review of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and ethnicity-related clinical features of ischemic stroke in south Asians.

This study aims to discover whether trends in tuberculosis are linked to patterns of migration.

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This strategy aims to contribute to improving quality and productivity in the commissioning of services provided to patients and in the procurement of goods and services used by the NHS

The Procurement Guide provides guidance to commissioners on the use of procurement as a mechanism for securing new contracts and identifying the best placed provider, whilst making best use of scarce commissioning resources and ensuring compliance with Law. It is one of several system management tools and guidance documents and is also referenced in the Principles and Rules for Cooperation and Competition.

This letter introduces the benefits of the premises assurance process and the NHS Premises Assurance Model (NHS PAM) to NHS providers of acute services.

Following the May 2010 general election and the formation of the coalition Government, a five year programme for partnership government entitled The Coalition: our programme for government (PFG) was released by Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The online version of the document invited members of the public to comment on the contents of the programme and over 9,500 people responded.

This letter from Clare Chapman, Director General Workforce, outlines and supports the process for volunteers for both medical and non-medical roles for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games. Annexed to the letter are Question and Answer guidelines for employers.

This letter from NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson outlines the criteria for existing and future NHS reconfigurations, as set out in the revised Operating Framework for 2010-11

This letter is to confirm that the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake, supply and wastage surveys for 2010/11 will commence on 1 October 2010, as set out in the Director of Immunisation's letter of 17 March 20101.

This document provides guidance for PCT HPV vaccine-uptake coordinators on how to determine the annual denominators and enter the vaccine uptake data for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake annual survey 2009/10.