Neil’s Urbanathlon for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland http://www.justgiving.com/Neil-Campbell0 Hello I am raising money for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland by doing the Edinburgh Ubanathon on the 30th of May – an urban 10k race with a twist! As the Urbanathon is “only a 10k” I thought I would add some Bonus runs to give [...]
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Mr Burnham said more treatments must be offered outside hospitals There must be a “decisive shift” in the NHS to provide more care in people’s homes, the health secretary is to say. Andy Burnham will stress on Thursday that the health service must be more “confident” in being able to offer services outside hospitals. This [...]
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Published Date: 01 February 2010 By Tony Lodge BY 2025 the number of people aged 85 or older in the UK is set to increase by 70 per cent to nearly two million. By 2020 there will be 50 per cent more people over 65. In this former group more than a third of men [...]
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Patients in Wales will soon be able to book a GP appointment or order repeat prescriptions via an NHS website. Funding of £1.7m has been announced for the bilingual My Health Online website by Health Minister Edwina Hart. Website users will also be able to get advice and information to help them manage health conditions. [...]
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Patients back blood test results e-mail Published Date: 21 December 2009 A MAJORITY of patients would prefer to receive results of blood tests by e-mail rather than having to make an appointment with a GP, according to a study conducted in two Lothian practices. Researchers interviewed 200 patients, and 53 per cent said they preferred [...]
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Launch of Productive Community Services programme. The Challenge for Community Services – 19th October 2009 The Productive Community Services programme is being launched by the NHS Institute this month and provides an evidence-based approach to improve the way we work across the range of services and pathways of community care. It supports staff across all [...]
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