New Quit Kit helps smokers in the East of England give up for good in 2010
Posted: 8th January 2010
An innovative free Quit Kit which gives smokers the right tools to successfully stop smoking has now been launched, as new research shows that almost half of smokers (44%) in the East of England have resolved to quit this year. The NHS Stop Smoking Quit Kit, which has been...
NHS Stressline tackles New Year money blues
Posted: 8th January 2010
People who are worried about debt, housing and employment will get practical and emotional support from a new NHS helpline launched by Phil Hope, Care Services Minister. NHS Stressline callers will receive practical information and advice from trained health advisors. If they are suffering from stress, anxiety or depression,...
Co Chair Wanted for the NHS East of England's Patient and Carer Programme Board
Posted: 11th December 2009
Involvement Opportunity (Voluntary) The NHS East of England has a clear and ambitious vision to provide the best health service England. Towards the best together, Pledge One: Improving lives; Saving Lives -"we will deliver year on year improvements in patient and carer experience" is the first of eleven pledges...
EDC launches its exciting new initiative - Enable East
Posted: 2nd December 2009
The Eastern Development Centre is officially launching 'Enable East' today; an exciting new initiative aimed at supporting local NHS and other public sector organisations to "really get to grips with the gritty reality of project and programme delivery". We understand the challenge for public sector organisations to deliver new...
Health Act 2009 receives royal assent
Posted: 16th November 2009
A new law that will help to protect children and young people from the harms of tobacco has received Royal Assent. Provisions in the new Health Act 2009 mean that shops will no longer be allowed to display tobacco products, and enable the prohibition of sales of tobacco from...
Government takes action on antipsychotic drugs and dementia
Posted: 16th November 2009
A tough new action plan to tackle the over prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia was recently announced by Care Services Minister Phil Hope. The action plan responds to an independent review by Professor Sube Banerjee, commissioned by the Department of Health. Professor Banerjee's review shows that...
Nursing set to become all graduate entry by 2013
Posted: 16th November 2009
Degree level education will raise quality of patient care All new nurses will be educated to degree level from 2013 making them better equipped to improve the quality of patient care, Health Minister Ann Keen announced recently. The minimum level for pre-registration courses for nurses will be raised from...
Official launch of NHS Evidence - innovation and improvement set for 24 Nov 09
Posted: 2nd November 2009
NHS Evidence - innovation and improvement, a free web-based collection of information resources, will be officially launched at The King's Fund Annual Conference on 24 November 2009. The aim of the specialist collection is to provide timely and efficient access to high quality information resources for those involved in...
Funding opportunities from the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Posted: 2nd November 2009
Call for proposals for Commissioned Research and outline proposals for Clinical Evaluation and Trials The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme commissions research in three different ways: by advertising standard calls for research proposals that address specific topics, by advertising special calls for research proposals that address themed areas, and...
Care Regulator Reveals Highs And Lows For NHS Patients In East Of England
Posted: 16th October 2009
Warning to under-performing trusts to improve The Care Quality Commission publishes the annual performance ratings for all NHS trusts in England, including the 40 trusts in the East of England. The overall results for the area covered by the East of England strategic health authority show that compared to...