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Calderdale birdsong featured in new therapeutic recordings

The songs of moorland bird species have been recorded in the Calderdale area as part of a new campaign to provide their unique sounds to local care homes. The Moorland Chorus recording will be used as a therapeutic tool for those no longer able to easily access the uplands. Organised by the British Association for Shooting and… Read more »

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Deliver achievable clinical negligence reform without delay, says MDU

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has published the report of its inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) engaged closely with this inquiry, submitting written evidence. The MDU welcomes the publication of today’s report but cautioned against too much focus on fundamental and complex structural change, at… Read more »

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Healthcare Commission publishes new NHS trust performance ratings
Warts and all ratings reveal NHS weakness

More than 200 hospital trusts have been branded “weak” in the way they manage their resources under tough new performance ratings by the Healthcare Commission. The new health checks, which combine self-assessment, external reports and patient views, find 37 per cent of the 570 trusts in England are failing in this area and a further… Read more »

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Prescription charges come under fire in new select committee report
NHS charges system ‘a mess’

Charges imposed for prescriptions, sight tests and dentistry on the NHS are a “mess” and must be reviewed if not scrapped altogether, a committee of MPs has warned. The health select committee said the charges have developed without any “comprehensive, underlying principles”, and with no serious attempt to see how they have affected patient care…. Read more »