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Unfair, stressful or ‘a good idea’? What pupils think of the 11-plus exam

Children tell of the fears, joys and disappointments of competing for a place at a grammar school Grammar schools are back in…

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Posted in: Education Filed under: 11-plus, 11pus, anxiety, eleven-plus, problem, trouble, worry fear

Special report: Picture archiving and communications systems

The refresh of picture archiving and communications systems triggered by the end of national contracts is almost at an end.…

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Posted in: Business, Health Filed under: Carestream, DICOM, Exchange Portal, GE Centricity, HL7, PACS, primary care, radiology, Sectra, trusts

Top tips for a Care Quality Commission inspection

The CQC’s new framework focuses on safety and leadership. Owners and managers of services rated outstanding give their advice on…

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Posted in: Social Care Filed under: adult social care, consult, CQC, enabling, framework, inspection, residents, responding

Council includes service users when choosing care providers

In Oxfordshire, people who use supported accommodation and their families sit on panels to select who delivers their care. Brian…

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Posted in: Public sector, Social Care Filed under: accommodation, Disability, grants, learning disability, living, Local government, Oxford, Personalisation, providers, Social care, Social Care Network, Society, submarine, supported, Work practices, yellow

Scrapping bursaries for occupational therapy students

Bursaries for OT undergraduates are about to disappear, so university students will need to apply for loans Student places on…

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Posted in: Education, Social Care Filed under: abolished, brunel, Careers, degree, expenses, funding, grants, Healthcare Network, Homecare, Social care, Social Care Network, Society, students, Work practices

Developing a new way of doing healthcare

Apps developed in the UK are transforming healthcare in developing countries; and sometimes their ideas are coming back the other…

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Posted in: Health Filed under: apps, aptus, babylon, diagnosis, healthcare, Lionsgate, mobile, Mozambique, NHS111, openMRS, your.MD

Cancer, Alzheimer treatments on the verge of a breakthrough

Greater understanding of genetics and characteristics of diseases are driving the development of new medicines The practice of medicine can…

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Posted in: Health Filed under: alzheimers, astrazenca, Biology, breakthrough, cancer, dna, epigenics, Genetics, health, immunotherapy, new treatment, nucala, olaparib, pfizer, research, Science, Society

Too many women leave hospital after childbirth with PTSD due to bad care

Gill heard a midwife say, ‘Is she always this much of a drama queen?’ to her husband during a painful…

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Posted in: Health Filed under: birth, child birth, cumberlege, health, mothers, pregnancy, PTSD, report, suicide, trauma, writer

Housing associations cast net widely to find resident-focused recruits

Housing providers are turning to other customer-facing sectors, including retail, to beef up their customer service skills. Housing associations are…

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Posted in: Public sector, Social Care Filed under: care. associations, housing, social

‘Their body, their data’: how portals can put patients in charge

Portals let patients see their own medical information through a secure website. But why have they been so slow to…

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Posted in: Health, Public sector Filed under: Brother, data, health, information, medical, portals, websites

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