Archived News: May 2007

NMC Update: NMC agrees latest version of the New Code of Conduct

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Live in Northern Ireland?See Opportunities for learning disabled must be improved For this and more news see your own Northern Ireland page

Live in Scotland?See Scottish GPs insist on explicit consent on shared records - Read more Scottish news on your own Scotland Page

Live in Wales? Wales rejects England’s merger proposal - Read about this and more on your very own eNWI page - plus lots about Informing Healthcare

Live in England? See National clinical leads for nursing and midwifery doubling to four and Local spending for local needs: how the NHS intends to use the money plus always check NHS Connecting for Health - Events Online for anything going on in your area

Interested in Global Health? See the BMA Report Improving health for the world's poor : what can health professionals do? and see Health is Global

Have a look at the Hospital Guide

e-Records news this month: Information Governance will be ongoing challenge; 'Sealed envelopes' on hold as policy debate continues: Lessons already being learned from early adopters : Debate over legality of Care Record Guarantee ; Professional Development to enhance the Capability & Capacity of Health Records & Clinical Coding functions in the NHS. ; Personal Demographic Service Elearning ; Granger says 'consultation' led to records delays ; Health and social care records 'need framework'

Second full NAO review of NPfIT to be carried out and Majority of GPs blame NPfIT for worsening morale

SNOMED sold to new international standards organisation

Work as a Health Visitor? Add your name to a Petition to the Prime Minister!

National Sentinel Stroke Audit

Paperwork and targets come before compassion, nurses admit

Work in Primary Care and have an interest in Fertility? See this Survey

Work in Mental Health? See Mental health Tsar maps out way ahead for mental health reform Breaking down barriers - the clinical case for change

Waork in Cancer Care? See Getting it right for people with cancer

Work in Primary Care? See BMA statement on access to general practice Also see the PwSI site / New scheme to improve quality and convenience of care closer to home and GPs to be offered 8MB N3 links and EMIS launches Medication Monitoring software

Do doctors have a future? Article from Kings Fund

Work with Diabetes? See Healthcare Commission survey and Diabetes UK report on care of people with diabetes s health developed and Diabetes prescribing decision support tool launched

What's new in mobile healthcare?

eAuction halves IT costs for councils and NHS trusts