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HCAI in the NHS in England: Where are we now and what next?

Infection spreads! and it knows no boundaries across health and social care as bacteria travel with their human hosts. Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI)...

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Why we need action to reduce alcohol-related harm
Supporting independent living through Technology
Treasury launches pilot to achieve savings in PFI projects
Campaign launched to tackle dementia
Twenty centres to put health visitors at the heart of the community
Government responds to frontline care report
Law Commission recommends radical overhaul of adult social care law
NHS patients to benefit from new ipad technology
Care for older people is top priority in Scotland
HPA issues new advice on management of E. coli cases in children
National strategy to transform care for millions with respiratory disease
Government action to prevent suicide and better support the bereaved
Fund to boost innovation and the role of voluntary sector in health
Licences to drive up organ donation
People with stable angina should be initially offered optimal drug treatment
Green light for £72m rebuild of Lister Hospital in Stevenage
PCT Network Rural Forum comments on independent review of North Yorkshire and York health services
30% of all public spending to be on NHS in 4 years time
National search for new ideas to improve the lives of people with dementia
Nature vital to our health, wealth and happiness
A modern NHS - putting patients and health professionals in the driving seat
Radical changes needed to hospital services to ensure quality and safety of NHS care
March today to save the NHS
Bowel cancer rates vary from region to region
CQC respond to Committee report
Inefficiency across Ambulance service
HRA legislation laid before parliament
Online tools aid patient health decisions
Protect against flu
Patients to have a greater say and choice over their care
Health and education workers on strike over budget cuts
Helping private health to save energy and reduce costs
Cable sets out growth in key industries
New era of research for health
GP has vital role in maternity care
Patients may go abroad for treatment
Four in ten disabled children are living in poverty
Dunfermline and West Fife CHP
The public wants more choice of NHS care
NHS should pay for organ donors funerals
Wigan Infirmary to save thousands following installation of Gem steam traps
Improving GP practices and commissioning groups
Summary Care Record to benefit millions of patients with long term conditions, say patient groups
20 Trusts face substantial problems to achieve Foundation status
Innovation in NHS outcomes competition winners announced
An unacceptably high number of older patients are denied basic help and aren't treated with dignity or respect - Kendall
Minister gives kick-start to volunteering at launch of vision and fund
Role of Scottish pharmacists to be reviewed
Lords Committee says EU rules put patients at "unacceptable risk"
Getting ready for HealthWatch England
RCN calls for adequate staffing levels for children’s nurses
Get ready for winter
GSCC: “Registration of social work students should continue in the future”
‘Peers with private healthcare links vote for NHS privatisation’ says Unite
Monitor could fail say Kings Fund
AeroScout and NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Deploy Asset Tracking and Temperature Monitoring Solutions
Wales outlines details for opt-out system of organ and tissue donation
Wales outlines details for opt-out system of organ and tissue donation
GPs prescribing brands such as Lemsip as prescription bill for NHS explodes
Medics miss key opportunities to prevent cancers linked to obesity
Supporting Informed NHS Customers for Information Technology
Lansley delivers speech on NHS modernisation in US
'Epigenetic' therapy shows promise for hard-to-treat lung cancer
Andrew Lansley takes firm action to protect patient choice
NHS Partners Network statement on the Government's announcement on waiting times and arbitrary rationing
CCP welcomes DH’s support on patient choice
Economic regulation in health care: what can we learn from other regulators?
Further advice needed on vaccinating healthy children against flu
Designers try to reduce violence in A&E
Government welcomes provisional advice from the NHS Future Forum
Seek early diagnosis of COPD to slow its progress
Designs help combat hospital bugs
Cancer Research UK unites with global research groups to develop treatments for patients with rare cancers
RCN: NHS heading for crisis point as job losses mount
New institute to help narrow the health gap
Bupa reveals Brits in denial about realities of too much drink
Tough inspections to root out poor home care
NHS puts preparations in place to deal with winter pressures
NHS Part Funds 20mph Limits for Liverpool in Landmark Public Health Collaboration
People have a right to know the risks this Government is running with their care - Burnham & Thornton
Newly available Health Data will support Medical Research and Patient Empowerment
National audit shows bowel cancer care is improving
Childhood cancer drives two thirds of parents into debt
Government boost to world leading UK life science industry
Putting the NHS on the side of patients
One in 20 TB patients do not complete treatment
High- risk surgery failing short of standards
Systematic Review of Induced Abortion and Women’s Mental Health Published
Integration of health and social care
Services for people with neurological conditions
Employers urged to sign up to Health at Work Pledge
National summit calls for Co-production for health - A new model for health & wellbeing in a radically new world
Report shows how junk food makers target children online
Hundreds of NHS leaders sacked just days before Christmas
NHS Confederation says patient safety must top the agenda as rules change on mobility of workers
Department of Health moves to life course approach and streamlines its communications agencies
Homeless people die 30 years before national average
£700,000 for disability organisations
Patient champions receive funding boost
Investigation reveals 74 deaths in NHS care
Decent social care must be funded through national insurance
Whooping cough cases increase
RCM comment re Future Forum second phase report
Hospital's laundry and energy costs tumble
Reviews to ensure safety of people seeking cosmetic treatments
RCGP members support withdrawal of the Bill, says RCGP survey
Patient wristband standards to be introduced
Improve health of NHS workforce, experts say
Staff struggle into work while ill
Investigation into Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
MPs’ critical report on NHS ‘reforms’ prompts Unite call for health bill to be scrapped
NHS on unsustainable path says Burnham
Genomic innovation will better target treatment in the NHS
New development projects will improve the assessment of point-of-care tests for infectious agents
NHS 111: getting lost in translation?
Thousands of patients will benefit from tests to match treatment to their DNA
Improving health results for children
Products and services for older adults need urgent innovation
NHS to get £28m cash boost to improve access to dentists
RCGP call for health bill to be scrapped
Miliband accuses Cameron of damaging patient care
General Medical Council seeks views on guidance for dealing with complaints about assisting suicide
Health Committee report on Social Care calls for joined up commissioning
RCN warning over social care funding
Cameron's Government has wasted 18 months on its disastrous and wasteful NHS reorganisation - Kendall
NHS Confederation announces new policy forum to help NHS speak strongly to Government
Investment in nanoscience innovation to benefit healthcare sector
Patients are getting excellent or very good care in the NHS but more needs to be done
Allow doctors to take on roles to benefit UK healthcare
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Implements AeroScout Asset Tracking & Management Solution
Dame Fiona Caldicott to lead review into confidentiality and the sharing of health and social care information
RCN condemns downbanding plans
NHS 111 timeframe too tight to ensure consistent service
3,000 women turn to NHS for PiP implant help
Better care for patients
Representatives of more than a million NHS professionals excluded from Prime Minister's health summit
Cameron facing collapse in trust over health reforms says poll
Health Minister launches campaign to end mental health discrimination in Wales
Acting FAST proves it can save hundreds of lives
Healthy workers 'more productive'
More help for people with rare diseases
Over £100m to support groundbreaking clinical research
Mind welcomes health bill amendment
Government must accept today's ruling and order the immediate release of the risk register - Burnham
LGA response - which? investigation into home care
Big local authority variation in injury deaths and hospital admissions
Taxpayer's care bill to double by 2030
London least happy in the UK
GMC launches new tribunal service for UK doctors
Unhealthy lifestyles have little impact on sperm quality
How housing is critical to better health and social care for older people
New recommendations on public health funding published
Coalition's obliteration of vital information leaves pupils vulnerable
RFG Sets Out Rail Freight Priorities
Two years later, child refugees still being locked up
Private university expands into health sector
Private university expands into health sector
Putting health at the heart of transport planning
West Midlands agreement to improve safety for adults at risk
Britons failing to reach five-a-day fruit and veg goal
'Spray-on skin' helps heal leg ulcers
Climate change will mean increased health risks in the UK says HPA
GMC brings together UK healthcare leaders to discuss fairness
Salmonella found in liquid egg product
Maximum Safe Rate of Weight Loss in Pharmacies
More than half of parents say lower speed limits would help kids exercise
Eyesight failings hit UK drivers
Tackling the health gap between rich and poor
Men's cancer risk to climb to one in two as research drives up survival
Shocking health and wealth inequalities in Scotland
Hospital food: improvements on the menu
Joining forces to get more people active
A sharp solution from SRCL
Paramedic suspended for drink driving conviction
Limiting processed meat consumption 'could prevent three per cent of premature deaths'
School nurses to play a bigger role in improving children's health
New Chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre
Nationwide play project wins continued support
Inequality and the politics of health

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