NICE starts new wave of quality standards
NICE has been given 123 new quality standards to work on, and includes for the first time new standards for public health.
Published on 22/03/12 at 02:18pm
The latest set of quality standards cover a wide range of topics, including heart failure, irritable bowel syndrome, skin cancer, and obesity in adults.
NICE will also develop public health quality standards in areas that relate to the NHS, the first time it has ever been asked to do this.
The public health topics cover standards for smoking cessation, encouraging physical activity in all people in contact with the NHS, and for preventing and managing alcohol misuse.
Rare Spurs book on sale to raise money for Haringey carers
Spurs book worth thousands of pounds will be sold by the Mayor of Haringey
9:40am Thursday 22nd March 2012 in
A Spurs book worth thousands of pounds will be sold by the Mayor of Haringey to raise money for charity.
The hand stitched and leather bound book concerns the 125-year history of the club and includes exclusive interviews from key Tottenham Hotspur players.
The 50cm by 50cm book, which is the largest produced about the club, weighs more than 30 kilos and is 800 pages long.
How can technology shape the way we provide care?
Family and care service support for the vulnerable has yet to benefit from the technological developments of our modern world
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Madeleine Starr
Caring is going to happen to all of us; so is it time we dragged support for families who care into the 21st century?
