 March Forum Meeting
The next regular meeting of the Forum will be held on Tuesday 9 March 2010 in the Larkfield Centre. The meeting will start at 7:30 pm and the guest speakers will be Niall McGrogan and Mark McAllister, Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board. The Minutes of the February meeting are available on this website. To view the February Minutes click here.
A Secure Electronic Health Record - letter in The Herald
The Forum has been persuaded for some time of the sense of Professor Douglas McGregor's views on the advantage of ready access to our own personal medical record for health professionals by storing the details on computer. It is important that the records are secure so that confidentiality of health information is maintained and it is this aspect particularly that Douglas has developed. The proposals in the letter which appeared in the Herald on 2nd March 2010 are a summary of his proposals. The Scottish Health Campaigns Network is unanimously in support and hence the letter comes with SHCN approval. To view Alastair Glen's letter to The Herald click here.
Hospitals to cut A&E numbers
HOSPITAL bosses are being told to cut the number of patients being seen in accident and emergency departments across Scotland by tens of thousands. To view the full story from the Evening Times click here.
Patients face 5-year wait for hospital
The gap between the closure of the Queen Mum’s maternity and the opening of a new children’s hospital to replace Yorkhill has widened to at least five years. To view the full story from the Evening Times click here.
Oz firm wins hospital deal
A £550MILLION contract to build Scotland's largest hospital has been awarded to the firm behind the new Wembley Stadium, health officials are set to announce. To view the full story in the Evening Times click here.
Design flaw shuts renal unit at £100m hospital
KIDNEY patients are still waiting to use hi-tech facilities at a new £100million Glasgow hospital five months after it opened because of a design flaw. To view the full story from the Evening Times, click here.
Annual General Meeting and Chairman's Report 2009
Draft Minutes of the AGM held on 14 April 2009 are now available in the Minutes section of the website. Click here to view the Chairman's Report.
Updated Forum Website
A few changes have been made to the website. Users now come directly to this page even if the address for the previous version is used. The previous version is still available from this link and will continue to be available from the Links menu item. The menu bar above has been restyled but works exactly as before. Changes to the links panel on the left are described in the following item.
Changes to the Links pane
A couple of changes have been made to the links in the pane to the left. The Waiting Times website is not available at the moment and the link has been replaced with one to the NHS24 website. This is operated by the Scottish Government and provides comprehensive up-to-date health information and self care advice for people in Scotland. Some GPs also recommend the Patient UK website as a source of information about health related matters. A link to this website has been added to the Links page.
Independent sector treatment centres: learning from a Scottish case study
The British medical Journal has published an article by Professor Allyson Pollock and Graham Kirkwood, Centre for International Public Health Policy, University of Edinburgh. The article considers the value for money of work contracted out to independent sector treatment centres. To view the article click here.
Hospital Delay
Click here to read the letter from Forum Secretary, Louise Laing, that appeared in The Herald on 9 May 2009.
3-year delay for new sick kids’ hospital
GLASGOW'S new £100m children's hospital to replace Yorkhill Sick Kids will not open until at least four years after the Queen Mother's Maternity has closed and moved to the Southern General. To view the full story in The Evening Times click here.
£100m 'new Victoria Infirmary' opens its doors
The £100m replacement for the Glasgow's Victoria Infirmary has opened its doors to show staff its facilities. To view the full story in The Herald click here.
Hospital gets £1m delivery
A £1.1MILLION MRI scanner has been delivered to the new Victoria Hospital which will improve patient services. To view the full story in The Evening Times click here.
£2m bill for city health board taxis
Figures revealed to the Evening Times show NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde spent £1,927,996 on contract cabs in the year to April 2008. In 2006/07 the total was £1,663,533. To view the full story in The Evening Times click here.
Forum Annual Report
The Chair's Report to the AGM is now available on the website. To read the Forum Annual Report click here.
Outsourcing surveys on the patient experience programme to the private sector
An open letter from Professor Allyson Pollock and others to Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, has been posted on the CIPHP website. To read the article, click here.
Independent sector treatment centres: evidence so far
An article by professor Allyson Pollock and Sylvia Godden of the Centre for International Public Health Policy, University of Edinburgh, has been published in the BMJ. To read the article, click here to go to the CIPHP website.
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