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Top News:

• Choice, responsiveness and equity consultation
  All AHPs are invited to contribute to a national debate on the future development of patient choice, responsiveness and equity

• Every Child Matters
  Plans to radically reform children’s services to protect children from neglect and harm have been launched

• New communications officer
  The latest recruit to the Department of Health’s AHP branch

• Therapy expertise shared with Russian SLTs
  AHP’s team-working expertise has successfully helped Russian speech and language therapists develop their own services

• Speech and language therapy case studies
  Two primary care trusts are putting patients needs at the forefront of modernising their speech and language therapy services for children

• Falls prevention
  Strategies led by AHPs are helping to cut the number of falls among older people

• Addressing key issues through role redesign
  A successful pilot project experimenting with new ways of AHP working has been hailed as an example for others to follow
  
  

News in brief

• Supporting development beyond first registration
• Talking Point website launched
• Children’s centres
• Integrated training initiatives for radiologists
• Firm foundations
• Effective discharges
  

The Digest
Did you see the news about…? If you missed an announcement or new development of interest to you, the chances are it could be listed in The Digest. Each month The Digest features subjects of note including where to obtain more information.

• General hospital care for older people
• Women’s mental health strategy
• Independent treatment centres
• Get the right treatment campaign
• Funding for voluntary and community sector
• Violence against NHS staff
• NHS foundation trust information booklets
• Faster access for the partially sighted
• Police protection powers
• NHS and Primary Care magazines

Diary
Useful dates and events

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