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A picture of Lord Darzi

The Final report of Lord Darzi ‘The Next Stage Review - High Quality Care For All’, was brought out yesterday. The review sets out his plans for the NHS for the next 10 years, with a vision of providing high quality care.

Please see the list below where you will find links to the report and related publications, together with a selection of the coverage providing useful summaries.

There were three main documents published at this point

1) High quality care for all: NHS Next Stage Review final report - 30th June 2008 Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE

The final report of Lord Darzi’s NHS Next Stage Review. It responds to the 10 SHA strategic visions and sets out a vision for an NHS with quality at its heart. This link includes the full document and a summary version. For a very brief summary Darzi review: At-a-glance BBC or Main points of the Darzi report FT.

2) The National Health Service Constitution - a consultation paper - 30th June 2008

The proposed NHS Constitution published today, marking 60 years of the NHS, is about safeguarding its core principles and values for the next generation, whilst setting a clear direction for the future. It reaffirms rights to NHS services, free of charge and with equal access for all, and it enshrines patient rights to choice and to NICE-approved drugs recommended by clinicians. A selection of documents related to the consultation are presented.

3)A high quality workforce
NHS Next Stage review - 30th June 2008

More detail on the workforce recommendations in the NHS next stage review.
The main publications from the next stage review are gathered here. This includes the current documents, visions for better healthcare from the 9 SHAs outside London and interim guidance.

Responses

The King’s Fund

Related materials from King’s Fund

The NHS Confed

Related materials from NHS Confed

The British Medical Association

Royal College of Nurses

Conservative Party - no comment yet on website but likely to appear at this link

Labour

Liberal Democrats

Unison - no comment yet on website likely to appear here

Media coverage

BBC
Quality ranking key to NHS funds
Cash-for-quality in new-look NHS
Darzi review: At-a-glance

BMJ - no comment yet - likely Friday

HSJ

Specific Darzi coverage

Daily Mail
General
Prof Karol Sikora - stop treating NHS like a national religion
Comment: A wasted Chance

Financial Times
NHS plans to raise quality of care

Main points of the Darzi report

Broad welcome from business

Guardian
Summary
NHS review: Darzi plan offers patients more choices and more information
Editorial: a promising prescription
Much more coverage

Independent
Pick your own surgeon
Leader: The right medicine, but far too mild a dose
Comment: Well-informed patients will make better decisions

The Telegraph
Bonuses for NHS hospitals and GPs that are highly rated by patients
Comment: does review live up to expectations

The Times
NHS review: hospitals that provide poor care to be fined
Analysis: a classier NHS, but choice still an illusion
Leader: The NHS: World Class Care Costs
More health news coverage

E-health insider - Darzi review stresses choice and information

Lighter comment

Simon Hoggart in the Guardian on Jargon
Simon Carr in the Independent on administrative drivel

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Please select the link below for a list of new books received in the Library this May 2008.

If you are interested in looking at or borrowing one of these items, please check the
Library catalogue for it’s availability. If it is not on the shelves you can place a hold on the item, please visit the Library, or contact us on 020 8746 8107

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Please select the link below for a list of new books received in the Library this April 2008.

If you are interested in looking at or borrowing one of these items, please check the
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The latest copies of ‘Surgical Finals: short cases with structured answers‘ and ‘Medical Finals: short cases with structured answers‘ published by PasTest, are now available at Chelsea and Westminster Medical Library.

Surgical Finals book by PasTest medicalfinalsbook

Please check the Online Library Catalogue for availability.

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Please select the link below for a list of new books received in the Library this March 2008.

If you are interested in looking at or borrowing one of these items, please check the
Library catalogue for it’s availability. If it is not on the shelves you can place a hold on the item, please visit the Library, or contact us on 020 8746 8107

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NLH Search
NHS Athens is Changing! Introducing Search 2.0.

On 1st April 2008 The National Library for Health is launching a new portal to access healthcare databases and search the literature. The new portal will allow you to access A-Z lists of available e-journals and eBooks. It will also be the main search interface for each of the following core healthcare databases:

  • Medline
  • CINAHL
  • British Nursing Index
  • Embase
  • AMED
  • HMIC
  • PsycINFO

Additional Information

  • Please see our Resource of the month page

Training for this Search resource

  • To book places on up coming training sessions please see our Training page.
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Please select the link below for a list of new books received in the Library this February 2008.

If you are interested in looking at or borrowing one of these items, please check the
Library catalogue for it’s availability. If it is not on the shelves you can place a hold on the item, please visit the Library, or contact us on 020 8746 8107

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Library catalogue interface

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/library/digitallibrary/librarycatalogue

To get a full list of what books we and other campuses hold, try searching our online catalogue. As a member of the CW Medical Library, you also have access to all Imperial medical Libraries at St. Mary’s, Charing Cross, The Royal Brompton and Hammersmith Hospital campuses. If you find a book on the catalogue that’s at another location we can order it in for you, to order an item please visit the Library.

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Welcome to our Chelsea and Westminster Medical Library blog, which has been set up to enable Imperial medical students and NHS staff to get the best out of the Medical Library services.

By scrolling down this page you can check the lastest Library news, or explore the different pages by clicking on the tabs above, giving information such as new and useful online resources, new books received in the library, and the latest training events.

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Stress no further! The medical Library can help you:
  • Find and use relevant medical resources.
  • Save time and search effectively to find the information you need.
  • Learn how to manage your information and access full-text articles.

One-to-one training sessions can be tailored to your needs, whether you need assistance with finding resources, or help getting started on a particular literature search.

For more information on how to book a one-to-one training session and to see the latest training events, please go to the Library training page.

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