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Claustrophobia is the fear of being closed into a small space. It is typically classified as an anxiety disorder and often results in a rather severe panic attack. It is also sometimes confused with Cleithrophobia (the fear of being trapped). [13] Diagnosis of claustrophobia usually transpires from a consultation about other anxiety-related ...
A joint commissioning board was established including Clinical Commissioning Groups, local authorities and NHS England - but not general practitioners. [5] Lord Peter Smith, leader of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council was the first chair of the board. Social care was identified as a major problem very early on, and there was a target to reduce ...
In 2002, she became a manager at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. [9] [10] [11] From 2005 to 2006, Pritchard was the health team leader of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit under Tony Blair, [12] before returning to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in 2006 as deputy chief executive, aged 29.
NHS England has said it will conduct a "wider review" into complex orthopaedic and spinal surgery services after a surgeon was suspended from a world-renowned NHS hospital. Addenbrooke's Hospital ...
The company now manages, maintains and develops the 3,500 NHS properties across England. [2] “Hard” facilities management services, such as plumbing, electrical, mechanical, water and fire safety systems, and lighting were provided by outsourcing giant Mitie from 2016 until April 2020 when they were taken in-house. About 140 Mitie employees ...
It has the widest range of children's specialists of any UK hospital, and is the largest centre for children's heart or brain surgery, or for children with cancer, in the UK. Recent high-profile breakthroughs include successful gene-therapy for immune diseases. [5] The trust is a member of the UCL Partners academic health science centre.
The service is also known as Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS). [2] CAMHS offer children, young people and their families access to support for mental health issues from third sector (charity) organisations, school-based counselling , primary care as well as specialist mental health services.
Agenda for Change (AfC) is the current National Health Service (NHS) grading and pay system for NHS staff, with the exception of doctors, dentists, apprentices and some senior managers. It covers more than 1 million people and harmonises their pay scales and career progression arrangements across traditionally separate pay groups, in the most ...