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England’s biggest mental health dataset to go monthly

· Consultation feedback shapes future development of MHMDS analysisData collection and releases from the Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS) are to become monthly, a Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) consultation report confirms today. The move, along with several other recommendations made in the report, will help support effective commissioning, payment by results (PbR) and bring further parity between timely mental health and acute care information. April 2013 activity is due to be the first month collected for the new cycle, with the first monthly report due to

GPs’ incomes down £6,000 from their peak five years ago

Income before tax for UK contract holding GPs fell slightly in 2010/11 to £104,100 – bringing the total decrease since its peak in 2005/06 to almost £6,000.New figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre today show average income for contractor GPs, who form the majority (around 80 per cent) of the GP workforce, fell 1.5 per cent in 2010/11 from £105,700 the previous year. However, their income for 2010/11 was still up on 2004/05 – the year new contracting arrangements for GPs were introduced – when their income was £100,170. GP Earnings and Expenses 2010/11 considers

Patient survey suggests benefit from common procedures varies markedly by NHS provider

- Comparative annual PROMs results published for first time15 August 2012 *Regional information available from this report The level of health benefit patients feel they gain from common procedures varies markedly between NHS providers, results from a patient survey suggest. Final 2009-10 and 2010-11 results of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) surveys in England are today published together for the first time by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC); allowing the first ever year-on-year comparison. They paint a picture of very little change in national

Rise in sport injury cases treated in A&E

Accident and emergency departments in England have seen a 15 per cent rise in sports injury cases in a year, Health and Social Care Information Centre provisional figures show.**Regional data available on request from this publication Just over 388,500 cases were treated in the 12 months to February 2012; up from nearly 338,200 in the previous 12 month period. Sports injury attendances rose by a greater percentage than A&E admissions overall, which rose by seven per cent during the same period, although both figures may be affected by increased recording of A&E data over time. Just

Alcohol dependency drugs: 60 per cent rise in prescription items in eight years

Report also shows rise in hospital admissions attributable to alcohol*Regional information to SHA level available from this report* The number of prescription items dispensed annually to treat alcohol dependency in England has risen by more than 60 per cent in eight years, a new report shows today. Nearly 167,800 items were dispensed in the community in 2011 according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). This is a rise of nearly five per cent on the previous year (160,200) and of 63 per cent on 2003 (102,700); the first year of time series data included in the

Small fall in real terms spend on adult social care, figures show

Spending on adult social care services by local authorities in England fell by one per cent last year in real terms, according to Health and Social Care Information Centre figures.Gross current expenditure in 2010-11 was £17.0 billion compared to £16.8 billion in 2009-10. Although this a one per cent rise in cash terms, it represents a one per cent fall in real terms and is the first year-on-year real terms fall in a 10 year time series from 2000-01, according to Personal Social Services Expenditure and Unit Costs – England 2010-11 – Final release. Older people aged 65 and over, who

NHS workforce census published today

NHS staff numbers show biggest overall fall in 10 years: numbers of clinical support & infrastructure support staff decline & those of professionally qualified clinical staff increase slightlyThe number of staff working for the NHS fell by 19,799 in 2011 – its biggest fall in ten years – as numbers of clinical support and infrastructure support staff declined and those of professionally qualified clinical staff increased slightly, says a report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre today. The annual census of staff showed there were 1,350,377 people working for the NHS in

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