New consumer bodies for healthcare are far behind schedule, claims Labour

Faith

survey reveals 29% of Commons can not confirm that it will meet April deadline for the introduction of local HealthWatch bodies

A key element of the Government's reform of the NHS is "right out of the starting platform," Labour may claim, as it publishes figures showing a third of municipalities have not adopted new bodies to give greater voice to patients.

Liz Kendall, the shadow minister for care and older people, who Wednesday accused the government of ignoring the voice of patients after an investigation by the Freedom of Information advice not found the third can not guarantee that it will be able to run local bodies HealthWatch as planned on April 1.

Under the bill

health and welfare controversial advice are due to sign contracts to establish bodies, which are designed to replace local involvement networks and act as the new champion of the rights consumers in the NHS.

But freedom of labor survey information was found that 29% of the municipalities that responded that he could not confirm that they have a fully functioning local HealthWatch time. Almost two thirds of councils that responded (64%) did not answer if they outsource any legal right HealthWatch valid because the contract was still out of competition, according to Labour.

In total, 121 councils responded to the survey - a response rate of 81%. Coventry, one of the tips that they can not guarantee the timely introduction of HealthWatch body, said: "Due to a number of factors, including the uncertainty of the financial allocations available for advice HealthWatch will unable to formally establish HealthWatch Coventry April 1, 2013. "

Kendall tell the annual conference of National Voice, a coalition of charities and social health in England: "The government has made every effort to ensure that commissioning groups are undergoing clinical operation in April this year. playing cards worked as shade for months and adopted by a centralized authorization procedure driven.

• "HealthWatch In contrast, local - which is supposed to protect the interests of patients and the general public - is simply out of the starting block in most countries Many municipalities have not yet signed contracts with HealthWatch organizations. race, and some say it will take months before they work properly.
• "If local councils, hospitals and doctors do not know who will run HealthWatch, what chance have ordinary patients The government was so busy trying to do their job of reorganizing the scenes NHS has neglected the voice of patients and the public - at a time when it is desperately needed because of all the pressures on services and system changes "

Kendall also need a new style TripAdvisor site along the lines of patients conclusions Site nonprofit, to give patients greater involvement in improving the quality of care. Shadow Minister wrote to all MPs in England adviser register with the opinion of the patient, where patients post comments about their experience in the NHS. Health Services staff are alerted to a story in their field and can meet online.

Kendall said: "Websites like views of patients are a powerful tool for patients to tell their stories and see what others have said about the service, staff and local detailed information they need to deal with the low quality of care. This gives patients a personal voice and a powerful incentive to improve, a simple, fast and cost effective.

"Of course, decide which NHS care or service you want to use is not the same as choosing a hotel, but the underlying principle of TripAdvisor style sites - People want to know what others have to use a service to think about it - it will be increasingly important in the future, "
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Hughton confirms Norwich's interest in buying Kei Kamara from Kansas

• The attacker plays for Sporting Kansas City and Sierra Leone

• ? 5,000,000

bid for Gary Hooper Celtic Norwich was rejected

Norwich

Manager Chris Hughton has confirmed his interest in signing the striker Kei Kamara of the Kansas City Wizards.

The Canaries are looking to strengthen their attacking options during the winter, and submitted bids for striker Danny Graham Swansea and Celtic striker Gary Hooper, with an improved offer on is understood to have been ? 5m initial agreement rejected by the Scottish club.

• singer Luciano Becchio Leeds, who submitted a transfer request, and the QPR forward Jamie Mackie another is said to be on the radar of Hughton.

Kamara is a Sierra Leonean international and had a trial with Stoke in December, but was not offered a contract, and now Norwich could be ready to offer 28 years a chance to play in the elite than English should be an agreement with the team of Major League Soccer.

"Kei Kamara is a player we have done research, but progress remains behind closed doors," Hughton said at a press conference before Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round match draw against Luton.
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2012 among the 10 warmest years on record, figures show

NASA and NOAA scientists say that 2012 global temperature records to further consolidate trend of global warming

2012 was among the 10 warmest years ever recorded, over the long-term average for the 36th consecutive year, according to data released Tuesday.

temperature records collected separately by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found land surface temperatures increased 1.03F above the long term average last year, but not match the American record heat. The average global temperature has increased by about 1.4f since 1880.

by NASA records, making 2012 the warmest year on record globally ninth. NOAA data set placed on the warmest year of 10 ?. Agencies use different methods to analyze the data.

In both instances, the scientists of 2012 global temperature records further consolidation of a pattern of global warming. Each year, the 21st century has been the warmest 14 since record keeping began in 1880.

"A year of numbers is not in itself significant," said NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt. "What matters is that this decade is warmer than the past decade, and the decade was warmer than the previous decade. The planet warms. Warm The reason is because they are injecting increasing amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. "

With more than 36 years the average temperature, anyone born since 1976 has been a year colder than average.

• By far the most extreme heat for 2012 was in the continental United States, which crashed through all previous records temperature 1F.
• Tom Karl, director of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, told a press conference "call temperatures Americans were" remarkable ".

Scientists

said the increase in temperature is due to emission of carbon dioxide.

"The planet is out of balance, and therefore, we can confidently predict that the next decade will be warmer," said James Hansen, a climatologist at NASA.

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