1Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK; 2Department of Palliative Care & Psychooncology, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, India; 3South West, Yorkshire NHS Foundation, Trust, Wakefield, UK; 4Central & North West Community Mental Health Team, Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK; 5Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Nott...

Increasing age is related to an increase in the incidence of chest pain consultations and is more common in males.2 Cardiac disease accounts for only 8-18% of all cases of chest pain 2 and when the cause could be cardiac in origin, appropriate and timely assessment and diagnostic investigations could prevent from significant fatal events. 1. Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Newham University...

J . HANLEY,* A. MCKERNAN,† M. D. CREAGH,‡ S. CLASSEY,§ P. MCLAUGHLIN,¶ N. GODDARD,¶ P. J . BRIGGS,* S. FROSTICK,** P. GIANGRANDE,†† J . WILDE,‡‡ J . THACHIL§§ and P. CHOWDARY¶ ON BEHALF OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL WORKING PARTY OF THE UKHCDO *Haemophilia Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne; †Department of Haematology, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby; ‡Haemophilia Centre...

Peter W. Collins, Elizabeth Chalmers, Daniel P. Hart, Ri Liesner, Savita Rangarajan, Kate Talks, Mike Williams and Charles R. Hay School of Medicine, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Wales, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Royal London Hospital, Barts, Queen Mary University, London, Great Ormond Street NHS Trust, London, Ha...

1 Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 2 Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK National Institute for Health Research Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation T...

British Committee for Standards in Haematology C. Milkins,1 J. Berryman,2 C. Cantwell,3 C. Elliott,4 R. Haggas,5 J. Jones,6 M. Rowley,3,7 M. Williams8 & N. Win9 1UK NEQAS (BTLP), West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford, UK, 2Department of Blood Transfusion, University College London Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, 3Department of Blood Transfusion, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Tr...

Funding J.L.H. is funded by a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship (FS/10/65/28404).This study is also partly fundedby theTechnology Strategy Board/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Magnetic Resonance Guided Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmia (MaRGiTA) grant (TS/G002142/1) and The Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering funded by the Wellcome Tr...

1. A recurrently balanced financial plan for 2012/13 which maintains the £6.7m planned surplus from previous years. 2. The major risk relates to delivery of the necessary efficiency savings to meet the National Efficiency Target and to address underlying Directorate deficits brought-forward from 2011/12. 3. 2012/13 Patient Services contracts are broadly agreed, although there remain some risks ...

1. Considerable focus has been applied over the last 9 months or so to further develop the Trust’s architecture and infrastructure for the Efficiency Programme. 2. The 2012/13 Efficiency Plan shows the potential to deliver significant savings but there are significant risks to delivery. 3. The key risks are operational, particularly reducing length of stay and avoiding delayed discharges and me...