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Surgeons call for better patient data to reduce infections
Surgeons have called for hospital patients to have access to better information in order to drive down infection rates.
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Smokers declining, NHS Information Centre report shows
The number of people smoking fell to a low of 22 per cent in 2006-07, but smoking is still more prevalent in lower social classes.
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National Patient Safety Agency boosts ethics review transparency
The National Patient Safety Agency is to publish summaries of research papers submitted by researchers seeking ethical approval for their work in the NHS.
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Integrated care pilot sites sought
The Department of Health is looking for primary care trusts ready to commission new services from innovative groups of clinicians in a bid to pilot integrated care.
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Good times set to end as health pays price for squirrelling cash
The credit crunch is heading your way. While the government has so far rejected the idea of revisiting its health spending plans up to 2011, there are numerous other ways it can get its hands on trust cash.
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Annual check finds trusts in rude health
Among the talk of recessions, crunches and squeezes, there is some good news - the Healthcare Commission's valedictory annual health check again reveals substantial improvement.
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North Yorkshire and York PCT chief executive to leave
North Yorkshire and York primary care trust chief executive Janet Soo-Chung is to leave her post next week.The PCT, which was one of six organisations rated double weak in the annual health check this week, said that director of finance and resources and deputy chief executive Nick Steele would lead ...
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NHS Alliance conference begins with social enterprise rallying cry
The NHS Alliance has begun its annual conference in Bournemouth with a call to arms for the social enterprise movement.
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Audit Commission hit by Icelandic bank collapse
The Audit Commission has confirmed that around 4 per cent of its annual turnover is invested in banks hit by the Icelandic banking collapse.
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New research facility to battle hospital infections
A new £5m research facility that will lead the fight against hospital infections is to be established at St Andrews University.
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Wales approves £173m hospital plans
Plans for a new £172.7m 225-bed hospital in Caerphilly, Wales were approved by Welsh health minister Edwina Hart today.
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NHS Alliance rallying cry for social enterprise
The NHS Alliance has begun its annual conference in Bournemouth with a call to arms for the social enterprise movement.
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Patients' voices in danger of drowning in paperwork
Patients could be put off taking part in NHS outcome measurement by overwhelmingly long questionnaires, market researchers fear.
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GP practice fights PCT over branch surgery
A GP practice is fighting a primary care trust, claiming it stopped its planned branch surgery because it would compete with another new practice.
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West Sussex puts hospital plan on ice after backlash
A hospital reconfiguration plan has been suspended two years after controversial plans were first floated.
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Trusts expect tight pinch from 2010
Real terms cuts expected to payment by results tariffTough road ahead for aspirant foundationsQuery over future of capital investmentStaff costs may fall in real terms
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Annual health check: London's NHS trusts slide down rankings
London is falling behind the rest of the country for service quality despite launching its Darzi plan a year before other regions.
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Develop minor injury/illness services
Research identifies that on average, 75 per cent of attendances at an emergency department are minor. In terms of policy and dynamic action, this majority is ignored. Yet by fully developing the minor injury/illness service, the pressure on emergency departments would be relieved.
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Public LINks hit by delays in networking
Public and patient involvement in health and social care has been seriously set back by widespread delay in establishing local involvement networks, a report claims.
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Kent council launches NHS complaints helpline
A county council has launched a new service to deal with complaints about the health service.