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Brown to outline legislative plans
Prime minister Gordon Brown will give a preview of his first legislative programme this afternoon, with a focus on housing, education and the NHS. In a break with tradition, Mr Brown is announcing in advance a large part of the Queen's speech, and he has promised a series of region-by-region ...
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Scientists pinpoint bowel cancer gene
Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have identified a common genetic variant that can increase a person's risk of developing bowel cancer.
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Six compete to lead GPs committee
The candidates for the new chairman of the British Medical Association's GPs committee have been announced. They are: Dr Laurence Buckman, Dr John Canning, Dr Andrew Dearden, Dr Peter Holden, Dr Eric Rose and Dr Richard Vautrey.
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Pay increase for Northern Ireland nurses
Nurses in Northern Ireland will receive the full pay award as recommended by the independent pay review body.
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Super surgeries to open in Greater Manchester
As part of the wave of super surgeries opening under the local improvement finance trust initiative, two new primary healthcare facilities have been announced for Greater Manchester.
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Nurses working alone risk assault
More than one-third of nurses working alone have been assaulted or harassed in the last two years, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing.
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First improvement notice in hygiene clampdown
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals trust has been put on an improvement notice by the Healthcare Commission for failing to comply with hygiene codes.
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The MTAS failure is no ripple in a teacup
The cuts in funding for junior doctors' pay and study leave were very bad management and smacked of panic measures when they were announced half-way through the financial year.
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Northern Ireland tackles waiting times
Targets to cut waiting times for services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry and speech and language therapy have been launched in Northern Ireland.
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Stroke consultation under way
Health secretary Alan Johnson has launched a consultation on stroke services in order to develop a stroke strategy. It includes proposals on providing faster treatment for minor strokes, treating the earliest signs of strokes seriously and improving care and support when people leave hospital.
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HSJ recognised at awards ceremony
HSJ's former news editor, Laura Donnelly, has won an award from the Medical Journalists Association for work she produced while at the magazine.
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Attitudes to mental illness improving, survey shows
People are more tolerant of those with mental illnesses than they were four years ago, new figures reveal.
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18-week target being met for more than half of patients
The latest referral to treatment times show that more patients are being treated within 18 weeks of being referred by their GP.
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Practice-based commissioning a 'win-win' policy
A leaflet showing how practice-based commissioning can reduce waiting times and save lives has been issued today by the Department of Health.
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Concerns over access to heart services
A review of heart failure services has revealed large variations in patient access to diagnostic tests, drugs and specialist care.
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NHS Direct beats performance targets
NHS Direct has recorded its best ever performance in June 2007. It has beaten government targets covering access, response times, and clinical sorting to make sure patients are given appropriate advice.
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DoH allocates £50m funding for cleaner hospitals
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced £50m extra funding to tackle healthcare associated infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile.
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Commission criticises sexual heath data
The Healthcare Commission has called for improvements to the collection of data on sexual health and how that data and information is used by services.
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NHS to face fresh review
Prime minister Gordon Brown and the new health secretary Alan Johnson have announced a review of the NHS that will advise on how to meet the challenges of delivering healthcare over the next decade.
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Communication skills are key as Johnson takes over health
Charming, pragmatic and someone staff can do business with, or a puppet devoid of radical ideas? Oliver Evans takes soundings on what Alan Johnson will bring to his brief