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Tuberculosis rise continues
Provisional figures released by the Health Protection Agency for 2006 show that cases of tuberculosis in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have increased 2 per cent from 8,008 cases reported in 2005 to 8,171 in 2006.London continues to account for the highest proportion of cases (42 per cent), but provisional ...
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Women warned of link between high blood sugar and cancer
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is urging women to follow a healthy diet after new research was published showing high blood sugar could lead to cancer.The research, part of a Swedish intervention project, involved 64,500 men and women and concluded that raised blood sugar levels could be linked to cancer of the ...
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PM's unit pushes more, but 'fairer', competition
The government this week set the stage for more providers to enter the healthcare market and spelled out the future of primary care trusts.
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The urgent care muddle may mean more nights to forget
The transfer of responsibility for out-of-hours care from family doctors to primary care trusts has been anything but smooth. And uncertainty remains on how services will develop in future. Alison Moore looks at the options for a politically contentious issue
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Improving picture for imaging
Waiting times for scans and imaging procedures have fallen - but there are still 'unacceptable' waits that could impact on trusts' ability to hit 18-week targets.
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PCTs win legal battle to downgrade Rochdale A&E
A High Court judge has rejected a mother and father's claim that plans to reconfigure four hospitals will put their sick son at risk.
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Bid to stop lethal errors in injections
Three trusts have signed up to a pilot scheme aimed at cutting deaths and injuries caused by injectable medication errors.
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Minister defends research plans
Science minister Malcolm Wicks has defended plans to reform medical research to align it more closely with the needs of the health service.Speaking to the science and technology select committee yesterday, he said a joint bid was being developed to set up an office for strategic co-ordination of health research.The ...
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HSE chair calls for improved workplace health regulation
Health and Safety Executive chair Bill Callaghan has called for employers and unions to work more closely together to promote health and well-being at work.Delivering the annual lecture in memory of former ACAS chair Sir Pat Lowry, he said informal self-regulation would be more efficient than anything imposed by HSE ...
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Poor data threatens future of PbR system, warns minister
Trusts must collect better data about patient services and involve clinicians in decisions if payment by results is to expand successfully, health minister Andy Burnham has warned.
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Call for joint posts to ease tension
More senior manager joint appointments are needed to help curb growing tensions between health and local government about cost-shunting, a primary care network has said.
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New chief for NHS Direct
The head of communications at the Department of Health is to become NHS Direct chief executive.
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Commission 'scapegoating' trusts over safety
The Healthcare Commission is too quick to 'scapegoat' trusts that seek patient safety advice, potentially deterring chief executives from seeking help.
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Out-of-hours firms under review
Two out-of-hours providers have just a few weeks to prove their services are up to scratch, HSJ can reveal.
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Experts split over Tories' big idea for public health
The Conservative Party's plan to transform public health by creating independent local budgets has divided experts.
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Long-term care patients out of pocket
Primary care trusts failed to reimburse fully patients who funded their own long-term care - because of poor Department of Health guidelines, the health ombudsman has said.
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London chief defends Corrigan and Warner's appointments
NHS London's interim chief executive has defended her new top team against claims they include political appointments meant to push through New Labour reforms.
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Asset-sharing will limit the scope for dispute between the NHS and local government
'The commissioning process must have an injection of public involvement at every stage but particularly at the very beginning when need is assessed'
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Flexible working guidance for carers and employers
The charities Working Families and Help the Hospices are to publish guidance on flexible working.The publications, one aimed at employers and one at carers for the terminally ill will be available from 5 April, to tie in with the new Work and Families Act, which comes into force next month.Read ...
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Emotional effects of cancer most likely to hit women
Women under 65 are the most likely of all cancer patients to suffer from significant emotional distress, a study reports today in the British Journal of Cancer.Researchers in Edinburgh assessed the degree of emotional distress of 3,071 cancer patients using a questionnaire when attending follow-up outpatient clinics.Read more here