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Donaldson warns off budget raiders
The chief medical officer has pledged to clamp down on 'smash and grab raids' of public health money.
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Surgeon puts capital at cutting edge of policy
Sir Ara Darzi's blueprint for London's healthcare has sparked both praise and outrage. Are the new minister's plans the shape of things to come for the whole country? Victoria Vaughan reports
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£1m pay-off for former SHA chief
A former strategic health authority chief received a pay-off of nearly £1m when he took early retirement from his now defunct employer.
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Ministers have no time for bold moves, warns Dickson
The health service has been told not to expect any 'courageous' moves from the new government before the general election.
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Inspector calls for reviews of commissioning
The Healthcare Commission is calling on prime minister Gordon Brown to include independent assessments of commissioners in the health and social care bill.
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ISTC data is 'poor quality'
National data on the clinical quality of independent sector treatment centres must be improved, according to a review by the Healthcare Commission.
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PCT set for community cash boost
Liverpool primary care trust is to take forward plans to bring substantially more care into the community.
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Monitor to government: do not let foundation trusts slip
The chair of foundation trust regulator Monitor has fired a warning shot at the new government, telling ministers not to 'pull back' from healthcare reform to try to 'control' the system from the centre.
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Consumers can afford healthy food, report claims
People are not being priced out of healthy eating and there is no significant link between income and dietary patterns, a report claims.
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Foundation trusts deliver real results, says report
A new report by the Foundation Trust Network says financial freedoms and better governance arrangements in NHS foundations are delivering real results for patients.
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Women under-represented in academic medicine
Female doctors are facing barriers to careers in education and research, according to new research.
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Sure Start failing to reach out to disadvantaged
Only one-third of Sure Start children's centres visited by the National Audit Office were proactively seeking out the most disadvantaged families in their areas, according to a report by the Commons public accounts committee.
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Donaldson publishes annual report on public health
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has published his annual report for 2006.
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Masters programme in commissioning launched
A masters programme in public service commissioning is to be launched by the University of Birmingham.
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£100m funding for school sports
A £100m campaign to provide schoolchildren with the chance to participate in five hours of sport every week has been announced.
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Charity criticises continuing care 'lottery'
New figures reveal the extent of the postcode lottery for continuing care, according to charity Age Concern.
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GPs in England earn more than UK counterparts
Family doctors in England earn more than their counterparts anywhere else in the UK, according to new figures from the Information Centre for health and social care.
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New body to oversee pharmacy regulation
The Department of Health has established a Pharmacy Regulation and Leadership Oversight Group, which will advise and work with health ministers to establish a new pharmacy regulator - the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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More heart patients getting clot-busting drugs
More patients who have had a heart attack are receiving clot-busting treatment within 60 minutes of calling for help than last year, a report shows.
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New weapon in fight against childhood obesity
Schools in deprived areas are to be given 45,000 pedometers to encourage children to get active.