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NHS deficits to rise to almost £1.2bn
The NHS is forecasting gross deficits for the year of £1,179m compared with £883m at quarter one and £1,312m at the end of 2005-06. Some 175 organisations are now forecasting debts compared with 120 at quarter 1.www.dh.gov.uk
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Prue Leith heads school dinners health campaign
Chef and food writer Prue Leith has been appointed as the new chair of the School Food Trust, which has been given the task of driving up catering and nutritional standards in school meals.The organisation was established by the government following the publicity around celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's revelations that ...
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Northern Ireland cancer consultation launched
Northern Ireland health minister Paul Goggins has launched a new cancer control programme which highlights the importance of lifestyle factors in preventing cancer and the need for the public to be more proactive in reporting possible cancer symptoms at an early stage.The report's 55 recommendations span every aspect of cancer ...
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PCTs asked to help 'at-risk' families
The joint Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills parenting support programme for at-risk families is now accepting joint applications from primary care trusts and local authorities wanting to become demonstration sites for the programme.Download the application pack here
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New campaign focuses on health benefits of green spaces
Natural England, the new organisation that brings together English Nature, the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service has launched a campaign to emphasise the benefits to mental and physical health of spending time outdoors among wildlife and the natural environment.Find out more about Breathing Spaces ...
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Choice guidelines are 'mere principle'
New government guidelines on choice in mental health have been criticised by campaigners.
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'Shocking' experience of black service users uncovered
Black mental health patients report a far worse experience of hospital care than other ethnic groups, a survey has shown.
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RCN attacks back-to-wards plan
The Royal College of Nursing has expressed concerns that trusts across the country are asking senior nurses with specialist skills to go back to the wards as nursing auxiliaries to ease recruitment and financial problems.
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Data fears don't stop survey
The Department of Health is pushing ahead with a massive GP patient experience survey despite fears over data protection issues and dissent from the British Medical Association.
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IT project accused of bullying
Managers have attacked the Connecting for Health IT project for 'bullying' people into talking down problems on the ground.
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Laura Donnelly on the spirit of debate
Bananarama's advice may have been aimed at the boudoir rather than the boardroom, but it could certainly be applied to organisations seeking to engage communities and staff in service change.
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Public health and organisational reform
Professor David J Hunter and Jeffrie Strang story on public health and organisation reform was an excellent, balanced article with a clear conclusion - I couldn't agree more on the need for a moratorium onorganisational reform, and its negative impact on public health, particularly public mental health, my area of ...
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Back to the ward: back-to-front thinking
Even when financial pressure is being felt so heavily up and down the country, it still seems odd that some trusts are asking senior nurses (in at least one case, at director level) to go back to the wards to help out on a regular basis. Read more >>
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Nicholson urges MPs to show courage on reconfiguration
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has urged MPs to concentrate not just on 'how many hospitals we have, but how many lives we can save and improve'. The plea was contained in an impassioned letter laying out the case for service reconfiguration.
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LIFT-funded buildings pass 100 mark
The opening of three new health centres this week through the local improvement finance trust has pushed the NHS above the 100 mark in its LIFT-funded building programme.The 100th building to open was the £3m Longview Drive primary care centre in St Helens and was followed by two more in ...
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Flint unveils £4m sexual health campaign
Health minister Caroline Flint unveiled a £4m sexual health advertising campaign today that aims to make 18-24 year olds as likely to carry a condom when they're 'out on the pull' as they are to have mobile phones or lipstick.The government highlighted research showing that while 90 per cent of ...
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Government announces carer arrangements
The government has defined 'carer' with regard to new rights from 6 April next year for carers to request flexible working arrangements from their employers.Employment relations minister Jim Fitzpatrick announced today that the rules will cover employees caring for an adult who is: their spouse, partner or civil partner; a ...
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When Norma, Dot and Beckie had their say about NHS care...
A pioneering consultation event in Liverpool last week believes it could show the way forward in engaging the public in service redesign. Jeremy Davies was there