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Health managers to allocate budgets for CJD care
Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson has advised health managers to use Health Act powers to create pooled budgets that can be 'activated when necessary' to care for Creutzfeldt Jakob disease sufferers. In guidance for healthcare workers on dealing with the disease, Professor Donaldson says patients with degenerative conditions, such ...
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Police reject leukaemia death protest against
Liberal Democrat MP and Isle of Wight GP Peter Brand is to face no further action over remarks he made in the House of Commons in January during a debate on the proposed Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill, which subsequently failed. Hampshire police received a complaint after Dr Brand ...
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Welsh waiting lists record rise and fall in numbers
Welsh waiting lists have dipped again, falling 400 in the month to the end of July to 80,111.
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Scots call for ban on amputations of healthy limbs
Scottish polticians have called on Scottish health minister Susan Deacon to initiate legislation preventing the amputation of healthy limbs anywhere in Scotland following an application by Robert Smith, a surgeon at Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, to carry out the procedure at a private hospital. Mr Smith caused controversy earlier ...
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Week-long strike call as Unison members escalate PFI dispute
Unison members have voted for a week-long strike in a further escalation of their dispute over a private finance initiative deal in Dudley.
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NHS in Scotland faces massive bill to end 'blatant'pay discrimination
The NHS in Scotland faces a massive backdated holiday pay bill from nurses who say they have been discriminated against under the European Union law.
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Timetable warning for NHS plan
London regional director Nigel Crisp has warned the chief executives of the capital's health authorities, trusts and primary care trusts that there will be a 'very complex and very long' process to implement the NHS plan.
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In Brief: online consultation on the future of waiting lists
The British Medical Association in Scotland has launched an online consultation on the future of waiting lists, to feed into the forthcoming NHS plan for Scotland. Internal policy documents have been put on line for the first time and views can be e-mailed from the site.
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In Brief: consultation paper on data matching
The Public Audit Forum has published a consultation paper on data matching - the comparison of separate sets of personal data to identify differences that can be used as an audit tool, particularly in detecting fraud.
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In Brief: 'action for equity in Europe' statement
Stephen Hawkins, acting chair of Liverpool health authority, and Mike Storey, leader of Liverpool city council, have signed the World Health Organisation's 'action for equity in Europe' statement, which commits them to addressing inequalities in health. Mr Hawkins said this showed the HA's 'commitment to delivering real action'.
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In Brief: private finance initiative contract
Northern Birmingham Mental Health trust has signed a private finance initiative contract to replace two Victorian hospitals with smaller, purpose-built facilities, create five inpatient units and create a day hospital for older patients. The total value of the contract is £120m over its 35 years.
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In Brief: Greater Glasgow health council complaints
Greater Glasgow health council dealt with 425 complaints relating to NHS services last year - a 29 per cent increase on the previous year. Most of the increase was due to complaints about plans to site a secure unit in the grounds of Stobhill Hospital.
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In Brief: Correction
MHA was mistakenly called MAH in the Open Space 'Closer to Home', published in HSJ on 10 August.
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Private sector may have to pay when patients transfer to NHS
Government and private healthcare negotiators are locked in talks about whether the private sector should pick up the tab when its patients are transferred to NHS intensive care.
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Concerns grow over clinical consequences of merger
Consultants and patient groups have signalled their opposition to a merger of trusts involved in a controversial £250m private finance initiative hospital rebuilding project.
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Asian GPs'procedures under the microscope
The Commission for Racial Equality has been asked to investigate why Asian GPs appear to be involved in most of the performance procedures carried out in Greater Manchester.
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'No shows' bill may top £185m
Patients' failures to keep GP appointments could be costing the NHS up to £185m a year, according to a survey by Doctor Pat ient Partnership and the Institute of Healthcare Management.
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Short Cuts: Minimum wage campaign to visit music festivals
Unison is planning to take its campaign to raise the minimum wage to music festivals in Reading, Leeds and Glasgow this bank holiday Monday - with support from Sid and Nancy the motorised wheelie bins, Rosa the nurse and 12ft-high puppets of political figures including chancellor Gordon Brown and shadow ...