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In Brief: New rules for donations
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has unveiled rules to prevent any conditions being imposed on organ donation. The move follows an inquiry ordered by former health secretary Frank Dobson last July after news emerged that a transplant coordinator had passed on a family request that organs should only go to ...
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In Brief: New guidelines for reducing risk of cot death
The Department of Health has issued new guidelines on reducing the risk of cot death. It advises against parents sharing a bed with a baby if they smoke, have been drinking alcohol, are very tired or taking drugs which cause drowsiness. It also warns parents to keep their baby's cot ...
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In Brief: Health minister launches toolkit
Health minister John Denham this week launched the Improving Working Lives toolkit aimed to 'help staff better balance home and work life' by 'challenging and changing traditional working patterns in the NHS and public sector by encouraging more familyfriendly working practices'.
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In Brief: House of Lords
The House of Lords was due yesterday to hear the second reading of a bill calling for local authorities to identify and separately register people who are both deaf and blind to assess their health and social needs.
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In Brief: Proposals for new trusts
Proposals have been made for five new trusts across North Cumbria. These would create a new acute trust, a mental health and learning disabilities trust and three primary care trusts in Carlisle and District, Eden Valley and West Cumbria. Subject to formal consultation and ministerial approval, the changes would take ...
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Ex-region chair sparks local fury
The former chair of Trent region has triggered anger weeks after taking up a post as shadow chair of Leicester University Hospitals trust, due to start in April following a three-way merger.
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NAO in 'better bed management' call
The National Audit Office has called for better bed management to cut record numbers of cancelled operations and reduce delayed discharges, which are now costing the NHS £1m a day.
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Denham raps HAs starving PCGs of cash
Health minister John Denham is set to issue a stern rebuke to health authorities that fail to hand over enough money to primary care groups.
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Work record is questioned at tribunal hearing
A manager who accused a trust chief executive of sexual harassment was questioned this week about her work record at an employment tribunal hearing.
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Fears that quality of patient care is 'at risk' in PCT takeover
A community care trust which is fighting for its survival has expressed fears that patient care might be jeopardised when primary care trusts take over its duties.
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Cadets on call
16-year-old Helen Cason is among the first in London to take part in a two-year cadet programme to bring new blood into the NHS.
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World-class site set to close in shake-up
London regional office has unveiled plans to close both the world-renowned Harefield Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital to create a £200m specialist centre at London's Paddington Basin by 2006.
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Image conscious
Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson checks a picture of himself during a visit to launch a public health observatory. The North West observatory is one of eight 'nationwide intelligence gathering centres' set up to monitor health and disease trends as part of the government's bid to break the link ...
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Taskforce moves in on 'doubled' overspend
The management of troubled Tayside health board came in for fresh criticism this week as a taskforce was sent in to 'deliver an effective financial recovery plan' to turn around a £12m deficit run up by its local acute trust.