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Short cuts Thornton urges Dobson to 'stand firm' on Viagra
Health secretary Frank Dobson has been urged to 'stand firm' on his plans to limit the availability of anti-impotence drug Viagra on the NHS, in the face of the British Medical Association's decision to reject the proposals. NHS Confederation chief executive Stephen Thornton said the BMA had 'yet again' rejected ...
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Short cuts Jowell promotes 'double Dutch' sexual health
Public health minister Tessa Jowell has urged public health campaigners to promote 'double Dutch' in sexual health campaigns. Trailing 'the UK's first government strategy on sexual health' last week, she said encouraging the use of a barrier method of contraception and a hormonal contraceptive would 'help protect against both sexually ...
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Short cuts Acheson praises government action on inequalities
The government has done 'far more than we ever dreamed of' to tackle inequalities in health, Sir Donald Acheson told HSJ this week. Sir Donald said he was 'amazed at how much work' the government had done in response to his Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health, published six months ...
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Short cuts Hospital considers electronic tagging for patients
A Newcastle hospital is thinking of electronically tagging its patients, following the death of Abram Walker, 66, who was found dead in a corridor 10 hours after he disappeared. The Royal Victoria Infirmary is considering proposals to introduce magnetic locks and swipe-card access to doors on a number of wards ...
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Short cuts Parish protests as ambulance siren 'disturbs peace'
An ambulance trust has come under fire for using sirens and 'disturbing the peace' of a village in Suffolk. East Anglian Ambulance trust was criticised last month for 'overstating' response times in an independent inquiry. Now parish councillors in Cavendish, near Sudbury, have written to the trust protesting that sirens ...
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Short cuts Campaigners launch designer bike helmet scheme
The Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust has launched a 'prescription' scheme to bring 'designer' cycle helmets within reach of more children. About 100,000 children need hospital treatment every year as a result of cycling accidents, but only 18 per cent of young riders wear helmets. The BHIT says children are more ...
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Quarter of PCGs start without a chief executive
One primary care group in four will go live today without a chief executive in post, an HSJ survey has revealed.
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Medical devices in users' homes fall through year 2000 loophole
Thousands of medical devices in patients' houses and nursing homes have slipped through a hole in the NHS Executive's year 2000 programme, it emerged last week.