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NICE calls for minimum alcohol pricing
A minimum price should be introduced for alcohol and the government should consider a complete ban on alcohol advertising, health experts said today.
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Poor DVT policies 'putting lives at risk'
Patients’ lives are being put at risk by NHS bosses failing to take adequate steps to prevent them developing deep vein thrombosis, a charity has said.
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Lorenzo goes live at Morecambe Bay
A contentious IT system has gone live at its first trust, officials confirmed this morning.
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Scottish patients to be assessed by nurses to increase productivity
Controversial proposals have been announced that will see patients in Scotland assessed by nurses instead of consultants in a bid to achieve targets for NHS waiting times.
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Child asthma drug 'too expensive'
An asthma drug for children will not be made available on the NHS after the regulator ruled that it was too expensive to justify.
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Trust warned over asbestos breach
The Health and Safety Executive has issued an improvement notice to NHS Wiltshire.
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Patients 'endangered by shift work'
The practice of shift-working for doctors is likely to endanger patient safety, a report by BMA Scotland has said.
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NHS call scheme 'risking lives'
Lives are being put at risk by a new centralised call centre for hospitals in Scotland, doctors have claimed.
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Former MP appointed as PCT chair
An MP who stood down at the recent election has been appointed chairman of Derby City PCT.
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Ruth Carnall: I'm not resigning
NHS London’s chief executive Ruth Carnall has said it is her “firm intention” to stay in post following the resignation of two of its directors.
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Second London SHA board member resigns
A second member of NHS London’s board has resigned, following health secretary Andrew Lansley’s call for the strategic health authority to “halt” its reconfiguration programme.
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NHS should focus on outcomes, not targets - Lansley
The health secretary has said the NHS should focus on health outcomes, patient experience and safety performance and is grappling with whether to drop key waiting times targets.
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NHS service change plans will face stricter controls
Plans for major NHS service change will in future have to meet stricter standards, including the approval of GP commissioners, under rules to be announced next month.
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CQC loses top directors at time of uncertainty
Two senior members of the Care Quality Commission’s seven-strong board have resigned.
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London SHA chair resigns
NHS London’s chairman Sir Richard Sykes has resigned, following health secretary Andrew Lansley’s intervention to “halt” the strategic health authority’s Healthcare for London plan devised by former health minister Lord Ara Darzi.
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Confed ex-chair moved to safeguard money
The NHS Confederation’s recently departed chair has told the Charity Commission the organisation’s financial reserves must not be used to bail out NHS Employers.
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20 questions the coalition must nail if its agenda is to succeed
The coalition has got off to an impressive start in rolling out its health policy. Speed and consistency have been to the fore. Judging from the feedback on HSJ’s website, the broad sweep of policy is seen as logical and appropriate to the challenges ahead.
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Role of patient data questioned following inpatient survey
Questions have been raised about how trusts and regulators should use patient feedback, after findings from the latest annual inpatient survey appeared to contradict inspection reports.
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BMA questions 'costly venture' of removing practice boundaries
Removing general practice boundaries will increase bureaucracy and costs at a time when the new government is under pressure to make savings, doctors’ leaders have warned.
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Department of Health in-year costs under pressure
The Department of Health was spared in the chancellor’s £6.2bn in-year cut in public spending outlined on Monday but it is still being required to make significant recyclable savings from its arm’s length bodies and central budgets.