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Conservatives to divert NHS resources to deprived areas
Tory leader David Cameron is to pledge to divert NHS resources to deprived areas at the launch of the Conservative manifesto today.
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Basildon faces legionnaires' probe
Health chiefs are investigating a possible outbreak of legionnaires’ disease at a hospital that was recently under scrutiny for blood splattered equipment and an unusually high patient mortality rate.
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Nicola Sturgeon hails NHS capital expenditure
Scottish patients will benefit from health projects given the green light this year, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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Drinking 'an unsustainable burden on the NHS'
Britain’s growing culture of heavy drinking is placing an “unsustainable burden” on the healthcare system, costing the NHS £2.7bn a year, according to a report.
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Norovirus halts surgery at hospitals
The winter vomiting bug norovirus has forced three hospitals in Cornwall to cancel all non-urgent surgical operations.
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Knighthoods for top NHS leaders
NHS chief executive David Nicholson, cancer tsar Mike Richards, and NICE chief executive Andrew Dillon have been given knighthoods in the New Year’s honours list.
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Search for next Monitor chair to begin again in 2010
The post of Monitor chair is to be re-advertised next year, the Department of Health has said.
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Basildon and Thurrock making progress on hygiene, says CQC
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital Foundation Trust has made an “encouraging start” to improving hygiene standards, inspectors have found.
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East of England reaches deal on swine flu vaccine
NHS East of England has become the latest strategic health authority to agree a regional deal with its GPs for delivering swine flu vaccine to the under fives.
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Demand for veterans PTSD service on the rise
A groundbreaking pilot scheme for military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is to continue in the next year if it can secure long-term funding.
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NHS Direct appoints permanent chair
The acting chair of NHS Direct has had her position made permanent after 20 months in the job.
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Commissioners need to be ready for surge in population over 85
The number of 85 year olds will increase by a third by 2020, putting pressure on health and social services, researchers said today.
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Tories accuse government over A&E waiting targets
The Conservatives claim to have exposed widespread evidence of gaming to meet the four-hour A&E waiting time target.
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Cross-sector clusters set up to fast-track NHS innovation
The government has announced the creation of 17 new bodies designed to help speed up the implementation of innovative ideas at the frontline.
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Yorkshire acute trust appoints chair
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed a new chair for the next four years.
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More than 3,000 living organ donors
There are now more than 3,000 approved living organ donors - 2,978 for kidney, 81 for liver and two for lung transplants - according to the Human Tissue Authority.
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Snow-hit ambulance service in 999 plea
An ambulance service has pleaded with people who live in areas badly affected by the snow to only call 999 if there is “a true emergency”.
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Welsh Assembly wants 'soft' opt-out for organ donors
A “soft” opt-out system of organ donation - where everyone in Wales would be classed as a donor aside from those who opt out or whose close relatives object - is being sought by ministers at the Welsh Assembly.
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MPs call for investigation into 'fat cat' public sector salaries
A top pay commission should be set up to investigate “fat cat” salaries in the public sector and name and shame organisations that pay too much to senior managers, a committee of MPs has said.
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DH appoints new urgent and emergency care tsar
The Department of Health has appointed Professor Matthew Cooke as the new national clinical director for urgent and emergency care.