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Hospitals must report knife wounds, says guidance
Hospitals must always tell the police if patients come in with knife wounds from a violent attack, according to new guidance from the General Medical Council and Department of Health.
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Health volunteering in Cambodia - tackling inequalities
In the latest of a series on volunteering abroad in the health service, Patricia Sloan talks about the drive to reduce health inequalities in the Cambodian health system
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Patients with rarer cancers face 'postcode lottery'
Patients with rarer cancers face a postcode lottery over whether their 'exceptional requests' for NHS treatment are granted, the charity Rarer Cancers Forum has claimed.The charity is calling for national guidance on how primary care trusts should make such decisions.
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Midwives raise concerns about care quality
Midwives are most concerned about the quality of maternity care, staffing levels and low pay, according to a survey by the Royal College of Midwives.
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One in 10 adult deaths caused by diabetes, charity claims
One in 10 deaths among 20 to 79 year olds is caused by diabetes, the charity Diabetes UK has claimed.
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Nursing and Midwifery Council head leaves
Nursing and Midwifery Council chief executive and registrar Sarah Thewlis has left the organisation.
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Cancer patients more likely to contemplate suicide - Cancer Research UK
Cancer patients are three times more likely than the general population to consider suicide or think they would be better off dead, according to a study for Cancer Research UK.
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New joint executive director for Newcastle and North Tyneside
A new joint executive director of community services has been appointed for Newcastle and North Tyneside primary care trusts.
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New leadership team to take NHS IT forward
The new leadership team to take forward the government's health IT programme has been announced by the Department of Health.Christine Connelly will be the first chief information officer for health and Martin Bellamy will be the director of programme and system delivery.
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Management must do more to ensure the NHS is free of racism
Apart from legal and moral obligations to its own staff, there is an even more powerful reason why the NHS needs to be sure it is free of discrimination.
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DH announces new IT and information leads
The Department of Health has appointed the former IT chief for Cadbury Schweppes as the chief information officer for the NHS. Christine Connelly will lead the overall information strategy across the NHS.
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London trusts form health science partnership
University College London and four trusts in the capital are founding Europe's largest academic health science partnership.Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children trust, Moorfields Eye Hospital foundation trust, the Royal Free Hampstead trust and University College London Hospitals foundation trust will form UCL Partners.
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DH launches consultation on NHS constitution
The Department of Health has formally launched the constitutional advisory forum, which will lead the consultation on the proposed NHS constitution.
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Review of C difficile cases at Scottish hospital
An independent review into cases of C difficile associated disease at the Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria, has found its facilities 'inadequate for effective patient isolation and infection control'.
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Primary care trusts advised on MMR vaccination programme
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has written to primary care trusts to ask them to offer the MMR vaccine to all under-18s who have not been vaccinated.
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NICE consultation on kidney cancer drugs
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has recommended that bevacizumab, sorafenib, sunitinib and temsirolimus should not be treatment options for advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
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Emma Dent on summer in the city
There are good things about summer in the city when half the populace have cleared off somewhere with less concrete.
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Managers losing sleep as 48-hour week nears
The clock is ticking on the European working time directive, with only a year until junior doctors’ hours are cut. Alison Moore asks if trusts are ready to make the change
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London trusts join forces in research venture
University College London and four trusts in the capital are founding Europe's largest academic health science partnership.