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    Drug treatment link to benefits is concerning

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    Bravo, Paul Hayes, for declaring the direct interest of the National Treatment Agency in the green paper on welfare 'reform'.

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    NHS organisations should be interested in social care

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    I was surprised that the interview with Care Quality Commission chair Baroness Young made no mention of the commission's responsibilities for regulating and inspecting social care provision, including residential homes and home care services. Given the importance of joint working and commissioning between health and social care services, NHS organisations ...

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    Hospitals slam water firms over flood response

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    NHS managers affected by last year's floods have accused their water supplier of an 'inadequate' and 'uncoordinated' response to the emergency.

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    Huge contrasts found between UK nations

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    Patients in the UK’s four nations have dramatically different experiences of the NHS, HSJ can reveal.

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    Dragons' Den inspires trusts

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    I read with interest the item 'PCT 'dragons' hunt fresh ideas'. Last autumn in South West Essex primary care trust provider services, we launched a 'new innovations initiative' which was based on the TV series Dragons' Den. We established our initiative to help with developing a culture of innovation across ...

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    Innovative commissioning leads to cost savings

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    It is not just surgery where the NHS must speed up its innovation. Imaginative approaches to commissioning exist and early indications from Northern Ireland suggest significant cost savings are available to those prepared to embrace them.

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    Surrey is first to agree its integrated care proposals

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    The first primary care trust to unveil its plans for an integrated care pilot has warned that commissioners will have to overcome existing 'anomalies' to make the initiative work.

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    Entrepreneurial GPs are due respect

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    Sophia Christie's allegations that GPs are 'venal' and 'breathtakingly callous' are unfair. I am a GP of 26 years' standing. I am vice chair of our (large) local medical committee and a board member of our practice based commissioning consortium. I have spent considerable time recently, with a great deal ...

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    Entrepreneurial GPs deserve respect

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    Sophia Christie's allegations that GPs are 'venal' and 'breathtakingly callous' are unfair.

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    Conservatives unveil public health proposals

    2008-08-27T12:14:00Z

    Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has outlined the Conservatives' new policy proposals on public health.They include separate and effectively ringfenced public health budgets and an independent secretary of state for public health.

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    NICE gives go-ahead for Lucentis

    2008-08-27T12:02:00Z

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has said primary care trusts should fund the use of ranibizumab - commonly known as Lucentis - for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration if certain conditions apply.

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    London Assembly to probe underage drinking

    2008-08-27T11:53:00Z

    The London Assembly has launched an investigation to find the true extent of underage drinking and alcohol misuse in the capital and to help find the best ways to tackle the problem.

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    Elderly 'going hungry' on wards

    2008-08-26T12:00:00Z

    Many hospitals are still not doing enough to prevent older people from going hungry on hospital wards, according to Age Concern.Following monitoring undertaken as part of the Hungry to be Heard campaign, the charity claims 43 per cent of NHS trusts have still not introduced protected meal times.

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    New mothers accept higher risks than clinicians

    2008-08-26T12:00:00Z

    First-time mothers are prepared to accept greater risks than clinicians before requesting an elective caesarean, new research has found.

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    Scottish waiting times reach record low

    2008-08-26T12:00:00Z

    Waiting times for treatment in Scotland's accident and emergency departments are at a record low, according to statistics published today.

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    Diabetes risk greater in caesarian babies

    2008-08-26T12:00:00Z

    Mothers giving birth by caesarean section have a 20 per cent higher risk of their baby developing type 1 diabetes in childhood compared with those who have natural births, according to new research.

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    DH grants £1m for palliative care institute

    2008-08-26T12:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has announced a £1m grant towards a purpose-built institute for research into end of life care.

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    Health bodies 'should release more information'

    2008-08-22T11:46:00Z

    The information commissioner has called on health authorities to begin 'proactively disclosing official information'.

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    BDA highlights NHS dentistry drop

    2008-08-22T11:40:00Z

    The British Dental Association has highlighted what is sees as 'significant problems' with the dentists' contract and patient charges introduced in April 2006.

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    IVF advisory group publishes update

    2008-08-22T11:34:00Z

    The expert group on commissioning NHS infertility provision, established by the government in March, published an interim report on IVF treatment today.