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£3.87m health research funding announced
Health research funding worth £3.8m has been announced by the Welsh Assembly and the Medical Research Council.
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Charity calls for dying-at-home funding
Marie Curie Cancer Care has said it needs more funding to extend a scheme to double the number of people able to die at home rather than in hospital.
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Placebos 'as effective as antidepressants'
Antidepressants are only moderately more effective than placebos for mild depression, according to research carried out at Hull University.The research, published in the Public Library of Science Journal, said that when unpublished clinical trial data was included, their benefit fell below accepted levels.
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£170m to be invested in talking therapies
£170m is to be invested in a training programme for 3,600 psychological therapists and to increase access to low and high-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy.
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"Gill has made NHS Confederation into the most effective trade association in the country without doubt." John Restell, chief executive, MiP. "Under her leadership the NHS has had real credibility nationally. She has been a really important figure in a very important transitional phase of NHS management." Jan Filochowski, interim ...
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HSJ masterclass
Trust boards should examine their governance structures and the partnerships between different agencies, according to a paper published this week.The paper "Governance between organisations" calls on NHS trusts to look outside their organisations and ensure that their partnerships between ambulance trusts, commissioners, local authorities and social services departments are up ...
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Fraud charges
Two former directors of a private hospital group have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the NHS.The move by Norfolk police follows an investigation lasting more than a year into financial irregularities at Cawston Park Hospital, one of three psychiatric hospitals run by Chancellor Care. The NHS Counter Fraud and ...
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Neurosurgery drive for Scotland
A national service for neurosurgery is to be set up in Scotland, with current services in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow retained.
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Londoners top fruit and veg intake
A survey by the Food Standards Agency has found that Londoners are significantly more likely than any other region to be eating a least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
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NHS board funding formula to change
A new formula for allocating budgets to NHS boards in Scotland will be introduced from 2009-10.
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Plea over post-natal depression support
More clarity is needed on which health professionals are responsible for detecting and managing post-natal depression, says research in this month's British Journal of General Practice.
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Johnson announces midwives drive
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced a package of measures to recruit an extra 4,000 midwives to the NHS over the next three years.As part of the recruitment drive, the Department of Health and the Royal College of Midwives will launch a Return to Practice campaign in the summer, with ...
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GUM target
The NHS is likely to hit next month's national target to offer patient access to a genitor-urinary medicine clinic within 48 hours, but public health experts predict there will be wide variations across the country.By March the government expects GUM clinics to provide all patients with an appointment within 48 ...
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Mental health charities make constitution plea
A group of mental health charities has sent a joint letter to health secretary Alan Johnson calling on the government to recognise mental health in any potential NHS constitution.It is signed by the chief executives of four major charities and the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Government 'still wasting money on ISTCs'
Research published in the British Medical Journal today argues that there is no good evidence that independent sector treatment centres provide value for money or high-quality care.
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Dentists call for more flexible scrutiny
The British Dental Association has called for a more flexible way of monitoring NHS dentistry that emphasises factors such as preventive care, improved oral health, access, quality and patient experience.
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Lord Warner new chair of UK Healthgateway
UKhealth market access company UK Healthgateway has appointed former health minister Lord Warner as its chair.
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Include mental health in NHS Constitution
A group of mental health charities have sent a joint letter to health secretary Alan Johnson calling on the government to recognise mental health within any potential NHS Constitution. It is signed by the chief executives of four major mental health charities as well as the president of the ...
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'One in three' children overweight
New figures show that one in three children aged 10-11 are overweight and London has the highest obesity prevalence in primary school aged children.
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Monitor challenges DH on freedoms
Battle lines are hardening between foundation trusts and the Department of Health over the trusts' future, following a series of leaked letters between the leaders of the NHS and regulator Monitor, reports Sally Gainsbury. The correspondence has exposed a gulf between their positions on New Labour's flagship hospitals.