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Hospital hydration toolkit launched
The National Patient Safety Agency and Royal College of Nursing have launched an online toolkit for healthcare staff to encourage hydration best practice in hospitals.
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Reports on disabled service events published
Graphic and audiovisual reports of Department of Health events held with disabled service users, their families and organisations have been published.
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Join the Big Quit Club, smokers urged
NHS Smokefree is to launch a nationwide campaign on commercial radio stations encouraging smokers to quit for good.
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NHS Direct campaign launched
NHS Direct has begun a new advertising campaign to remind the public of its 24/7 telephone advice service.The campaign will start on local and regional radio, moving to printed press next month.
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HART teams
Emergency chiefs fear commissioners will balk at paying for an ambitious plan to allow specialist paramedics into the heart of major incidents including terrorist attacks. Commissioners have questioned how running costs for Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) will be funded, HSJ has learned. The scheme will see specialist teams set ...
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In this week's HSJ
NewsEngland's clinical leaders have backed moves to reconfigure specialist acute services - but urged caution over changes to the district general hospital.More than half the contracts for the NHS to provide patient transport services are at risk of being given to private or voluntary-sector providers, ambulance trusts have warned.The prime ...
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Darzi citizens' jury gives PM and Johnson wish list
The prime minister this week joined the health secretary and health minister Lord Darzi at one of a series of ‘citizens’ juries’ on health.Gordon Brown, Alan Johnson and Lord Darzi talked to around 120 patients and selected members of the public about their priorities for the health service at an ...
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Renewed efforts to set up national tariff
Mental health trusts are signing up to new payment by results pilots, although fears remain that a national system will not be implemented.
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The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has put into action new powers that give it a greater say over which service changes go to it for a full review.Members of the group this month gave health secretary Alan Johnson members’ opinion on whether it should embark on a review of service changes ...
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NHS pension deal agreed
Health unions, the Department of Health, employer representatives and NHS Employers have reached an agreement on the proposed changes to the NHS pension scheme.
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Specialty training consultation
A consultation closes today on recruitment to specialty training under the Modernising Medical Careers programme.
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DoH appoints deputy chief nursing officer
Viv Bennet has been appointed as deputy chief nursing officer at the Department of Health.
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£1.7bn general practice overspend
The government spent £1.7bn more on general practices in England than it said it would since 2003, new NHS figures have revealed.Between 2003-04 and 2005-06, the government spent £20.5bn - 9.2 per cent more than it promised under the gross investment guarantee when new GP contracts were introduced.
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WHO warns on safety of children's medicines
Medicines for children need to be more tightly monitored for safety, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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Time to come clean on the private sector
‘The role of independent providers under Gordon Brown is one of the most opaque areas of health policy’
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Union 'gobsmacked' by ambulance funds blow
North West Ambulance Service trust has admitted it can only afford to buy 35 of the 128 ambulances it needs to replace, raising questions over the reconfigured service's buying power.Board papers from the service, which was formed in July 2006 following the merger of four trusts, say it needs to ...
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PFI link-ups could save millions
Hospital trusts considering using the private finance initiative could save millions of pounds by teaming up with non-NHS partners, according to the chief executive of a trust set to go into partnership with a football club.West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust stands to save£80m-£100m because it is building a new hospital in ...
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The NHS wasted its big chance - will it learn from its mistakes?
Sir Derek Wanless has declared the NHS has made lacklustre progress since its 2002 cash injection. Nigel Edwards looks at his findings in detail and considers the key lessons
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Call for comparable data across care services
All health and social care providers must publish comparable data and information, Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker has said.
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'Patient engagement has flatlined'
The government's vision for a patient-centred NHS is a long way from becoming a reality, two major studies have claimed.