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    Business school to host global health conference

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.

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    Business school to host global health conference

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.

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    Hewitt should not be a patsy for the health service's mistakes

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Will history be kinder than the immediate verdicts on the former health secretary? Niall Dickson puts her in the dock, assesses the evidence and judges that her record is more complex than the jury of public opinion has allowed

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    PCT calls for GP referral competition to be shelved

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Plans to have the NHS and the private sector compete for GP referrals in north Cumbria should be shelved in favour of the two working together, its primary care trust has said.

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    Providers criticise NHS Choices site

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    The NHS Choices website is hampering users' ability to access the extended choice list, a network of independent providers has claimed.

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    NHS split over Darzi review's reach

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Managers and clinicians are split over whether a review of the NHS will result in major changes to policy.

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    Sir Ara sets out London vision for cradle-to-grave healthcare

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Junior health minister Professor Sir Ara Darzi has set out a radical vision of future healthcare provision in London that would see the end of hospitals in their current form.

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    Darzi's review shows who has the power in the new top team

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    'Most ministers can be brought to heel by threat of the sack, but not one with a global reputation well beyond politics'

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    London review: everyday problems at heart of proposals

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    'Darzi argues that his approach to this study - listening to Londoners, building a clinical consensus, providing evidence for the recommendations, working with the mayor and London boroughs - provides the foundations for success'

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    Healthcare Commission slams sexual health data

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    The Healthcare Commission has slammed the standard of data collection and information-gathering in NHS sexual health services.

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    MPs hit out over Supply Chain secrecy

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    NHS Supply Chain will not routinely publish the names of NHS clinicians who sit on its new product councils or details of their discussions, HSJ can reveal.

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    Hospital viruses could pose terrorism threat

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Lax hospital security could give terrorists working in the NHS easy access to potentially deadly materials, including viruses.

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    Exclusive: HSE clears infection death managers

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive has supported senior managers' handling of a Clostridium difficile outbreak in which 33 people died.

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    Report criticises regulatory impact assessments

    2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

    The National Audit Office has published a new report titled Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments 2006-07.

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    Lib Dems call for IT review

    2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Liberal Democrat shadow health secretary Norman Lamb has called for a comprehensive review of the NHS IT system, after former NHS IT programme chief executive Richard Granger admitted that some of the work carried out by contractors had been 'appalling', according to IT magazine CIO.

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    Report reveals earnings of NHS staff

    2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Hospital consultants earn, on average, over four times more than nurses, according to estimates published today by the Information Centre for health and social care.

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    Darzi sets out vision for London

    2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Junior health minister Professor Sir Ara Darzi has set out a vision for future healthcare in London in his Framework for Action.

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    Brown to outline legislative plans

    2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Prime minister Gordon Brown will give a preview of his first legislative programme this afternoon, with a focus on housing, education and the NHS. In a break with tradition, Mr Brown is announcing in advance a large part of the Queen's speech, and he has promised a series of region-by-region ...

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    Scientists pinpoint bowel cancer gene

    2007-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have identified a common genetic variant that can increase a person's risk of developing bowel cancer.

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    Six compete to lead GPs committee

    2007-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The candidates for the new chairman of the British Medical Association's GPs committee have been announced. They are: Dr Laurence Buckman, Dr John Canning, Dr Andrew Dearden, Dr Peter Holden, Dr Eric Rose and Dr Richard Vautrey.