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Leicester faces continued media deluge in wake of cancer audit
Public health services in Leicestershire are facing another week in the spotlight following publication of the findings of an audit of deaths from cervical cancer.
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Axing tax breaks for private medical insurance saves Treasury millions
The government's decision when it came into power to axe tax breaks for elderly people taking up private medical insurance could have saved the Treasury up to £135m, according to a new report.
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BMA condemns shackled screening of refugees
The British Medical Association in Wales has condemned the treatment of 20 asylum seekers who were taken to University Hospital of Wales in handcuffs for TB screening.BMA Wales secretary Dr Bob Broughton said the incident contravened the 'basic human right'of the refugees brought from Cardiff prison.He said it was 'totally ...
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Negligence claims soar to 10 per cent of NHS budget
Negligence claims against the NHS have soared to £3.9bn - around 10 per cent of its annual budget.Claims actually settled during the last financial year were worth £386m which, according to the National Audit Office, represents a seven-fold increase since 1998. Its report also says that legal costs outstrip the ...
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Hague plans to cap long-term care contributions
Opposition leader William Hague has revealed plans to cap the contributions people would be expected to pay towards long-term care at around £25,000-£30,000.Speaking on a visit to a care home, he said he wanted to set up a long-term care fund from a person's savings, a lump-sum payment from a ...
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Free personal care for elderly people is vote-winner
A poll by Help the Aged shows that 15 per cent of people with a 'preferred party'would switch their vote during the general election to a party which promised free personal care for elderly people.The charity also found that 54 per cent of floating voters would be swayed by the ...
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Government pledge to review dentists'pay system
The government has pledged to review dentists'pay and working patterns following a report by the Commons health select committee which claimed the current system was encouraging them to quit the NHS.The announcement came as junior health minister Lord Hunt said every NHS dental practice would be offered a share in ...
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Employment head leaves RCN for 'hands-on'HR post
Royal College of Nursing employment relations director Steve Griffin is to leave the union to take up a key NHS human resources post.Mr Griffin, who has been with the RCN for three years, has been appointed executive director of human resources at West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance trust, which will run ...
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'Sidelined'chief exec to launch legal action
The most financially troubled health trust in Scotland is facing legal action from a former manager who claims he was effectively made redundant when he was passed over for the chief executive's job.
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Scots plan for £300m cash boost
Health services across Scotland are to share almost £300m this year to spend on capital projects.
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Days like this
Unions threaten action. . .Valuing lower-paid workers. . .Guy's chief wants to compete with M&S. . .Ministers keen to loosen purchasers'purse strings. . .BMA anger at Major
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A fighting chance
Fancy a sudden career change? If you do, you're not alone.To add to the NHS's usual recruitment and retention problems, staff turnover and burnout, a select bunch of health service stalwarts are prepared to pack it all in for a stint on Parliament's green benches.By the time you read this, ...
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Conservative 'I am particularly keen on matrons coming back'
Consultant clinical psychologist Rasjid Skinner is the Conservative Party's man in Pendle, Lancashire, a traditionally safe seat for Labour, which has a majority of more than 10,000.
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Labour 'People have the wrong end of the stick about NHS managers'
Among Labour's hopefuls is Reg Race, a management consultant in the health service who has worked in 102 trusts and health authorities.
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Liberal Democrats better public service investment' 'We are the only consistent advocates for
Richard Renaut, service manager for general surgery, urology and paediatric surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital, is fighting North East Cambridgeshire for the Lib Dems.
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Socialist Alliance 'Labour is no longer following Bevan's agenda'
East End GP Dr Kambiz Boomla is standing against health secretary Alan Milburn's parliamentary private secretary, Jim Fitzpatrick, in Poplar and Canning Town, where the Labour majority is 18,915.
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Plaid Cymru 'It is very important that MPs have a broad life experience'
Plaid Cymru's Ann Owen says the Conwy constituency is 'a marginal'. She adds: 'According to the Western Mail it was the seat most likely to change hands in Wales.'
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Good to see you, Mr Hill
Downing Street's health policy adviser is a man of mystery and intrigue.
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Bodies politic
Changes to the way in which nurses, midwives and PAMs are regulated could have a profound effect on the running of the NHS.Andrew Cole reports
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Slow motion
Failure to force the pace of change in Scotland has been a source of enormous frustration to those on the ground - and to the Scottish health minister.