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Local government will 'resist' integrated care
Local authorities have warned they will 'resist' health secretary Alan Milburn's plans to give the NHS the power to run social services.
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Patients set to take a third of seats on board overseeing national plan
The government was due yesterday to unveil its plans for an NHS modernisation board to oversee implementation of the national plan.
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Government to look at but then reject private insurance
The national plan for the NHS will examine but 'firmly reject' a move towards private medical insurance, health secretary Alan Milburn announced during an attack on Conservative health policy.
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HAZ programmes facing budget cuts
Funding for health action zones will rise by 37 per cent this year - but some local projects face budget cuts as the government directs cash at national priorities such as heart disease and cancer.
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Safety report restricted
An independent report into allegations of poor management and risks to patient safety at a leading radiology department will not be published in full.
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BMA 'pushing at open door', says beleaguered GMC
The General Medical Council has responded to the British Medical Association's vote of no confidence in it by saying: 'The good news is the BMA's endorsement of the need for reform and their very strong support for revalidation.' But in a statement, the doctors' regulatory body admitted that the 'negative ...
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Government in sync with Europe on tobacco action
The government has welcomed an EU agreement on tougher action to regulate tobacco. The council of ministers agreed last week to put larger health warnings on cigarette packets, bring in lower tar levels and ban 'misleading' cigarette labelling such as 'low tar' and 'mild'. Junior health minister Gisela Stuart said: ...
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Commissioner to cover new-look children's services
Wales will have a children's commissioner to cover children in care services regulated by the Care Standards Bill, which is now passing through Parliament. The government agreed to table an amendment to the bill to create a commissioner as UK ministers and the Welsh Assembly published their responses to the ...
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Thoracic society hears call for 'tax on junk food'
Professor John Britton, a respiratory physician from Nottingham City Hospital, has called for children to be given free fruit at school to improve their lungs and general health at the summer meeting of the British Thoracic Society. He said the government should also consider levying a 'junk food tax' on ...
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Alzheimer's sufferers 'are at risk of malnutrition'
The Alzheimer's Disease Society has claimed that up to 500,000 people in the UK with dementia may be at risk of malnutrition. A survey of carers found four out of five thought dementia sufferers had problems with overeating, undereating, dehydration or using out-of-date or unsafe food. More than 50 per ...
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Service commissioners slam 'aggressive' targets
Commissioners of mental health services in London are struggling to meet 'aggressive' performance management demands set by London regional office, HSJ sources claim.
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Tayside chair is latest to quit in wake of damning report
Tayside health board chair Frances Havenga has become the latest senior manager to leave her post following a damning report into debt-laden Tayside University Hospitals trust.
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Deficit inflames row on use of 'extortionate' private sector
The NHS's use of the 'extortionate' private sector has come under the spotlight following the revelation that a south London mental health trust ran up a deficit of almost £1m in two months, largely because of reliance on private beds.
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Local health groups 'need clear direction'
Enthusiasm for Wales' local health groups could wane unless they are given more powers and a clear sense of direction, the Audit Commission has warned.
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Axe hangs over NI hospitals
Northern Ireland health minister Bairbe de Brun must rule on whether local hospitals in Omagh and Enniskillen should close in favour of a new and much larger unit on a greenfield site between them.
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Many people in this country will remember the first summer of the millennium for just one thing: Euro 2000 - hopes of glory dashed by relentless post-match analysis of the society we live in. But some of us are set apart. Beyond the grubbiness, the squabbles and the face-painting. For ...
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Ken names Atkinson as health adviser
London mayor Ken Livingstone has appointed Dr Sue Atkinson, regional director of public health for London, as his adviser on health. Mr Livingstone said Dr Atkinson had been 'at the forefront' of work to develop a health strategy for London, and paid tribute to her progress developing networks for public ...
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BMA defends doctors after annus horribilis
Doctors' leaders' have launched a passionate defence of the profession after admittting that a series of high-profile scandals has dented patient trust.
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Half PCGs rush for trust status
More than half of primary care groups look set to take on trust status by next April, a regional survey by HSJ has revealed.