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Scope to improve
Clinical governance has yet to alter NHS culture, according to a survey of trusts. Kieran Walshe and colleagues report on their findings
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Scottish GPs seek to wrest purse strings from PCTs
Scottish GPs want to take control of local spending priorities from primary care trusts as part of their submission to Scotland's version of the NHS plan.
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Wales freezes prescription charges
Prescription charges in Wales are to be frozen, with free medicines for people under-25 from April, Welsh finance minister Edwina Hart has announced.
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Primary care chiefs say pivotal problem in sector is low morale
Primary care leaders have warned ministers that they will need to provide more money and tackle low morale as part of a full-scale review of the primary care sector.
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Norman boost for RCN crown
Sue Norman, president of the UK Central Council for Nursing and Midwifery, has emerged as one of the favourites to replace Christine Hancock as general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing when she stands down next summer.
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East Sussex hit by rash of bed blocks
A shortfall in social services funding is causing severe bed blocking in East Sussex hospitals.
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England posts homecare deficit
The amount of homecare purchased by English local authorities has exceeded the amount directly provided by them for the first time, according to analysts Laing and Buisson.
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Remedy for overspending crisis may pile extra pressure on NHS
Action to tackle a financial crisis in social services could put further pressure on the NHS, which is already facing major bed blocking problems in the South East of England.
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Scotland on course for a bleak winter
Scotland may be heading for another winter crisis as bed blocking has reached 10 per cent of total capacity in some areas.
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RCN broadens membership in bid to modernise
Members of the Royal College of Nursing have voted to admit trained healthcare assistants and new types of nurse trainees, such as cadets, in a landmark vote. The move was supported by 78.1 per cent of members taking part in a month-long ballot and was unveiled at the RCN's annual ...
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BMA launches guide on personal medical services
The British Medical Association's GP committee has produced a guide jointly with the NHS Alliance and National Association of Primary Care on personal medical services pilots that will be sent to all GPs. The guide will be issued with a letter warning GPs to 'weigh up the options carefully' before ...
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Decision to abolish CHCs will not get judicial review
The Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales has confirmed it is not going to proceed with a judicial review of the government's decision to abolish CHCs, following health secretary Alan Milburn's refusal to fund one. The association had received a QC's opinion suggesting it had 'good grounds' ...
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Trusts to monitor hospital-acquired infections
Health minister John Denham has announced that all trusts will be required to monitor levels of hospital-acquired infection, focusing on infections that pose a serious threat to health such as 'superbug' methicilin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. The government aims to prevent 15 per cent of the 100,000 HAIs annually, saving the NHS ...
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Funding bid for telemedicine project for cancer care
A £300,000 bid is being made to the Scottish Executive's new opportunities fund for a telemedicine project aimed at driving up standards in cancer care in Fife, Tayside, Lothian, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. The project, one of the most extensive of its kind in Britain, would give clinicians access ...