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In Brief: Charter marks awarded
NHS organisations have been awarded 171 charter marks this year. Health minister John Hutton said this was a 'tribute to the hard work, dedication and team effort put in by NHS staff'.
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In Brief: First meeting of taskforce
The first meeting of the emergency pressures taskforce set up by Welsh health and social services secretary Jane Hutt has taken place. The taskforce includes a number of NHS chief executives and chairs, nurses' and doctors' representatives - but opposition politicians have boycotted it.
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In Brief: Patients blamed for financial position
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals trust has blamed the cost of treating a 'record' number of patients over Christmas and the new year for a worsening financial position.
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In Brief: Unaware of deaf children
Deafeating Deafness has claimed that 1,500 families are unaware they have a deaf child because health authorities are unwilling to fund a cheap test that can be used within hours of birth. The charity is calling for the wider adoption of the Otoacoustic Emissions test to replace 'outdated and inefficient ...
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In Brief: Call for update of Act
The Federation of Independent Nursing Agencies has indicated it has 'strong reservations' about the proposed repeal of the Nursing Agencies Act and called for it to be updated, rather than abolished.
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In Brief: Call for smoking to be treated as hard drug
A medical royal college has called for smoking to be taken as seriously as the use of heroin or cocaine, with treatment routinely available on the NHS. In a hard-hitting report, the Royal College of Physicians of England calls for a radical new approach to tobacco use, recognising it as ...
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Under the knife
Phil Randall, a consultant in the accident and emergency department of North Manchester General Hospital and medical director of North Manchester Health Care trust, displays weapons seized from patients and visitors. The hospital put the weapons on show at a seminar to launch a 'zero tolerance zone' initiative that includes ...
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Milburn wins plaudits for 'more beds' move
Health secretary Alan Milburn's promise of more NHS beds and a fresh focus on care for elderly people appears to have won the backing of key health service interest groups, boosting his attempts to sustain the momentum of his embattled reforms.
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Lottery cash sparks query on future NHS funding
The Patients Association has called for the government to 'come clean' about the future of NHS funding after pledging new Lottery money to improve home care for cancer patients.
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Milburn looks to policy implications of Shipman
Health secretary Alan Milburn has moved to defend the family doctor service after the Shipman murder trial.
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Audit Commission shake-up will change work with NHS
The Audit Commission has proposed substantial changes to the way it works with the NHS, including an overhaul of its high-profile value for money studies.
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Amputations spark Scottish probe
The Scottish Executive is investigating trusts' procedures for staff to consult with boards following the controversial amputation of healthy limbs in private operations at Falkirk Royal Hospital.
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New tier of care for elderly set to follow national beds inquiry
A new tier of healthcare for elderly people was due to be announced yesterday as part of health secretary Alan Milburn's modernisation crusade.
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CHI won't take action in wrong kidney incident
The Commission for Health Improvement is unlikely to use its investigative 'teeth' in the first high-profile medical 'blunder' to come to light since its inception.
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Time for tea
An elderly patient tucks in while waiting for a bed at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, during the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales' annual Casualty Watch on Monday. The longest waits revealed by the snapshot of 240 accident and emergency departments were both at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow: ...
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Poverty plays a major role in risk of cot death, report says
The largest ever study of cot deaths in the UK has found that babies born into poor families are at a far greater risk than those born to better-off parents.
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NHS 'on course' for New Deal job target, Denham announces
Health minister John Denham has announced that the NHS has now managed to employ 348 people under the New Deal initiative.