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    Pharmacy chain to offer cervical cancer vaccine

    2008-11-04T11:57:00Z

    Ten branches of Boots in London have begun piloting a private cervical cancer vaccination service.

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    NHS top-ups policy to be unveiled today

    2008-11-04T11:28:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson is set to unveil the government's new policy on NHS top-ups and co-payments later today.The expected announcement to MPs follows a wide-ranging review of the issue conducted by national clinical director for cancer Mike Richards.

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    NHS Direct shelves foundation trust plans

    2008-11-03T12:19:00Z

    NHS Direct has put its plans to become a foundation trust on ice. The decision follows government reluctance to free the national service from central control.The Department of Health feels it needs to be able to call on NHS Direct as an emergency hotline in the event of a terrorist ...

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    Conservatives promise to speed up drug access

    2008-11-03T12:08:00Z

    The Conservative Party has announced plans for changes to drug access and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

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    Concerns over delays to mental health advocacy service

    2008-11-03T11:59:00Z

    The government is failing to put in place mental health advocates to provide important support and protection to patients, charity Mind has warned.

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    Breast cancer sufferers need better support - Breast Cancer Care

    2008-11-03T11:43:00Z

    Patients with secondary breast cancer have poor access to healthcare support, a survey has found.

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    Productive Ward

    2008-11-01T11:24:00Z

    Ward nurses spend an average of just 40 per cent of their time on direct patient care, according to the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.

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    Foundation trusts told to be 'pessimistic' about finances

    2008-10-31T12:23:00Z

    Foundation trusts have been advised to make 'pessimistic assumptions' about the future of their finances.Bill Moyes, executive chairman of the foundation trust regulator Monitor, used the publication of the annual review of foundations to advise: 'My message to foundations would be to make pessimistic assumptions in order to be prepared ...

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    Service planners urged to enhance patient involvement

    2008-10-31T12:13:00Z

    The Department of Health is urging primary care trust managers to seek the views of 'easy to overlook' groups such as homeless people, sex workers, people in rural areas and non-English speakers when shaping services.

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    Latest NHS waiting times figures released

    2008-10-31T11:32:00Z

    The Department of Health has released inpatient and outpatient waiting times figures for England for September.

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    Study examines effects of drinking during pregnancy

    2008-10-31T11:15:00Z

    New research suggests that drinking a small amount of alcohol during pregnancy does not increase the risk of a child developing behavioural difficulties or cognitive deficits.

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    NHS Wales chief executive to step down

    2008-10-30T11:43:00Z

    NHS Wales chief executive Ann Lloyd has announced she will step down after eight years in the post.

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    Low NHS waiting times masking wide variation in performance

    2008-10-30T09:00:00Z

    The NHS has achieved historically low hospital waiting times but faces a battle to ensure the 18 week target is hit in every area by December.

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    Yorkshire SHA takes lead on quality pledge

    2008-10-30T09:00:00Z

    NHS Yorkshire and the Humber is to set up a 'quality foundation', which it claims will go one step further than the regional quality observatories recommended by Lord Darzi.

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    Health inequalities: wealthiest overfunded as the poor lose out

    2008-10-30T09:00:00Z

    NHS services in the poorest and most needy parts of the country are being systematically underfunded to the benefit of the healthiest and wealthiest.Analysis by HSJ of the budgets allocated to GPs to pay for drugs and hospital care for their patients show that the wealthiest tenth of the population ...

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    Johnson keeps the faith on inequalities

    2008-10-30T09:00:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson says the life expectancy gap is closing and he is promising the end of GP shortages. There is more to do but this is no time for a 'counsel of despair', he tells Rebecca Evans

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    South Essex Partnership foundation trust secures university status

    2008-10-30T09:00:00Z

    A mental health trust has fought ‘discrimination’ to become the first community-based NHS organisation to gain university trust status.

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    PCT demands payout for Heathrow runway disturbance

    2008-10-30T09:00:00Z

    A primary care trust will demand a major financial compensation package for the extra strain on resources if Heathrow Airport is granted a third runway.

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    National NHS pay deal criticised

    2008-10-30T09:00:00Z

    Nationally negotiated pay means commissioners' hands are tied from using bigger salaries to attract more good doctors, the Commons health select committee was told last week.

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    Surviving the economic crisis

    2008-10-30T09:00:00Z

    It was interesting to hear senior human resources figures from British Airways and Legal and General at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development annual conference. They were clear that the only way for organisations to survive the economic crisis is for unions and employers to work towards a common ...