All News articles – Page 1121
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Cash boost for cancer imaging
Research and development of cancer imaging in the UK is to benefit from £50m of additional funding.
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Warning to hospitals on diluted disinfectants
A study has found that using over-diluted disinfectants in hospitals could result in bacteria becoming more resistant to antibiotics.
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Social care council appoints chairman
Rosie Varley, acting chair of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence, has been named as the new chair of the General Social Care Council.
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Phil Hope takes over social care brief at DH
Phil Hope has been appointed as a minister in the Department of Health, replacing Ivan Lewis.Mr Hope takes over the social care portfolio. The department is in the middle of an emotive debate on the future shape of care and support, intended to precede a green paper on reform of ...
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Mind launches physical activity campaign
Mental health charity Mind has lanched Get Moving, a week of mass participation events that will raise awareness of the mental health benefits of physical activity while tackling the stigma and discrimination that people with mental health problems experience.
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PCTs launch chlamydia TV campaign
Primary care trusts in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear have created a regional TV advert for chlamydia screening starring local young people.
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Appointments Commission welcomes new board members
Health secretary Alan Johnson has made three appointments to the board of the Appointments Commission.
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WHO calls for evidence on alcohol strategy
The World Health Organisation is to hold a public hearing on its global strategy to combat the harmful use of alcohol.
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Palliative care receives boost in Scotland
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon yesterday announced annual funding of £3m to support palliative and end of life care as she launched Living and Dying Well, a national action plan that sets out a new direction for palliative care in Scotland.For more information, see www.scotland.gov.uk/publications
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Hundreds tune in to HSJ's live online commissioning debate
HSJ hosted a live online debate on commissioning this morning.The debate covered areas such as decisions by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, devolving power to primary care trusts and the provider/commissioner split.
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Health unions seek assurance over regulation
Unions are seeking an urgent meeting with ministers to discuss plans to register a wider range of workers with the Independent Safeguarding Authority.
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Substance misuse agency celebrates drug treatment figures
More than 202,000 people were recorded as receiving drug treatment in 2007-08, according to figures published today by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.
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Children's continuing care plans published
The Department of Health today outlined proposals to improve the quality of care for children with complex, long-term health needs.
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David Cameron: Labour is no longer party of NHS
Labour has lost the right to be known as the party of the NHS, according to Conservative Party leader David Cameron.
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Tories: Labour using NHS money for votes
The government is 'manipulating' the NHS funding allocation formula to 'shore up' votes in areas loyal to Labour, the Conservatives have claimed.
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It takes resources to tackle health inequalities
As primary care trust chief executives in the Core Cities group - England's eight largest cities outside London - we would like to reply to your article on resource allocation.
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Direct response to payment by results
The development of a tariff, designed with significant clinician and stakeholder involvement, is a direct response to NHS feedback that the current classification system does not appropriately recognise the range in complexity of procedures and treatments and current clinical processes.This is its main, and as the article recognises, laudable aim.We ...
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Complaints staff desert Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission is struggling to cope with the hundreds of complaints it receives each month from patients as staff desert the watchdog ahead of next year's regulation changes.
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Welsh health minister Edwina Hart moves centre stage
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has axed the internal market and put herself centre stage in a wholesale reform of the country's NHS.
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Care vs security in mental health services
Excitable media coverage means the public is in fear of mental health service users. Should a very low level of security be accepted or should the emphasis shift towards public safety? By Charlotte Santry