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Medical isotope shortage could delay diagnostic exams
A global shortage of medical isotopes will cause delays and cancellations to diagnostic examinations across the UK and Europe in the next few weeks, the British Nuclear Medicine Society has warned.
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TUC warns of workplace bullying
One in seven workers say they have been bullied in their current job, with more people complaining of bullying in the public sector, according to a YouGov poll conducted for the TUC.General secretary Brendan Barber said: 'Every organisation needs to have an anti-bullying policy, and every manager should ensure that ...
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Organ donor campaign boosts sign-ups
A hard-hitting Scottish advertising campaign has led to a 300 per cent rise in the number of people signing up to be organ donors.
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New clinical directed enhanced services announced
NHS Employers and the GP committee of the British Medical Association have published joint guidance to primary care trusts and general practices on the five new clinical directed enhanced services for 2008-09.
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GPs unprepared for flu pandemic, survey finds
Many GP surgeries are unprepared for a flu pandemic, a risk survey has found.
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Unite members canvassed on industrial action
Members of Unite, the country's largest union, are being canvassed on a menu for industrial action to reverse the government's stand on below-inflation pay awards for NHS staff.
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Alan Johnson approves A&E closure plans
Health secretary Alan Johnson has given his backing to controversial plans to close the accident and emergency department at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, London.Proposals by Barnet, Enfield and Haringey primary care trusts, which had been referred to the independent reconfiguration panel, will see parts of the hospital rebuilt and ...
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Cut red tape, task force tells government
A government-appointed task force is calling on the Department of Health and the social care inspectorate to cut the amount of information they require health and social care staff to report back on.
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Variations in Scottish day surgery rates exposed
An Audit Scotland report has found variations in Scottish health boards' day surgery rates.
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Wales kicks off HPV vaccination scheme
The Welsh Assembly has launched its programme of HPV vaccination.
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DH's new alerting system to go live next week
The Department of Health's new central alerting system will replace the safety alert broadcast system and the chief medical officer's public health link from next Monday (8 September).
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PCTs press for south London hospitals shake-up
Primary care trusts have warned that delaying the proposed reconfiguration of hospitals in south east London could push services to breaking point.
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Large variations in quality of health regulation
Large variations in how much health regulators protect the public have been exposed in annual performance reviews.
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London polyclinics to use 'federated' model
None of London's first wave of controversial polyclinics will deliver all its services from a single new standalone building.
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Enhancing service requires proper funding
I must respond to Sophia Christie's column. The days of the GP doing an ever-expanding range of tasks for the same money are gone. Movement from secondary to primary care must be accompanied by altered funding flows.
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NHS North East publishes workforce plans
The first major regional workforce proposals published since the next stage review appear to confirm the strong role given to strategic health authorities.NHS North East is creating a new regional-level organisation called NHS Education North East.
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Top-ups: experts divided over health's thorniest issue
Should patients be allowed to top up their care by paying privately for drugs? The question has confounded experts and now the government has an unenviable task in making a final decision. Helen Crump reports
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Emma Dent on the need for moving help
In these pressed financial times, with estate agents twiddling their thumbs for lack of activity and thinking of sending their kids up chimneys to help pay the bills, I have struck on a way they can boost business.
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Doctors' memory sticks threaten data security
Hospital doctors are carrying 'hundreds of thousands of kilobytes' of sensitive and identifiable patient information around on memory sticks with no security protection, a survey has found.
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Conservatives plan to step up councils' role in health
Public health directors would have to report to local authorities under plans announced by the shadow health secretary last week.