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Hygiene campaign extends reach
Following a focus on acute trusts, this month the National Patient Safety Agency's clean your hands campaign is extending out to primary care, mental health, care and ambulance trusts across England and Wales.
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Report highlights benefits of foundation trust partnerships
Partnerships between foundation trusts and FTSE companies are delivering real benefits for organisations and patients, according to a report from the Foundation Trust Network.
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Funding boost for Marie Curie nursing services
The NHS has increased its funding for Marie Curie nursing services across the UK to £15m for 2008-09.
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£52m for children's speech and communication services
The government has announced a £52m package to improve services for children with speech, language and communication needs.The funding is a result of the Bercow review, which found that large numbers of children and young people are failing to learn basic speech, language and communication skills and that this is ...
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NHS is a better employer of clergy than church, study claims
The NHS is a better employer of clergy than the Church of England, especially for people who are gay, according to new research.
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Wales launches chronic conditions pilot
The first of three Welsh national demonstrator sites designed to develop better care for patients living with chronic conditions has been launched.
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Plans to reduce young people's exposure to smoking
A new report calls on the UK governments to introduce a range of tough measures aimed at reducing young people's exposure to positive images of smoking.
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Admin errors blamed for missed appointments
Administrative errors could be responsible for over half of patients with mental health problems failing to turn up for their hospital appointments, a new study claims.
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BMA calls for end to healthcare market
British Medical Association chair Hamish Meldrum has called for an end to the market in healthcare.Speaking at the BMA's annual conference, Dr Meldrum said the market brought 'competition not collaboration, fragmentation not continuity, inefficiency not efficiency'. He urged doctors to look at the Scottish model as an alternative.
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Dentists won't have to pass test to use NHS logo - DH
The Department of Health has scrapped plans to make dentists prove their commitment to the NHS before they can use NHS branding.
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Call for better joint working on speech therapy
Better partnership working between health and education professionals is needed to help children in Northern Ireland with speech and language problems.
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Queen opens new heart and lung centre
A new heart and lung centre in Scotland has been officially opened by the Queen.
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Health ministers affirm commitment to NHS principles
The four UK health ministers have issued a joint statement on the core principles of the NHS.
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Unite to consult on strike action
Unite has confirmed it is looking at balloting NHS members on taking strike action over pay.The union's health sector workers will consider a ballot for industrial action in the autumn in protest over the recent three-year pay deal.
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Campaign to tackle mental health inequalities
The Royal College of Psychiatrists had launched a three-year campaign to tackle inequalities in mental health.
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New guidance on hand hygiene
A film that shows NHS workers how to clean their hands properly has been sent out to all trusts.
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Pilot will help GPs advise patients on health at work
GPs will be able to access occupational health advice for their patients through a new Welsh Assembly pilot scheme.
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Review of staff travel costs promised
NHS Employers has pledged to review the system for calculating mileage and other staff travel allowances.
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Darzi review: news, video and opinion
The latest on the review, plus an exclusive Darzi image gallery!
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Universal service
The rules that have generated the present set of stories about people being refused cancer treatment do not apply to patients.