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Health inequalities plans announced
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced details of £34m of spending on local programmes to tackle health inequalities, including £19m to improve life expectancy and reduce infant mortality.A national support team for alcohol will be set up to help areas with the highest rates of alcohol-related hospital admissions. ...
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NHS reforms damaging patient care, say academics
Simplistic and untested NHS reforms are inadvertently damaging patient care in GP surgeries, argue a group of academics writing in the latest edition of the BMJ.
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Government hits target on modern matrons
There are now more than 5,500 modern matrons working in the NHS, according to figures announced by the Department of Health today.
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Proceed with caution on polyclinics, says King's Fund
Primary care trusts should only proceed with new polyclinics if there are clear benefits to local communities, the King's Fund has said in a new report.
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Nurses support three-year pay deal
Members of the Royal College of Nursing are strongly in favour of a government pay deal worth 7.99 per cent over three years.
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One in five NHS trusts still in deficit, say MPs
More than one in five NHS organisations are still in deficit despite 'very commendable' efforts to turn the NHS's finances around, MPs on the public accounts committee have said.The Department of Health and NHS achieved a surplus of £515m in 2006-07, but 82 out of 372 NHS organisations are in ...
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Darzi review: East Midlands opts for local focus
NHS East Midlands has focused on localism in its regional Darzi vision.The strategic health authority said it had divided its patch into smaller areas to make sure its proposals reflect the diversity of its residents.
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New guidance to develop PCT boards
The Department of Health today published guidance on boosting the skills and competence of primary care trust leaders.PCTs will be expected to use the guidance to commission local programmes to develop board members.
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NHS surplus achieved at expense of training, says BMA
Doctors' leaders today called for funding for NHS staff training to be protected from raids by cash-strapped trusts.
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Fewer people treated by NHS dentists
The number of patients seen by an NHS dentist has dropped since the introduction of the new dental contract, according to figures published by the NHS Information Centre.
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£900,000 to help disabled people live independently
The government has announced £900,000 of extra funding for schemes to help disabled people lead more independent lives.
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Northern Ireland to pilot dementia advocacy service
A project to pilot and evaluate advocacy services for people with dementia and their carers has been launched in Northern Ireland.
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Private providers and human rights
You report that a question mark remains over whether private providers in the NHS are subject to the Human Rights Act. Any attempts to narrow the scope of the act need to be robustly challenged, because this would leave people vulnerable to abuse, writes Jean Candler
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Patient records at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole
The figures quoted for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals foundation trust in your article 'Missing: the notes of more than a million outpatients' are misleading, writes Jackie France
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Welsh merger trust on the rocks say former directors
Five former non-executive directors have gone public with their fears for the future of a newly merged Welsh trust. They claim Hywel Dda trust, which serves three counties in south west and west Wales, is floundering because the organisation launched without a proper leadership team in place.
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Darzi review: regions promise safer and fairer services
NHS West Midlands is to focus on prevention, quality improvement and patient involvement in a bid to tackle 'an unjustifiable variability in the safety and quality of services'.
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Parliament warns on NHS underspend damage
More than one in five NHS organisations were still in deficit by the close of the 2006-07 financial year, despite the health service itself achieving surplus.
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Fewer deaths could mean more pay for consultants
Hospital consultants’ pay could be linked to outcomes such as the number of patients who die in their care, the NHS medical director has signalled.
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Hygiene code going unnoticed by most trusts
Less than a quarter of clinicians say their trusts are complying with infection control laws.
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Patient records at City Hospitals Sunderland
Further to your article on missing patient records, I would like to point out that the figures released by City Hospitals Sunderland foundation trust under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to availability of records do not show a rate of 19 per cent as being routinely unavailable for ...