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Everyday technology could improve patient care - King's Fund
The NHS is failing to use everyday technology such as emails to improve patient care and save money, according to two reports published today by the King's Fund.The think tank argues that well-established technologies and more advanced systems could allow patients to book GP appointments via the internet, receive routine ...
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Defence ministry doctors accept pay deal
The British Medical Association has formally accepted a new pay deal for GPs working for the Ministry of Defence.
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Bed occupancy linked to hospital infections - Conservatives
Conservative Party research has linked hospital ward overcrowding with infections such as MRSA and C difficile.
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Health Professions Council to increase fees
The Health Professions Council is increasing its fees despite overwhelming opposition.
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Care Quality Commission asks for views on enforcement powers
The Care Quality Commission has launched a 12-week consultation on how it will use its new enforcement powers.
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C difficile rates down 38 per cent, Health Protection Agency figures show
C difficile rates plummeted 38 per cent among over-65s during April-June 2008 compared with the same quarter last year.Health Protection Agency figures show that the number of cases in April-June 2008 was 8,683, also representing a drop of 18 per cent on the previous quarter.
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Asbestos awareness campaign begins in Scotland
The Health and Safety Executive in Scotland has launched a campaign to raise awareness of asbestos-related diseases - which kill 20 tradespeople a week in Britain.
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Over 90 per cent of patients treated within 18 weeks, new figures show
Referral to treatment times for August show that 90.3 per cent of admitted patients and 95.3 per cent of non-admitted patients completed their journey within the 18-week target.
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Child poverty costs £25bn a year - Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Child poverty costs £25bn a year in losses to the Exchequer and reduced gross domestic product, a charity that examines social problems has claimed.
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PCTs mull pan-London immunisation programme
Primary care trust chief executives are considering plans for a pan-London immunisation programme.
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Colonoscopy review triggers nearly 100 recalls
Around 100 patients treated at an independent sector treatment centre have been offered further tests after concerns their procedures may not have been carried out thoroughly.
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NHS absence from individual budget trials was 'missed opportunity'
The failure to involve the NHS in individual budget pilots was a 'missed opportunity' and deeply regretted by the social services staff who took part.
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Academic health science centre race begins
Trusts hoping to form academic health science centres have been set a January deadline for applications.
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Questions over who will pay bill after Chase Farm Hospital fire
Questions remain over who will foot the bill for patients transferred from a medium secure mental health unit that was destroyed in a fire.
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Hospital security fears after patient suicide
Northampton General Hospital is reviewing its security procedures after a patient shot himself dead on a ward.
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Alan Johnson orders trusts: cut waits for speech therapy
NHS organisations must work with allied health professionals to bring down 'unacceptable' waiting times for services such as speech therapy, health secretary Alan Johnson has told them.
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Angioplasty to be primary heart attack treatment
NHS commissioners have been asked to develop a national network of cardiology services capable of delivering primary angioplasty as the main treatment for heart attacks.
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Trusts too optimistic over annual health check scores
Some trusts are disputing their annual health check scores as figures show many were highly over-optimistic about their performance.
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Annual health check note
Your report on the annual health check missed one vital fact: this is the second year running that NHS mental health trusts have been rated as one of the best-performing parts of the service.
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Hygiene problems will be no bar to registration with Care Quality Commission
Trusts will be allowed to register with the Care Quality Commission even if poor hygiene is putting patients at 'significant risk'.