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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
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Insurance model on the cards for elderly care
The Conservatives are considering insurance-based schemes to fund care for the elderly as a way to defuse the 'demographic time bomb'.
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Bruce Keogh outlines quality comparisons plan
Plans to expose bad care and poor patient safety are to be taken forward with a consultation on the first NHS quality framework.
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NHS North West leads the way with bonus scheme
Acute trusts in the North West are to be paid bonuses for performance against a series of clinical quality measures.
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New body set to improve public health profile
A 6,000-strong campaigning organisation has been formed from the merger of two existing public health groups.
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Carers behind bars
Thank you Julia Tabreham for putting a spotlight on 'carers behind bars' - prison inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill.
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Poor PCT networking holding back NHS reforms
Poor networking and planning by primary care trusts is holding back reform of urgent and emergency care, a major Healthcare Commission review has found.
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NHS managers must fight back with facts and figures
I do wish health service managers would fight back with some hard facts and comparisons about the value of their contributions.