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Brown talks to HSJ about his preventive healthcare vision
Foundation trusts are to provide primary care services, recruit more members and take over failing trusts under the prime minister’s vision for the future of the NHS.
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Strong endorsement for Tooke workforce review
Proposals to scrutinise strategic health authorities' performance on workforce planning have won overwhelming endorsement from the NHS.
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HSJ's interview with Brown in full
Transcript of HSJ's interview with prime minister Gordon BrownHSJ: When you talk about the preventive vision that you've outlined today, what action should health service managers take on that from now?GB: Well, it's going to be locally delivered more than nationally prescribed so managers themselves will be directly involved in ...
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New social enterprise role at DH
The Department of Health is looking to appoint an honorary patron to help promote its social enterprise investment fund.
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Poor NHS performance in gay-friendly list
Just two NHS organisations have made it on top Stonewall’s annual equality index showing the UK’s 100 most gay-friendly employers.
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Scotland consults on election to health boards
The Scottish government today launches its consultation on extending public involvement in the NHS and establishing direct elections to health boards.
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Medics warn competition will harm patients
The British Medical Association’s GPs committee has launched a campaign to warn the public that government moves to introduce competition into primary care will “harm patients”.
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Cautious welcome for infection control strategy
The NHS Confederation has welcomed the government’s new infection control strategy, launched today, but has said: “It will be up to staff locally to tailor their investments to meet the needs of their individual organisations.”The Department of Health claims that NHS allocations for 2008-09 contain sufficient increase to allow every ...
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government's infection control strategy
Hospitals have been told to recruit up to five extra specialist staff as part of a government strategy to improve infection control. The government wants up to£45million to be invested on the scheme, out of a£270million fund identified in the comprehensive spending review for reducing healthcare-acquired infections. But trusts are ...
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NICE must reform say MPs
The health select committee has recommended sweeping changes to the way the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence assesses what drugs and treatments should be available on the NHS.In their report published today the committee says that NICE’s cost threshold of£30,000 per quality life year gained, which it uses ...
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Marsden fire
When fire ripped through the Royal Marsden specialist cancer hospital in west London last week, the first phone call was to the fire brigade and then to the Royal Brompton heart and lung hospital around the corner.
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Vitamin D heart disease link
Researchers in the US say that a lack of vitamin D may be linked to an increase in heart disease.
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Disabled people twice as likely to be in poverty
A report on disability poverty in the UK claims that disabled people are twice as likely to live in poverty as non-disabled people.
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How to live 14 years longer
A new study claims that the combination of four health behaviours can add up to 14 years to people's lives.
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Welsh social services improve
Care and social services in Wales improved during 2006-07 but the quality of some services remains inconsistent, according to a report published today.
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Tooke delivers verdict on medical training
The final report on the inquiry into Modernising Medical Careers has been published today.Led by Sir John Tooke, the report proposes the creation of a new body, NHS Medical Education England, to manage postgraduate medical training.
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Brown calls for 'deeper and wider' NHS reform
Gordon Brown has promised greater personal and preventive healthcare as part of his vision for the NHS.In his first major speech on health since becoming prime minister, Mr Brown told an audience of health professionals in London that if the NHS is to meet the needs of the 21st century, ...
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MRSA can be treated at home, study claims
MRSA patients could be treated at home, according to a study carried out for the campaign group National Concern for Healthcare Infections.The study, conducted by pharmaceutical company Pfizer, said home treatment could be suitable for people who are colonised but not actively infected with MRSA.
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Royal Marsden open to patients again
The Royal Marsden Hospital in south west London has opened to patients for the first time since suffering a major fire last week.
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Wales appoints older people's commissioner
The first commissioner for older people in Wales has been appointed.