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Holistic approach to sexual health
One element of GP involvement in sexual health services which I think has been missed from the report by the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health is their potential role in practice based commissioning.
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Nuffield hopes to avoid merger with health science plan
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre trust is seeking to stave off the threat of a merger by forming an academic health science centre with Oxford University.
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BBC to take a role in NHS Choices site
The BBC and Picker Institute are preparing to play a role in the running of the NHS Choices website, alongside outsourcing giant Capita.
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Trusts warned C difficile probe decision sets no precedent
The decision not to launch a criminal investigation into deaths at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust will not set a precedent, NHS managers have been warned.
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Emma Dent on summer in the city
There are good things about summer in the city when half the populace have cleared off somewhere with less concrete.
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Data is critical to healthcare commissioning
HSJ is right that 'Data shortfalls hinder world class commissioning efforts'. While some in healthcare think the service should be immune to the normal pressures of business and operations, data is the key to almost every activity, from sport to industry.
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Top-up review risks compromising NHS credibility
The government's review of the ban on 'top-up' payments for non-NHS treatments risks compromising the credibility of the NHS, public health chiefs are warning.
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on following Darzi
I have been hearing talk along the lines of 'Darzi will never take off'. Some of this is wishful thinking (fearful acute trust) or something like first night nerves (empowered but apprehensive PCT).
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Minority staff get worse deal on jobs, pay and grievances
Widespread disadvantages faced by black and minority ethnic NHS staff have been laid bare in a stark analysis of recruitment, bullying, grievance and disciplinary rates.
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Some are more equally paid than others
The Appeal Court's decision in the Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough borough councils equal pay case will prove a curate's egg for NHS trusts. At the heart of the decision are answers to questions about pay protection. This operates where an employer buffers the effects of having to bring male ...
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London trusts join forces in research venture
University College London and four trusts in the capital are founding Europe's largest academic health science partnership.
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Reconfiguration panel is left kicking its heels
The independent reconfiguration panel has been left with no referrals to examine after delivering three reports to the health secretary.
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Monitor steps in as trust losses soar
Monitor has exercised its intervention powers for the second time since its creation with a formal notice to the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases foundation trust.
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NHS wards infested with vermin, Conservatives claim
NHS hospital wards are 'over-run' with ants and other infection-spreading pests, the Conservatives have claimed.
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Regulator licenses first over-the-counter antibiotic
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has welcomed a move by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to reclassify azithromycin - an antibiotic used to treat chlamydia - as an over-the-counter drug.
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Diagnostic waits continue to fall
The Department of Health has reported further falls in the numbers of patients waiting for diagnostic tests during the month of June.
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CSCI forces care home closure
The Commission for Social Care Inspection has obtained a court order to force the closure of a private care home in Northamptonshire after spot inspections raised 'serious concerns' about the low level of staffing and the safety of residents.
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Vitamin injections could slow cancer growth, study claims
High-dose injections of vitamin C could reduce the weight and growth of cancerous tumours, scientists have found.
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New HIV infections in decline, report reveals
There have been significant gains in preventing new HIV infections in a number of heavily affected countries, according to a new report.
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Scotland to invest in dental facilities
The Scottish government has announced a £75m investment in dental and medical facilities.