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World Health Organisation carries out radiation exercise
The World Health Organisation has completed a two-day emergency radiation exercise today involving a simulated accident at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico.
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Increasing numbers do not realise they are overweight, research finds
More and more people are failing to recognise they are overweight, despite an actual rise in the number of people who are clinically overweight or obese, according to research from the Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London.
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Soaring birth rates put midwives under pressure
The Royal College of Midwives has warned soaring birth rates are putting midwives under 'huge pressure'.Commenting on official statistics revealing a 16 per cent increase in births between 2001 and 2007, RCM general secretary Dame Karlene Davis said: 'The number of midwives is not keeping pace with the increasing birth ...
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NHS Choices to publish hospital mortality rates
Hospital death rates for four operations will be published for the first time on the NHS Choices website in a bid to help patients make more informed choices.
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Prescription drug advert complaints hold steady
Complaints about the promotion of prescription medicines remained static last year, according to figures released by the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority.
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Framework for promoting healthy lifestyles
The Department of Health has published a framework for action on social marketing and public health which sets out how people will be encouraged to lead healthier lifestyles.
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Maternity services report highlights failings
The Healthcare Commission has published a report on the state of maternity services in England showing that inadequate staffing and poor teamwork are a systemic national problem.
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Health informatics review published
The Department of Health has published its long-awaited review of health informatics and the national programme for IT.The review marks a change in emphasis for the IT programme and gives explicit permission to NHS organisations wanting to procure their own 'interim' systems.
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Born in Bradford project in pictures
Bradford's infant mortality rate is twice the British average. An ambitious project is tracking the lives of 10,000 babies in the archetypal deprived, multi-ethnic city in the hope of understanding why. Pictures by Rii SchroerRead the full article for more details
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GPs open up to extended access target
Almost a quarter of primary care trust areas have now hit the Department of Health's target to extend GP opening hours, latest figures reveal.
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Health and Social Care Act accuracy
Although heartening to see public engagement featuring as a key part of the supplement on world class commissioning, it was disappointing to see an incorrect representation of the legal framework central to the article.
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Economist calls for NHS Bank to hold foundation surpluses
Foundation trusts should be able to store their £2.3bn surpluses in an 'NHS bank' for use by rest of the health service, MPs have been told.
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Euro providers could claim place on choose and book
European health providers could launch claims to be included in GP choose and book systems to give them the same access to the NHS market as those in the UK.
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Darzi calls for skills to tackle challenge of lifestyle diseases
Primary and community care organisations must strengthen their skills and infrastructure to tackle 'lifestyle diseases' such as obesity, Lord Darzi told an HSJ conference this week.
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Cancer firm expects NHS to fall short
A private company has invested around £30m in three new private cancer centres, underlining its belief that the NHS will fail to meet the rising demand for cancer treatments.
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PCTs will have veto on Darzi integrated care pilots
Strategic health authorities and primary care trusts will be expected to take a lead role in setting up and supporting integrated care pilots.
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CBI warning on stop-start procurement projects
Primary care trusts that drag out procurements are hiking up the cost of schemes to taxpayers, the Confederation of British Industry has warned.
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Gay clergy find a welcome in NHS chaplaincy
The NHS is more welcoming to gay clergy than the Church of England, new research on hospital chaplains suggests.
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Move sex health provision to community says charity
The Terrence Higgins Trust has called on primary care trusts to apply Lord Darzi's access reforms to sexual health services to improve an unacceptably outmoded system.
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Clinical leaders network ready to roll
A scheme to develop senior clinicians as leaders is to be extended across England after a successful trial.