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Fire at University College London Hospitals
Ambulances are being temporarily diverted from University College London Hospitals foundation trust accident and emergency departments today after a fire last night.The fire broke out in the trust's Rosenheim building at around 2.30am today.
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Trainee doctors more satisfied with training, survey shows
Trainee doctors are more satisfied with their training than they were a year ago, a survey by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board has revealed.
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West Sussex PCT 'disappointed' over reconfiguration decision
The chief executive of West Sussex primary care trust has said he is disappointed that the local council has decided to refer a reconfiguration decision to the health secretary.
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Royal Free reports year without central line infections
Royal Free Hampstead trust has reported it has not had any central line catheter-related bloodstream infections for a year.
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Auditor general for Wales on home oxygen services
The NHS in Wales was not sufficiently prepared to implement changes to the supply of home oxygen services in 2006, the auditor general for Wales has concluded.
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Volunteers save trusts £700,000
A report by Volunteering England has calculated the economic value of services provided by volunteers to the NHS.
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18-week pathway figures published
The Department of Health has published data for patients who completed their referral-to-treatment pathway during May 2008.
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Welsh trusts successful in call for their own abolition
NHS trusts in Wales have succeeded in their unanimous push to bring about their own demise.
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Abolition of consultant and GP contracts is a 'logical' move
Abolishing consultant and GP contracts will be the 'logical conclusion' of successful integrated care organisations, NHS director general for commissioning Mark Britnell has claimed.
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NICE calls for quicker access to specialist stroke treatment
Commissioners and providers should ensure all patients with a suspected stroke are admitted as quickly as possible to an acute stroke unit.
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A shot in the arm for community health services
The government is promoting the social enterprise model of service provision, but there are other options available to primary care trusts. Ingrid Torjesen offers an overview
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Emma Dent on the smoking ban
One year on from the introduction of the English smoking ban, it is striking how much difference it has made to the nation's social habits.
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Capita beats Dr Foster to NHS Choices contract
The Department of Health has announced its intention to award the NHS Choices contract to Capita.
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Mental health being neglected in the elderly
Older people's mental health and well-being is being severely neglected, claims a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research.Its report Older People and Wellbeing estimates 2.4 million older people have depression and predicts the number with mental health problems will rise dramatically over the next 20 years. This will ...
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Bradshaw to bring in firms to boost GP commissioning
Private companies are to help practice based commissioning consortiums put together business cases that primary care trusts can understand.
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Palliative boost
It is welcome news that the government has pledged £286m extra to back up the new strategy for end of life care.
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Cynthia Bower to take helm at Care Quality Commission
Cynthia Bower has been appointed chief executive of the Care Quality Commission. The NHS West Midlands chief executive will take up her new job on 1 August.
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Wales sets out plan to tackle cancer
A three-year programme to help prevent cancer, improve early detection and increase access to treatment has been published by the Welsh Assembly.
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World class commissioning challenges
As Richard Vize rightly points out, world class commissioning is an ambitious programme of change for primary care trusts. While we must be realistic about how they will perform on competencies at this early stage, the first year of the assurance system will establish the baseline for performance and reflect ...
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Mental health managers told: stop posing as Cinderella
Mental health managers have been ordered to promote their services rather than presenting them as a 'bleak Victorian underworld'.