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Trusts stare published death rates in the face
Hospital public relations departments have given the Department of Health a mixed review after it published mortality rates for four kinds of operation last week.
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Non-urgent phone number debate
Ambulance Service Association director Liz Kendall is right when she suggests a non-urgent phone number to sit alongside 999 is necessary. Like her organisation, we also think a single number for urgent care is needed.
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Lawyers fire warning shot at doctor ratings website
The founder of a website that allows the public to post comments on doctors has insisted he has safeguards to prevent publication of defamatory allegations.
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Happy staff equal happy patients
Healthcare organisations with happy staff are more likely to have satisfied patients, the Healthcare Commission has revealed.
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Public health gets lift from social marketing
The Department of Health is to boost access to public health training and population profiling tools to help embed social marketing principles in health improvement work.
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Trust says go-it-alone plan is reinforced by IT review
The chief executive of a foundation trust installing IT outside the national programme has said its actions are validated by last week's informatics review.
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Interim management notes
As an ex-interim manager for primary care trusts and the Department of Health, I would like to comment on Paul Fleming's article.
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Massive variation in Ritalin prescribing
There is a 23-fold difference in the rate at which children in different parts of England are prescribed Ritalin to control their behaviour, figures seen by HSJ reveal.
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Royal colleges call talks to confront academy failings
A 'crisis meeting' has been called over the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' future amid infighting between member organisations.
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Alan Johnson reveals end of life strategy
Health secretary Alan Johnson has launched the government's end of life care strategy.The report, backed with £286m of funding, will see primary care trusts work with local authorities to ensure that rapid response community nursing services are available in all areas.
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GP access survey reveals mixed picture
Satisfaction with GP opening hours has dipped slightly, but patients are reporting improvements in access, the latest GP patient access survey has revealed.
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Alcohol and obesity threaten public health work, regulators say
Alcohol abuse and obesity must be tackled more systematically or they could 'derail' overall health improvements, health and spending watchdogs have warned.
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Career framework for allied health professionals
A flexible career framework for allied health professionals will help managers develop teams and services to reflect patients' needs, the Department of Health has claimed.
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Boost for Welsh child poverty measures
Wales is a step closer to being able to develop solutions to tackle child poverty after its government voted in favour of the final draft of its vulnerable children and child poverty legislative competence order.
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Assault-related emergency admissions rise 30 per cent
Emergency hospital admissions caused by violence have risen by 30 per cent in four years across England, according to a study due to be published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health.
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Sexually transmitted infections up 6 per cent - HPA
Rates of sexually transmitted infections have risen by 6 per cent, according to figures released by the Health Protection Agency.
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Wales outlines plans to fund eye drugs
Welsh minister for health and social services Edwina Hart has outlined plans on how the Welsh Assembly will spend £15m of funding to treat the eye condition 'wet' age-related macular degeneration.
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Chiropractic council consultation
A consultation has been launched on a proposed constitution for the General Chiropractic Council and will run until 3 October.
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HSJ launches Healthcare 100
HSJ and sister title Nursing Times today launched the Healthcare 100, which will identify the top places to work in the health sector.The awards, in association with NHS Employers, will draw on employer and employee survey results carried out by Ipsos MORI to generate an overall ranking, as well as ...
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Annual health checks leading to changes at most trusts
Ninety-one per cent of trusts have made changes because of the Healthcare Commission annual health check, according to a review of the first four years of the regulator's work.