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Bruce Keogh speaks at Patient Safety Congress
Managers are still treating patient safety as 'subordinate' to money despite the health service's £1.8bn underspend, according to the NHS medical director.
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BMA muddled over polyclinics
Our independent patient-interest social enterprise has consultated on the complex issue of GPs and polyclinics. The British Medical Association's campaign to persuade patients to oppose them is ill-judged and muddled, writes Elizabeth Manero
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BMA pay hypocrisy
The hypocrisy of the British Medical Association's contrasting pay policy for staff and doctors is no surprise, writes Joyce Robins
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Johnson pledges better care for minority ethnic groups
Black and minority ethnic people are not getting the primary healthcare they need, a government report has shown.
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Baroness Young is right for new regulator
We welcome the appointment of Baroness Young as the shadow chair of the Care Quality Commission, writes John Dixon
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Alcohol and public health
The Health is Wealth Commission's recommendation that local authorities use the planning process to reduce the harm done to public health by easily available alcohol is bound to provoke a stormy debate, writes Frank Soodeen
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Commercial directorate's future in the air
The future of the Department of Health's commercial directorate is in doubt following the resignation of its director general Channing Wheeler.
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Stephen Ramsden addresses Patient Safety Congress
NHS managers have been urged to pressurise chief executives to make patient safety their organisation's top priority.
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Hospital trusts failing to check inpatients' risk of deadly clots
More than half of hospital trusts are not carrying out government-backed checks for vascular conditions that kill around 25,000 people a year. Only 29 per cent of trusts carry out checks for all inpatients.
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Sharp rise in stomach surgery for obesity
The number of stomach operations for obesity rose by just over 40 per cent last year, show official figures.
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Scots scrap 'hidden waiting lists'
New hospital waiting times minus 'hidden waiting lists' show the NHS in Scotland is meeting its targets, says the Scottish government.
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GPs call for public support
The British Medical Association today placed adverts in five national newspapers in a bid to drum up public support for a campaign against private companies running GP surgeries.
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Campaign for better stroke care
Nine out of 10 stroke survivors in England are left unsupported and isolated, according to new figures from the Stroke Association, which today launched an awareness campaign.
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£64m research project boost
Seven new partnerships between NHS organisations and universities will get a total of £64m to research ways of improving treatment and new ways of working.
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Junior doctor hospital accommodation row
The BMA has hit out at NHS Employers for refusing to discuss how junior doctors could be helped to cope with the financial implications of the loss of free hospital accommodation.
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Employers urged to screen for ADHD
Workers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder do 22 days less work per year than people who do not have the disorder, according to research published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Scottish men drinking twice recommended amount
Figures updated to reflect the increasing strength of alcoholic drinks show many more Scottish drinkers than previously thought could be putting their health at risk.
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Public health research programme launched
A research programme designed to help the government improve public health and reduce health inequalities has been launched.
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Prison mental health faces funding lottery
Prison mental health services in England face a postcode lottery in funding and get only a third of the money they need, according to a new report.
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Commercial director Chan Wheeler resigns
The head of the Department of Health’s commercial directorate Channing Wheeler has resigned from his post.Mr Wheeler’s resignation was confirmed on Friday, 23 May. In a statement the DH said he was resigning for “personal, family reasons” and would return to the US. He is due to leave his post ...