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Self-care principles published
A set of core principles to support self-care have been published by the Department of Health.Skills for Health and Skills for Care have worked with service users and carers to promote choice, control, independence and participation of people who use services.
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Guidance on residential services for substance misuse
The Department of Health has published guidance on capital development of residential rehabilitation services for drug and alcohol abuse.
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Research and development network for Leicester
A new network is being launched in Leicester to support and develop clinical research in the region.
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NHS constitution should include financial charter - Reform
Think tank Reform has published a report calling on the government to ensure that the NHS constitution being prepared to mark 60 years of the NHS includes a financial charter.
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Foreign doctors appeal rejected
The House of Lords yesterday rejected the Department of Health's appeal against a High Court decision which ruled that making it harder for international doctors to be appointed is unlawful.
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Wales hits waiting time target
Wales has met its target of ensuring that no patient has to wait longer than 22 weeks to a see consultant.Figures show the number of patients waiting more than 22 weeks for their first outpatient consultation fell from 5,565 patients at the beginning of March to zero by the end ...
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GPs paid £20m for sickness and maternity cover
GP practices in England were paid more than £20m last year for locums to cover sickness and maternity leave in their practices, HSJ has learnt.
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Kent council sets up 24-hour NHS complaints hotline
A county council is setting up its own hotline for people who want to complain about or comment on local NHS services.
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Scottish GPs discuss industrial action
The NHS risks losing family doctors' goodwill, a Scottish GPs' leader has warned.
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Frustration over advance GP appointments
Nearly three quarters of England's GP practices have left at least one in 10 patients dissatisfied because of the difficulties of making appointments more than two days in advance.
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Charging GPs for A&E visits needs careful thought
Any proposal to charge GPs for 'inappropriate' attendance at accident and emergency or walk-in centres requires careful thought to avoid perverse consequences, writes Michael Dixon
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Peers turn against Care Quality Commission
Peers have urged the government to delay the establishment of the new health and social care regulator, warning that the body will be 'weakened by compromise'.
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Public health network to help avoid 'postcode lotteries'
A new public health network is to give primary care trusts advice on licensed drugs before the publication of NICE guidance, HSJ can reveal.The advice will help PCTs avoid accusations that they are imposing a 'postcode lottery'.
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Health check rating benchmarks 'unfair'
Trusts are being unfairly marked down in their annual performance ratings because of changing targets and over-reliance on patient data, according to managers.
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BMA damned by its own staff in leaked survey
The British Medical Association has been labelled 'old-fashioned and change averse' by its own staff in a survey leaked to HSJ.
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Clare Chapman's call for more chiefs from medical ranks
Clare Chapman's encouragement for more senior managers to be recruited from the medical ranks echoes our conclusions that this would accelerate the breaking down of perceived barriers between managers and medics, write Ian Gilmore and Martin Else
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Scotland's personal care funding gap must be filled
Free personal and nursing care in Scotland needs better funding and planning, says a new report.
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Lib Dems scrap free social care promise
The Liberal Democrats have formally ditched their policy of free social care in England. The party has opted instead for a co-payment system based on the one set out by Sir Derek Wanless for the King's Fund.
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Doubts over community foundation trusts
Conflicts of interest, difficulties in demonstrating autonomy and low pay are just some of the potential problems facing community foundation trusts.
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Did racism delay the SAS contract?
Staff and associate specialist doctors are often said to lack a voice. Could this explain why they were the last group to sign their new contract, or is institutional racism to blame, asks Daloni Carlisle