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More radiologists needed, says BMA
Around 1,300 extra radiologists will be needed in England to meet increased demand for emergency scans and screening, say doctors' leaders.
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Hospital food must improve, says minister
Ensuring patients get good-quality hospital food must be a higher priority for health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland, health minister Michael McGimpsey has said.
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Health boards took part in counter-fraud probe
Fraud and errors cost the public sector in Scotland almost £10 million last year, reveals a national probe by Audit Scotland.
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Darzi review: NHS East of England is first with 10-year map
Mental health waiting-time targets, urgent care centres and patient-held budgets all feature in NHS East of England’s 10-year ‘road map’.
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A&E attendance trap
I try hard not to respond to stories in HSJ relating to primary care, especially not to the deliberately provocative comments of the editor in his column, writes George Young
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West Sussex A&E campaign undoes reconfiguration plans
A two-year battle to keep accident and emergency services at all three hospitals in West Sussex has ended in partial victory for campaigners.
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National GP assessment to aid choice
Primary care trusts will be able to assess GP practice performance against a national standard for the first time under a new primary medical care provider accreditation scheme
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Staff and associate specialist grade contract delay
Daloni Carlisle's article on the staff and associate specialist grade contract negotiation fiasco misses points which could throw light on this, writes Sean Santos
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Barbara Young backed as Care Quality Commission chair
Health select committee MPs have backed Baroness Young as a suitable candidate to chair the new Care Quality Commission.
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Staff payment blunder at United Bristol Healthcare trust
Hundreds of staff at a hospital trust have been left out of pocket after problems introducing the electronic staff record.
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Immigrants 'need psycho-social bridge'
The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, has linked gang violence with the lack of mental healthcare available to immigrants.
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Brown rethinks social care policy
Prime minister Gordon Brown has suggested an insurance model may not be a reliable way to fund future social care provision.
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Call to curb Liverpool's pub and food outlets
A ground-breaking commission looking into how to improve health in Liverpool has called for health impact assessments for planning applications to help fight obesity and alcohol-related problems.
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Cannabis classification smoke screen
Reclassifying cannabis as class B will achieve nothing. Our research shows only 3 per cent of people consider quitting the drug because of it being illegal, writes Paul Corry
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Poll of hospital patients reveals chasm in care standards
A Healthcare Commission survey of hospital patients in England has revealed ‘striking variations’ in some aspects of basic care.
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Modernising Medical Careers fallout
Last week's health select committee report completes a full house of condemnation of the Modernising Medical Careers reform process, writes Matthew Jameson Evans
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Darzi review: Clinicians to be consulted on service redesign
The mantra for the reconfiguration of specialist care services is 'centralised where necessary, localised where possible'. Clinicians will play a lead role in determining what is possible under the proposals.
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NHS Networks to close
NHS Networks has announced that it is to cease operating on 31 October after running out of funding.
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Darzi review: London told to press on with polyclinics
Primary care trusts in the capital are being told to push on with plans to introduce the ‘full range’ of poly-clinic models envisaged by Lord Darzi in the face of heavy criticism.
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Darzi review: view from the East of England launch
It could have been the lack of coffee, but the air was not exactly buzzing at the launch of the first regional Darzi report.