All News articles – Page 1246
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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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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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Councils could lose social care funds to DWP
Local councils could be stripped of their control over the 7bn adult social care budget under proposals being explored for the forthcoming social care green paper.
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Share rising mental health costs, says King's Fund
The cost of mental health services is expected to rise by 45 per cent over the next 20 years, the King’s Fund has predicted.But in its long-awaited report on the future funding of mental health services, it says the NHS should not be expected to fund the increased cost alone.
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Safer culture is taking root
Your cover story identified a disparity between where NHS staff and leaders feel patient safety is on boards' priorities, writes Martin Fletcher
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Darzi review: North East sets targets for 'region of paradox'
Eight-month targets designed to eliminate health service 'paradoxes' are the cornerstone of NHS North East's Darzi vision.
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Independent sector still struggling on data
The independent sector is still struggling to provide good quality data on its NHS activities, the NHS Information Centre has revealed.
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Emma Dent on GPs and drinking habits
So I registered with a new GP. Once I had finally found one it was a pleasantly pain-free experience.
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Fuel disaster looming
Your news analysis on rising fuel prices and its impact on hospitals was timely but it only scratched the surface, writes Stuart Jeffery
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End of postcode lottery could put PCTs in a spin
The Primary Care Commissioning Network will pool PCTs' expertise to help them make decisions on using new treatments while they wait for NICE guidance. But trusts that choose to ignore the network's advice could find themselves facing a media storm. By Alison Moore
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SHA releases psychiatric killers' reports
Two reports into psychiatric patients who killed have been released by NHS East of England - more than five years after the incidents.
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NHS sixties memories
Your photos of people who worked in healthcare in the 1950s and 1960s on your NHS60 website (www.nhs60.co.uk) have brought memories flooding back, writes Susan Bethell
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Patient records neglect
We are not surprised to learn of the wide disparities between trusts when it comes to the availability of patient records revealed by your investigation, writes Tracy Steadman
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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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£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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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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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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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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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.