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Carers should get cash budgets says think tank
Carers should get individual cash budgets to help them cope with a 'care crunch' in which fewer councils are providing support and more families are combining caring with paid work, a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research has said.
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Anti-smoking consultation begins
Requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain, branding-free packets of at least 20, restricting access to cigarette machines, restricting the display of tobacco products and banning advertisements for cigarette papers are among measures being considered in a consultation to cut the number of people who smoke. ...
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Compassion missing in healthcare - NHS Confederation
Care and compassion in healthcare are being put under strain by its increasing sophistication, a debate paper from the NHS Confederation has claimed.
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Youth alcohol plan launched
A plan to help young people make informed decisions about the risks of drinking alcohol has been launched by the Department of Health, the Home Office and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.It aims to provide clearer information to parents and young people about alcohol consumption. New guidelines on ...
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Northern Ireland students face hardship - BMA
Medical students in Northern Ireland are the 'most disadvantaged' in the UK, according to doctors' leaders in the region.
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NHS performing well on cancer waits, statistics show
Performance on cancer waiting times has slipped slightly since last year but is still high, reveal new figures.
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16,800 operations cancelled in three months
More than 16,000 operations were cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons in the first three months of this year, the latest figures show.
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New social care research school
The government today announced the creation of a new national school for social care research.
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Pay deal for Scots dentists
Dentists and the Scottish government have finally agreed on a deal that will see some practices get funding for treating significant numbers of NHS patients even though they do not meet the full 'NHS commitment'.The deal comes after lengthy discussions between the government and the British Dental Association.
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Single-room hospital gets green light
Final plans for Wales' first all single room hospital have been approved by health minister Edwina Hart.
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Fall in lung cancer among men, research shows
Lung cancer rates and deaths have fallen among men but not women, according to new research published today by the Office for National Statistics.
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Midwives reject pay offer
Members of the Royal College of Midwives have rejected a three-year government pay offer.
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Fujitsu axed from NHS IT scheme
The NHS's troubled IT programme suffered another blow after negotiations with a key supplier broke down.
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NHS 'will hit waiting time targets'
The government insisted the NHS was firmly on track to meet waiting times targets after new figures were published today.Many trusts have already met goals set for the end of this year to ensure all patients are treated within 18 weeks of being referred by a GP.
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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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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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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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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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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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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