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BMA elects new international committee chair
The British Medical Association has elected Dr Terry John, a GP in Walthamstow in north London, as chair of its international committee.
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Dentists welcome £5m funding boost
The British Dental Association has welcomed the announcement of £5m of extra capital funding to help dentists in Scotland meet new decontamination guidelines that take effect in 2009.The announcement was made by public health minister Shona Robison at NHS Education for Scotland’s annual dental conference.
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In this week's HSJ
NewsAnnual performance ratings have revealed a persistent gap between high-flying trusts and those languishing in the bottom half of the tables. The Healthcare Commission's annual health check 2006-07 shows an overall improvement in performance on last year, but more than half of trusts are still rated fair or weak - ...
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Employers praise proposal to overhaul workforce planning
NHS Employers has welcomed Lord Darzi's proposal to overhaul workforce planning.
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DoH may pull private scanning schemes
The Department of Health is reviewing plans to add private sector diagnostic capacity in five of its seven proposed schemes.
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No U-turn on IT programme, says DoH
The Department of Health has denied it is reviewing the national programme for IT or NHS Connecting for Health.
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HSJ magazine delivered to your desktop
This week, HSJ comes straight to your desktop. This is to help our readers enjoy the magazine despite recent disruptions to the postal service. Both registered users and subscribers can download the latest news, features and classified listings in PDF format by clicking the links below. In order to receive ...
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Conservatives defend district general pledge
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has defended the Conservative party's pledge to 'save' district general hospitals.
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PCT denies new director has conflict of interest
Hampshire primary care trust has appointed a new director of commissioning - on secondment from commissioning firm Humana.
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Confed tells clinicians to stand up for sacked chief executives
The head of the NHS Confederation has called on clinicians to 'march on the street' if their chief executives are sacked.
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Family doctors should prescribe English lessons, Royal College of GPs chair proposes
GPs should be able to prescribe language lessons to patients who struggle with English, the chair of the Royal College of GPs has urged.
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Healthcare Commission lists a catalogue of failings in handling of C difficile outbreaks
A Kent trust has been slated by the Healthcare Commission for failing to protect patients against infection.
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Report questions strategic health authorities' role in junior doctor 'crisis'
An independent inquiry into the junior doctors' recruitment 'crisis' has called for a national committee to scrutinise strategic health authorities' workforce planning.
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Diagnostics firm Atos found inadequate
A private provider has been slammed in an internal Department of Health report for its management of an NHS diagnostics deal - but local trusts were also criticised.
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SHAs warned over weak foundation trust applications
The Department of Health has issued a stark warning to strategic health authority chiefs to send 'only the strongest' trusts to Monitor to be assessed for foundation status.
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Managers stuck in the middle feel pressure from all sides
Middle managers feel stressed. Constant firefighting and balancing conflicting demands of senior management and junior staff are just two of the reasons - but most still enjoy their jobs. Nigel Edwards and Claire Mallett analyse an HSJ and NHS Confederation survey
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BMA dubious about screening every patient
The British Medical Association has called for 'hard data' on the effectiveness of screening all hospital admissions for MRSA.
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Boots could host 150 walk-in centres in its stores
Private companies are lining up to provide the extended access to family doctors called for by Lord Darzi in the interim report of his review into the future of the NHS.
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sexual health services
Primary care trusts' management of sexual health services in general practice is 'erratic, uncoordinated and poorly planned', according to new report.The report 'Delivery of Sexual Health in General Practices' published today by the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Choice and Sexual Health Group found only 5 per cent of general practices in the ...
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Figures show gains in NHS efficiency
The NHS is working smarter to improve productivity, according to new figures published by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.