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Minor injuries are part of growing up, says charity
Children need wilder places to play where they can take risks, says the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
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Overseas dentists face new exam
The General Dental Council will replace the international qualifying examination for overseas dentists with a new overseas registration examination this September.
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July pay rise for Scottish NHS staff
NHS staff in Scotland will receive a 2.5 per cent unstaged pay award next month.
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Legal briefing: foundation trusts test the waters on mergers and acquisitions
Following the first merger between a foundation trust and an NHS trust earlier this year,.other acquisitions are now in the pipeline. Melanie Print reports on recent developments.and asks whether private sector purchasers will be able to get involved
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PBC as an incentive for change
Andy Newton explains how practice-based commissioning helped achieve effective service redesign at Bath and North East Somerset.primary care trust
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Low priority for lung disease, says charity
The British Lung Foundation says a low priority is given to lung disease by health services in the UK and claims people with a lung disease feel let down by the NHS.
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Food safety warning over warm weather
The Food and Drink Federation has warned that extra care should be taken with food in warm weather.
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Mens health toolkit launched
The Men's Health Forum has produced a toolkit to assist primary care trusts in providing gender sensitive services.
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Why the NHS should support refugee healthcare professionals
The NHS must do more to reduce the waste of talent and opportunity that high unemployment of refugee healthcare professional represents, argues Maeve Keaney
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John Murray on a joined-up service
'Devolution in the NHS means local priorities increasingly drive allocation of resources. While this development has many benefits, it can unfairly disadvantage patients with specialised conditions, who will inevitability be smaller in number and therefore have less of a voice locally'.
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'On track to hit the 18-week target'
Nearly half of patients are currently being treated within 18 weeks, a year and a half ahead of schedule, according to figures published by the Department of Health.
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2012 Olympics STI risk overlooked
The London Olympic Games in 2012 is in danger of becoming a sexual health disaster, one of the UK's leading sexual health charities has warned.
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Concerns raised over accuracy of PCT benchmarking
Doubts have been raised over the accuracy of the latest quarterly hospital episode statistics following reports of problems with data collection, HSJ has learned.
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AIDS drug recalled
The European Medicines Agency has recalled the drug Viracept due to contamination.
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Ofcare: assessment framework to rank trusts' performance
The Department of Health is developing a new vision for delivering better care and value in health and social care.
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BBC-style management could save NHS from 'political ice'
The NHS is unsustainable in its present form and should be run independently, according to a Nuffield Trust report.
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Providers brace for new regulation fee regime
NHS organisations and providers are set to be hit with regulation fees for the first time, HSJ has learned.
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Survey reveals cancer's impact on sufferers
The European pain in cancer survey has found that two-thirds of people with cancer in the UK have suffered from pain due to their disease.
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Trusts to be held to local promises, says NHS chief
Primary care and acute trusts are to be held to account for the promises they make to their local populations, according to NHS chief executive David Nicholson.