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Restructuring puts mothers at risk, warns Healthcare Commission
The reconfiguration of maternity services is putting patients at risk, the chair of the Healthcare Commission has warned.
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Communication skills are key as Johnson takes over health
Charming, pragmatic and someone staff can do business with, or a puppet devoid of radical ideas? Oliver Evans takes soundings on what Alan Johnson will bring to his brief
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Healthcheck survey uncovers stress, delays and frustration
The annual healthcheck is leading to stress, frustration and to other work being delayed, an independent study has found.
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NHS to face fresh review
Prime minister Gordon Brown and the new health secretary Alan Johnson have announced a review of the NHS that will advise on how to meet the challenges of delivering healthcare over the next decade.
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Mental Health Bill is a missed opportunity, says alliance
The Mental Health Alliance has criticised the government for missing a historic opportunity to achieve a modern and humane new Mental Health Act.
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Improved care for diabetic children in Wales
New clinical guidelines published today by health and social services minister for Wales Edwina Hart are intended to benefit children and young people with type 1 diabetes.
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WHO renews efforts to eliminate Chagas disease
A new strategy to eliminate Chagas disease by 2010 will be launched by the World Health Organisation.
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London PCT faces investigation
Brent teaching primary care trust is being investigated by NHS London.
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New schizophrenia treatment licensed in the UK
Pharmaceutical company Janssen-Cilag has announced the authorisation of Invega (paliperidone), a new treatment for schizophrenia.
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Staff and associate specialist doctor petition
The British Medical Association was due to deliver a petition of nearly 4,500 signatures to the prime minister this morning.
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Wales proposes simplified compensation rules
The Welsh Assembly has launched proposals to give NHS patients more equal access to compensation and allow clinical negligence claims to be settled more easily. The NHS Redress Measure will allow lower-value negligence claims to be dealt with without going before a court. It is the first government-proposed measure to ...
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Unison elects new president
A healthcare assistant for Tees, Esk and Wear Valley trust has been elected president of public sector union Unison. Norma Stephenson was previously vice-president and will hold the position for a year.
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Smoking ban in place
It is now illegal to smoke in virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in England. Health secretary Alan Johnson said the move was the single most important public health legislation for a generation.
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Johnson makes first ministerial visit
Health secretary Alan Johnson and prime minister Gordon Brown have made their first visit to an NHS facility. The pair visited Kingston Hospital in south London with Professor Sir Ara Darzi.
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'Two Sues' get £500,000 in early retirement pay
The joint chief executives of the National Patient Safety Agency, Sue Osborn and Susan Williams, have been paid almost half a million pounds in early retirement pay, according to figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats.
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Sir Ara joins Johnson at Department of Health
Professor Sir Ara Darzi has been appointed parliamentary under-secretary at the Department of Health. Prime minister Gordon Brown has listed Sir Ara as one of the new faces designed to bring in talent from outside government.
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BMA elects new chair
East Yorkshire GP Dr Hamish Meldrum has been elected chair of the BMA Council following a three-way contest.
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Brighton and Sussex chief leaves for DoH
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals trust chief executive Peter Coles is leaving to take up a secondment at the Department of Health.
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Wales calls for international learning partnerships
Welsh first minister Rhodri Morgan has called on health workers in Wales and developing countries to form partnerships to learn from each other.