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Information Centre may take over NHS central register
The Information Centre for health and social care is looking forward to potentially.taking over.responsibility for the NHS central register from the Office of National Statistics as part of the government review on statistical independence.
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Connecting for Health chief quits
Chief executive of NHS Connecting for Health Richard Granger has announced that he plans to quit his post to return to the private sector.
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National child measurement programme goes live
The Information Centre for health and social care has taken on responsibility this year for collecting and publishing data and analysis on children's health. The aim of the survey is to weigh and measure children in schools.
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More trusts fail to meet hygiene code
The Healthcare Commission has said more trusts are declaring non-compliance with its hygiene code than did last year.
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Practice-based commissioning: a potent remedy
Look at the positive elements and get practice-based commissioning rolling, urge Michael Dixon and colleagues
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Launch of congenital heart disease website
Parents of children with congenital heart disease can now get detailed information about survival rates at every specialist heart centre in the UK.
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Robina Shah on a day in the life of Patricia Hewitt
Trust chair Robina Shah spends an exhausting day in the shadow of health secretary Patricia Hewitt
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Developing responsive and efficient patient-centred processes
Many organisations are still centred around.core business functions, but client- and patient-focused organisations also need to focus on how they support core processes, writes Stephen McLaughlin
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Health visitor role under review
Health visitors should lead and deliver a renewed child health promotion programme and provide intensive early intervention and prevention for families most in need of help, according to a review of the role.
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NHS must not be run 'like a 1960s nationalised industry'
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt rejected the idea that the NHS should be run by an independent board.
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Supply agreement promises greater efficiency
The first national framework agreement for the supply of operating leases has been published by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency.
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Report examines young people's attitude to sex
A report on sex, drugs, alcohol and young people has been published by the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV.
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Cast your vote on Gordon Brown
Don't forget, now is your last chance to take part in HSJ's reader survey on what the NHS can expect under incoming prime minister Gordon Brown.
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TB prescription charges to be scrapped
Prescription charges for drugs to combat tuberculosis are to be scrapped.
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Charity reports on homophobia in the NHS
The experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual NHS employees have been published by the charity Stonewall.
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Study reveals extent of elder abuse
New research revealing the true extent of abuse suffered by older people in the UK was released today by Comic Relief and the Department of Health.
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Scientists join row over access to patient records
Medical researchers were branded 'cavalier and arrogant' while giving evidence to the health select committee's electronic patient records inquiry last week. The researchers, answering questions from MPs, argued that they should not always be obliged to ask patients' permission to see their medical records.
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LINks scrutiny system to bar patient networks from access to key services
Local involvement networks, set to replace public and patient involvement forums, will be denied access to mental health facilities, children's care homes and non-communal areas of residential care homes.
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NHS organisations advised to prepare for 'corporate killer' stigma
NHS boards have been warned to prepare themselves for the implications of the Corporate Manslaughter Bill, which is currently working its way through Parliament.
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Will next month's ban fire up PCT stop-smoking services?
With the smoking ban just days away, the government points to huge funding boosts for smoking cessation, but is the money hitting home? Daloni Carlisle reports