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Hewitt to host public summit
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt is hosting a citizens' summit today for 90 members of the public who were involved in the listening exercises for the Your Health, Your Care, Your Say white paper.They will have the opportunity to discuss the implementation of the white paper since last January and the ...
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Best practice: how to predict length of stay
Asking patients to answer a unique set of questions about themselves helps assign them to the right beds from the beginning. Heather Waterman and Cherry Mason detail how a new allocation system has been working
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First anniversary of Scottish smoking ban welcomed
First Minister Jack McConnell has welcomed the first anniversary of the Scottish ban on smoking in enclosed public places.Mr McConnell said the move was one of the greatest achievements of devolution.Read the press release here
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Welsh cancer funding announced
Welsh cancer services are to receive £4.5m of extra funding from the Welsh Assembly government.Minister for health and social services Dr Brian Gibbons said the funds were to support the implementation of recommendations from a recent review of cancer services.
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BMA calls GP pay meeting
The British Medical Association GP committee has invited local medical committee secretaries to a meeting to discuss the response to the GP pay award.The meeting will also cover the current state of general practice in the UK. It is scheduled for 19 April and will be chaired by committee chair ...
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Postcode lottery for dental care
A survey by consumer magazine Which? has found big regional variations in the availability of NHS dental care and a continuing lack of practitioners taking on new patients.Its research showed 36 per cent of practices are taking on new NHS patients. The areas with the highest proportion of practices doing ...
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New labour: the Welsh clinical pathway for childbirth
Swansea University professor of midwifery Billie Hunter has researched into the clinical pathway in Wales, a system designed to document childbirth more carefully
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Patchy progress for endoscopy services
Long waits for endoscopies have been eliminated in many parts of the country but some areas are still experiencing long delays, according to a report by the Healthcare Commission.In the South East half of all patients had been waiting more than 26 weeks for the procedure, while less than 0.2 ...
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Minister launches smoke ban countdown
The government is stepping up its campaign to help businesses get ready for the smoking ban, which comes into force on 1 July.Launching the 100-day countdown, public health minister Caroline Flint said: 'The new law will protect everyone from the harm of second-hand smoke at work and in public places, ...
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NICE issues home births warning
Women should be warned that babies born at home have a higher risk of dying, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has warned.Its guidance suggests women be reassured that the risk of their baby dying during childbirth is low wherever they are born - 5.1 deaths per 1,000 ...
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More funding needed for neglected diseases, says BMA
A British Medical Association report published today says that since 2000 there has been a resurgence in drugs to treat diseases such as malaria and leprosy, but that governments across the world have failed to invest in them.BMA International Committee chair Dr Edwin Borman said: 'This report gives hope to ...
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Breast screening programme detects more early cases
More cases of breast cancer were detected in 2005-06 by the NHS breast screening programme than in any previous year, The Information Centre for health and social care announced today.Over 13,500 cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in women aged 50 and over, an increase of 13 per cent over ...
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Healthcare commission calls for mandatory ethnicity reporting
Healthcare Commission chair Professor Sir Ian Kennedy has called on the Department of Health to extend mandatory recording of ethnicity to all mental health and learning disability services.The request follows a 2006 census showing that people from some black and minority ethnic groups are three times more likely than average ...
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PCTs win legal battle to downgrade Rochdale A&E
A High Court judge has rejected a mother and father's claim that plans to reconfigure four hospitals will put their sick son at risk.
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London chief defends Corrigan and Warner's appointments
NHS London's interim chief executive has defended her new top team against claims they include political appointments meant to push through New Labour reforms.
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Asset-sharing will limit the scope for dispute between the NHS and local government
'The commissioning process must have an injection of public involvement at every stage but particularly at the very beginning when need is assessed'
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Women warned of link between high blood sugar and cancer
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is urging women to follow a healthy diet after new research was published showing high blood sugar could lead to cancer.The research, part of a Swedish intervention project, involved 64,500 men and women and concluded that raised blood sugar levels could be linked to cancer of the ...
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Bid to stop lethal errors in injections
Three trusts have signed up to a pilot scheme aimed at cutting deaths and injuries caused by injectable medication errors.
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Experts split over Tories' big idea for public health
The Conservative Party's plan to transform public health by creating independent local budgets has divided experts.
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Call for joint posts to ease tension
More senior manager joint appointments are needed to help curb growing tensions between health and local government about cost-shunting, a primary care network has said.