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Use of management consultants
I always enjoy the wit and irony of the inside back cover. How delighted I was to see that you have now carried it into the body of your journal under the headline 'SHA pays £2m for firm to size up PCT commissioning' as the independent and objective firm chosen ...
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Survey reveals widespread ignorance of sexual health issues
A survey by the Family Planning Association (fpa) shows widespread confusion and misunderstanding of sex and reproduction.In the survey 50 per cent of people did not know what would prevent a woman becoming pregnant if she took steps immediately after sex and only 4 per cent said the sex education ...
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Social care spend up 10 per cent
Spending on public sector social care services for adults and children rose by 10 per cent over the past two years to reach £19.3bn in 2005-06, according to the Information Centre for health and social care.Spending on services for adults and older people, which accounts for 74 per cent of ...
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Scottish ambulance delays rise
The number of ambulances across Scotland taking longer than an hour to reach an emergency incident has risen from 71 to 179 over the last six years, despite an increase of 25 per cent in the number of trained crews available, according to the Scottish National Party.www.snp.org/news
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Hewitt defends fall in bed numbers
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has been attacked for describing cuts to bed numbers as a sign of 'success' in a presentation to the cabinet.In a webchat this week she also highlighted how improvements in community nursing in Dudley to support those with long-term conditions had 'slashed' emergency admissions and meant ...
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Cancer reform strategy board named
Health minister Rosie Winterton has announced the 29 members of the Department of Health's cancer reform strategy board that will build on the 2000 cancer plan.The group will be chaired by national cancer director Professor Mike Richards and will develop a new strategy through six working groups: service models; commissioning ...
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Time to break the circle of negativity
There's no row like a family row and the NHS family is not an exception. It has long been recognised that the NHS's own staff can often be the worst ambassadors for what is happening in the service, nationally and locally.
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National Audit Office slates DoH over £12m Dr Foster deal
The Department of Health has been savaged by the National Audit Office for the handling of its £12m deal with healthcare information analysts Dr Foster.
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GPs to face tougher tests on surgery
The government is to publish national standards for minor surgery carried out in primary care.
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Government warns PCTs over dentistry capacity
Patients may have to resort to emergency care, or find an alternative practice, because their dentists have fulfilled their annual contracts too soon.
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SHA pays £2m for firm to size up PCT commissioning
South Central strategic health authority has called in turnaround specialists PricewaterhouseCoopers to assess whether its nine primary care trusts should contract out their commissioning functions to the private sector.
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Patients could be told costs of care
Patients could be told the 'actual value' of the health services they are using in a bid to make them use the NHS more responsibly and relieve pressure on staff.
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News anlaysis: germinators look to Europe for next ideas in superbug war
The Dutch experience shows it is possible to get on top of MRSA and other superbugs - but it will be costly. Meanwhile, some UK hospitals are pioneering simple but effective strategies that could help turn the tide of deadly infections, writes Alison Moore
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Babies to be screened for metabolic disease
The Department of Health has announced that newborn babies will be screened for medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, a metabolic disease.The screening will be included as part of the standard 'heel-prick' test that screens babies for other diseases such as sickle cell disorders and congenital hypothyroidism.MCADD affects between one ...
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BMA warns on prison healthcare
The British Medical Association says that 'incoherent government policy and inadequate funding' is creating a crisis in the prison healthcare system.At a BMA conference on prison health today, its civil and public services committee will call on ministers to address a range of problems undermining health service provision in prisons.Committee ...
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Society calls for end to unnecessary suffering
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has called on the government to stop the unnecessary suffering caused by accidents to 2 million children each year by backing the recommendations in a new report from the Audit Commission and Healthcare Commission.The report, Better ...
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MHRA to consult on Cyclo-f
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is to carry out a consultation on whether Cyclo-f, a medicine for the treatment of heavy periods, should be available over the counter.Dr June Raine, director of vigilance and risk management of medicines at the MHRA, says that being able to buy the ...
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NICE to develop new range of guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has been asked to develop guidance on new treatments for breast and lung cancer, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, obesity and rheumatoid arthritis.The additional topics for its forward work programme were welcomed by chief executive Andrew Dillon. He said that the treatments were ...
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New funding for parent support services
Families minister Beverley Hughes has announced that £7.5m will be spent on information and support services for parents.From April 10 pilot areas will offer new mothers extra help from their midwife and health visitor. The health-led schemes are modelled on a version in the US which helps to reduce accidental ...
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New chief for allied health professionals
Chief nursing officer Christine Beasley announced today that Karen Middleton will take up the post of chief health professions officer for England from 1 March 2007.The chief health professions officer is the government's most senior allied health professions adviser, leading the allied health professions team at the Department of Health.The ...