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Adolescent services: reaching out to young people
We began offering assessment and intensive treatment in the home, GP surgery, school or even a cafe
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NPSA 'struggling' with adverse incident reports
The troubled National Patient Safety Agency is 'struggling' to cope with the massive number of reports it receives from trusts, the chief medical officer has revealed.
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Lord Warner: PCT commissioning advert blunder 'only human'
Health minister Lord Warner has labelled his department's hurried withdrawal of an advertisement to contract out primary care trust management services as 'unfortunate' ' but stood by the government's assertion of the need to bring in private sector commissioning experience.
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RCN wants 'teeth' behind advertising code
Organisations that break the forthcoming NHS code on advertising and marketing should be forced to pay up or lose contracts, the Royal College of Nursing has suggested.
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NHS looks to Sainsbury's for social advertising ideas
Corporate advertising expenditure can be as important for public health as the NHS's own money, according to public health minister Caroline Flint.
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Minister calls for realism on drink advice-
GPs and other primary care practitioners should not worry about being 'paragons of virtue' in their own drinking habits before they give advice on sensible drinking to patients, health minister Caroline Flint has said.
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BMA gives 'shocking' business advice to GPs
The British Medical Association has urged GP practices to consider turning new patients away and cutting enhanced services to balance books.
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NHS and politics inseparable, says PM adviser
An NHS independent of politics and politicians is 'a chimera' and risks undermining its tax-funded base, Professor Paul Corrigan, health adviser to the prime minister, told a King's Fund debate last week.
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East Sussex A&E proposals criticised by local MPs
Trust considers alternating emergency care service between hospitals
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Scottish government reverses A&E closures
Two Scottish health boards have been given until the end of the year to come up with revised proposals after the new Scottish National Party government overturned decisions to close accident and emergency departments.
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Alberti to intervene in A&E dispute
NHS emergency access czar Professor Sir George Alberti has been asked to review one of London's most contentious reconfigurations.
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Sir Ian warns against complacency after 'creditable' recovery
Cutting the NHS's net deficit to £512m was a 'creditable' performance ' but cannot be used an excuse for complacency, acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers told HSJ.
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Future of London chief up in the air after Nicholson appointment
The post of chief executive of the NHS in London could be re-advertised following David Nicholson's appointment as NHS chief executive.
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Apology after appointments code breach
The NHS Appointments Commission breached the code of openness and transparency in its controversial appointment of a chair for NHS London.
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Brent PCT faces scrutiny after council wrangle
Brent primary care trust is under investigation by NHS London following concerns over its governance and financial management.
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Hewitt prioritises PBC after GPs and managers dismiss impact
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has promised that support for practice-based commissioning will be an 'absolute priority' for the NHS over the next year.
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Black marks against Brown in HSJ survey
Fewer than one in three health managers and clinicians believe the NHS is safe in Gordon Brown's hands, according to an HSJ survey.
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Under-fire agency plans its future
Patient safety expertise could be moved from the centre to the NHS locally as part of an internal review of the National Patient Safety Agency's future, HSJunderstands.
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Agency to aid foundation bids in London
London's 34 non-foundation provider organisations will be performance managed by a new agency to help them push towards foundation status.
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'Super agency' merger on hold
A merger between the Department of Health's commercial directorate and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has been delayed until October, HSJ has learned.