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BMA to ballot GPs over mass resignation proposal
All GPs are to be balloted by the British Medical Association on whether they would be prepared to resign from the NHS in a year's time. The decision to ballot was taken by the BMA's GP committee, which wants to know if GPs would be prepared to take action if ...
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Fox pledge to banish 'postcode lottery'
Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox has described health authorites as a 'bureaucratic burden' - and promised an end to the 'postcode lottery' of treatment should his party win the election.
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Looking behind the screens
Keeping healthy 'down below' Sheila Hollins and Jackie Downer Gaskell 47 pages £10 Looking after my breasts By Sheila Hollins and Wendy Perez Gaskell 53 pages £10
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Benefit of modifying fat consumption is 'limited'
Coincidence or a straw in the wind? In March, two of the world's leading research journals carried reports that make gloomy reading for anyone with an interest in public health. One was a systematic review of published research, the other a journalistic essay. But both pointed to quietly accumulating weaknesses ...
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Last-ditch push for social care bill
The government faces its toughest battle so far in its bid to push controversial measures in the Health and Social Care Bill through the House of Lords this week.
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Sacked boss cleared of harassment sues trust
A chief executive sacked after being cleared of sexual harassment at an employment tribunal is to sue his former trust.
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Bridging the gap
A move from NHS dentistry into private practice, combined with dentists'general reluctance to work in 'unattractive'areas, is leaving great swathes of the population without dental care. Lynn Eaton reports
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On the crest of a new wave in West Bromwich and Sandwell
Patients in West Bromwich and Sandwell could be among the first to benefit from the new wave of ambulatory care and diagnostic centres.
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Too many dentists spoil the broth?
The run-down of NHS dentistry over the past decade could be a blessing in disguise, according to a controversial review published by the Consumers'Association earlier this month.
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GP charges would be 'bureaucratic nightmare'
A survey suggesting some GPs are in favour of charging patients for appointments in a move to cut time-wasting has been attacked by the NHS Confederation. Published in The Times, the survey was conducted by the doctors'website Medix-UK and attracted some 900 respondents. But it has provoked an angry reaction ...
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An inspector called - and how one hospital responded
Not many estates and facilities directors will admit that their hospital fell into the 'bright red' category in the first round of PEAT inspections, but Bob Pepper, of Pembury Hospital in Kent, is that rare exception.
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Carcass incineration sparks notes review
Thousands of doctors' records in North Cumbria are to be examined to discover if there has been any rise in the numbers of patients reporting respiratory illness since the incineration of animals began in the area as a result of foot and mouth disease.
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Deputy's suspension 'linked to court case'
The suspension of the deputy chief executive of Ashworth highsecurity hospital is understood to relate to a forthcoming court case involving a former senior manager at the hospital, according to HSJ sources.
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Golden Staph illnesses caused by resistant strains
Understanding a problem may help to solve it - but can also reveal it to be tougher than anticipated. So it is with Staphylococcus aureus, the Golden Staph: a never-ending headache for infection-control staff in hospitals, and responsible for the disruption caused by ward closures when it gets out of ...
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Senior chief quits to escape NHS pressures
One of Scotland's most senior health service managers is the latest to quit the NHS front line in an attempt to get a better work-life balance.
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Helicopter clash chief under fire
The job of Mersey ambulance chief David Todhunter is hanging in the balance after his trust was forced to apologise to the family of a woman who died when her helicopter transfer was delayed because he became embroiled in a personal row.