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Short Cuts: Cooper launches access to shops consultation
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has launched a consultation document on improving access to shops for people living in deprived neighbourhoods. Ideas include a scheme to guarantee loans (making it easier to establish new businesses), shops owned by the community, better marketing of goods in local stores and tackling crime. ...
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Clean bill of health for accounts
The NHS's accounts have received a clean bill of health for an unprecedented fifth year running, NHS finance director Colin Reeves was due to announce yesterday.
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Short Cuts: Unison backs campaign against domestic violence
The Women's Aid Federation of England has launched a campaign, A Future Without Fear, to tackle domestic violence. The campaign is supported by Unison, which said it would raise the issue with employers and negotiate workplace policies to help women. 'Unison members come into contact with victims of abuse through ...
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In Brief: Help the Aged
Managers should make sure staff give priority to the essential care needs of elderly people - such as help with personal hygiene, eating and drinking and going to the toilet - according to a good practice guide published by Help the Aged.
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AIDS strategy 'must tackle rising infection'
The government's national HIV and AIDS strategy will need to tackle rising levels of sexually transmitted infections in young gay men and 'micro-epidemics' among heterosexuals, according to the National AIDS Trust.
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In Brief: Breast Test Wales Annual Report
Breast Test Wales' annual report says it is 'on course' to reduce breast cancer deaths by 25 per cent by 2002. More than 3,700 cases have been detected since it was set up 10 years ago, helping to cut death rates among women aged 55 to 69 from 109 per ...
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MPs want power to vet senior NHS appointments
MPs should have the power to vet senior non-executive appointments to NHS bodies in much the same way as US congressional committees hold 'confirmation hearings', according to an MPs' report.
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Young people's diet 'was better' during post-war austerity years
Children ate a better diet in the postwar austerity years of the 1950s than they do today, according to research from the Medical Research Council.
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In Brief: East Kent health authority
East Kent health authority has decided not to challenge court rulings that the screening service at Kent and Canterbury Hospital was negligent in not detecting cell changes in three women who developed a rare form of cervical cancer. Last weekend HA chair Francis Stewart wrote to the women apologising for ...
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Plan to cut back independent inquiries into killings floated
Independent inquiries into killings by mentally ill people would cease to be mandatory under draft proposals commissioned by the Department of Health.
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Two-week cancer target 'backfires'
The government's two-week target for cancer referrals has backfired, forcing many women with breast cancer to wait several months to see a specialist, according to new evidence.