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NewsLandmark prescription laws come into force
The UK has become the first country in the world to allow physiotherapists and podiatrists to prescribe drugs to their patients.
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NewsPatient feedback hub launched but 2015 target reconsidered
NHS England has “soft launched” a flagship transparency project which allows patients to give real time feedback on their hospital experience.
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NewsHSJ Live: 20.08.13 Debate over value of NHS Health Checks
Researchers claim NHS Health Checks are a waste of time, delays to the national launch of real time patient feedback hub and the rest of today’s news and comments
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NewsAgency staff spending expected to rise
Spending on agency staff in NHS hospitals is predicted to climb as frontline pressures intensify, according to a report shared with Health Service Journal.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs abandon flagship regional pathology reorganisation
Clinical commissioning groups have abandoned a £500m flagship regional reorganisation of pathology services, dealing a major blow to efforts to bring about major changes in the sector, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsOne in five councils allocates no child obesity cash, official figures show
Almost a fifth of top-tier councils appear not to have earmarked any funding for tackling child obesity this year, according to official figures.
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NewsPHE says flu and cold weather to blame for spike in excess deaths
The national public health oversight body has said excess deaths during winter 2012-13 “would seem to be” due to “a combination of circulating influenza and cold weather”.
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NewsMedical chief tried hash cookies
England’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, has admitted eating hash cookies at university.
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NewsGPs warning over care of elderly
The majority of family doctors are concerned that they will not be able to properly care for vulnerable older patients because they are struggling to cope with “spiralling workloads and dwindling resources”, leading doctors said.
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NewsHSJ Live 19.08.2013
Nurses teaching CCGs about procurement and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Analysis reveals waiting list surge as hospital demand climbs
Demand for hospital services is reaching record levels with the number of patients on the elective waiting list hitting a five year high, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsRedistributing CCG funding could mean real terms cuts, NHS England warns
NHS England issues stark warning as it publishes details of potential winners and losers from proposed new funding formula
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NewsNew head injury guidelines announced
People who suffer a head injury and require an ambulance should be taken straight to hospitals with resuscitation equipment, according to new guidelines.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.08.2013: Waiting lists at a five-year high
Hospital waiting lists at a five-year high, improving dementia care and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsAnalysed: Rewiring Manchester's mental health services
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing analyses moves to address shortcomings in Manchester’s mental health provision
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NHS staff with HIV ban to be lifted
The government is to lift a ban on NHS workers with HIV carrying out certain procedures on patients.
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NewsHSJ Live: 15.08.13: PHE publishes report on excess winter deaths
Medicines optimisation is key focus for CCGs, and the rest of today’s news and comments
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NewsBoris Johnson: 'The mayoralty should have a bigger role in healthcare'
The mayor of London has used an HSJ interview to vow to back hospital reconfiguration projects that have the support of clinicians.
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NewsExclusive: Primary care chief wants GPs to form larger providers
GPs should form larger provider organisations or networks as part of a rapid development of out-of-hospital services, England’s lead GP is proposing.