News – Page 1603
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NewsNHS joins Black History month celebration
The NHS has launched a new website dedicated to putting the spotlight on black health heroes as part of the UK-wide Black History month.
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NewsShadow health secretary wastes no time in attacking NHS cuts
Newly appointed Labour shadow health secretary John Healey has targeted trust’s plans to cut accident and emergency, and maternity services in his first attack on the government.
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NewsPrivate tests 'need monitoring'
Regulators should have a bigger role in monitoring private companies offering body scans, genetic testing and medicines online, a report has said.
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NewsDrug treatment referrals criticised
The head of a drug rehabilitation facility has claimed it is being prevented from treating Scottish patients, and raised concerns about Scottish government drug policy.
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News'Unfair' final salary pensions set to go
Final salary NHS pensions look set to be abolished after an interim national review found they unfairly benefit “high flyers”.
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NewsClaire Rayner dies with warning on NHS reform
The patients’ rights campaigner Claire Rayner, who died on Monday, told her relatives she wanted her last words to be: “Tell David Cameron that if he screws up my beloved NHS I’ll come back and bloody haunt him.”
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NewsLansley plays down 'scale and pace' concerns over GP commissioning
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has attempted to play down the scale and pace of the white paper changes, following widespread concerns expressed in response to the consultation.
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NewsTransition plan 'risky' says Confed
The proposed transition to a reformed health service will lead to “very real” risks, the NHS Confederation has said.
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NewsFoundation Trust Network considers Confed split as director suspended
The Foundation Trust Network has drawn up plans to leave the NHS Confederation, prompting opposition within the organisation, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFuture RCGP leader issues warning on 'market expansion'
The government’s planned expansion of the “any willing provider” is the biggest issue concerning GPs, according to the chair elect of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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NewsCentrally held patient records 'could save lives'
Centrally-held electronic records of core patient information could save lives and should be available in emergency situations, a Department of Health review has found.
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NewsNHS advised on nutrition for older people
New guidelines have been published aimed at driving up the quality of meals served to old people.
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NewsSoftware error blamed for false obesity letters
Hundreds of children may have been wrongly told they are overweight because of a “software error”, the NHS Information Centre has said.
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NewsReform timetable ambitious but achievable - Lansley
The timetable for implementing reforms of the NHS is “ambitious” but not unachievable, the health secretary has said.
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NewsLansley confirms summary care record roll-out will proceed
The national roll-out of patient summary care records will continue, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsClimate change is 'cholera of our time', says public health expert
The transfer of commissioning from primary care trusts to GPs should be used to help drive environmentally friendly policies, according to the head of the NHS sustainable development unit.
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NewsLansley warned on 'disenfranchised' salaried GPs
One of the country’s leading GPs has advised the health secretary to ensure younger doctors are incentivised to get involved in commissioning, or risk losing them to the private sector.
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NewsBreast cancer screening not meeting digital switchover target
Over a third of breast cancer screening programmes are yet to meet a commitment to upgrade to digital mammography screening by this year.
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NewsShadow health secretary named
The new shadow health secretary is John Healey, former housing minister and member of Gordon Brown’s cabinet.
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NewsGPs sceptical reforms will benefit patients
Most GPs are sceptical that the government’s planned overhaul of the NHS will actually benefit patients, a poll suggested.