News – Page 1620
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NewsGPs overlook public health for QOF cash
The quality and outcomes framework has resulted in GPs focusing too narrowly on certain conditions to the detriment of their wider public health role, the King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsIntegration of NHS Direct and NHS Choices raised by web review
The DH’s digital communications review describes the future of NHS Direct and NHS Choices as “unfinished business” - but stops short of recommending the two services should be merged.
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NewsUnion threatens judicial review over pace of NHS change
Unison has threatened to take the government to judicial review if the white paper reforms are implemented without proper consultation.
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News‘No strong evidence’ of too many NHS sites, claims DH
The DH digital communications review appears to reject the belief that there are too many NHS websites - a conclusion reached by the research commissioned to support the review.
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NewsLondon mayor seeks health funds role
London mayor Boris Johnson is looking to take over large parts of the capital’s public health budget instead of it being passed directly to councils.
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NewsOxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trusts paediatric cardiac surgery unit to remain closed
The paediatric cardiac surgery unit at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust should remain closed, according to a report published last week.
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NewsNHS staff must not be burdened with 'excessive workloads' as jobs are cut
NHS staff must not be burdened with “excessive workloads” as thousands of jobs disappear in the service, union leaders in Scotland have warned.
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NewsWakefield District PCT managers face axe
More than 40 management positions at Wakefield District Primary Care Trust are in jeopardy as part of wider cost-cutting measures, the Yorkshire Post has revealed.
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NewsPersonal health budget pilots raise concerns
Managers involved in the pilots for personal health budgets have expressed concerns over equity and increased cost, a report commissioned by the Department of Health says.
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NewsClosing GP surgeries over weekends 'unacceptable', says Sir Bruce Keogh
Treating continuity of care as a “holy grail” while denying patients access to services over weekends is “unacceptable”, the NHS medical director has told GPs.
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NewsNational Childbirth Trust wants maternity providers to go it alone
Maternity networks should be provider organisations and employ their own staff, according to a charity working with the government on the proposals.
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NewsNHS 'silences' 170 whistleblowers
A total of 170 whistleblowing doctors have been made to sign a confidentiality contract in the past 10 years, according to information passed to Channel 4 News and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
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NewsOne-stop health advice service launched
Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon will today launch the new NHS inform one-stop health advice service.
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NewsMinimum alcohol price policy announced
Manchester city centre could be the first in the country to set a minimum price for the sale of alcohol, it has been announced.
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NewsAssembly defends NHS pay protection
The Welsh Assembly has defended its decision to protect the salaries of top NHS executives who have fallen victim to restructuring changes at the health service.
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NewsDH criticises 'clearly unsatisfactory' European working time directive
The Department of Health will take a “robust approach” to revising the “clearly unsatisfactory” European working time directive as it applies to the NHS.
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NewsCoalition in 'reckless gamble' with NHS, says Burnham
Labour has accuse the coalition Government of a “reckless gamble” with the NHS which the party claims will throw the service into chaos.
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NewsNHS reforms 'boosting interest in foreign patients'
Government proposals to lift a cap on the proportion of income NHS hospitals can earn from private work led to a surge in interest in attracting patients from abroad, it has been reported.
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News'NHS not immune to cuts', warns Scottish BMA
Scottish doctors leaders said it would be “naive” to think the NHS can be immune from the impact of public spending cuts, it emerged.
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NewsMental health trust considering merger
A merger between Suffolk Mental Health Partnership and Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust is to be considered under new proposals.