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Trials offer support to staff with depression
A tool for supporting staff with depression is being tested with employers including the Department of Health, Kent County Council, Oxleas foundation trust, the Royal Mail and Tate & Lyle.
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Pregnant women with epilepsy need better care, says charity
The British Epilepsy Association has launched a campaign to give health professionals the tools they need to offer better care to women with epilepsy who become pregnant or are planning a pregnancy.
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Clinical Leaders - Tell a colleague
HSJ.co.uk's new section for clinical leaders aims to bring together the clinicians who influence and aspire to influence the workings of the NHS.If you would like to add a colleague to the Clinical Leaders newsletter mailing list, send us their details. You can email anamika.rath@emap.comTo receive HSJ's weekly Clinical Leaders ...
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King's Fund reports variations in disease spend
A King's Fund report claims to reveal widespread variations in how much primary care trusts spend on treating different diseases, even after differing needs are taken into account.Spending varies 2.9 fold on mental health, 2.5 fold on cancer and 2.2 fold on circulatory diseases, according to Local Variations in Priorities: ...
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Pharmacists 'could reduce GP workloads by 20 per cent'
Pharmacists could reduce GP workloads by 20 per cent, the president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has told the British Pharmaceutical Conference.
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Credit crunch affecting public health, charity says
Research for the Blood Pressure Association has found the credit crunch is affecting public health, diet and fitness.
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Diabetes UK warns on diagnosis gap
Charity Diabetes UK has warned that NHS services in England are failing to diagnose people with type 2 diabetes.
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Medical isotope shortage could delay diagnostic exams
A global shortage of medical isotopes will cause delays and cancellations to diagnostic examinations across the UK and Europe in the next few weeks, the British Nuclear Medicine Society has warned.
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TUC warns of workplace bullying
One in seven workers say they have been bullied in their current job, with more people complaining of bullying in the public sector, according to a YouGov poll conducted for the TUC.General secretary Brendan Barber said: 'Every organisation needs to have an anti-bullying policy, and every manager should ensure that ...
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Organ donor campaign boosts sign-ups
A hard-hitting Scottish advertising campaign has led to a 300 per cent rise in the number of people signing up to be organ donors.
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New clinical directed enhanced services announced
NHS Employers and the GP committee of the British Medical Association have published joint guidance to primary care trusts and general practices on the five new clinical directed enhanced services for 2008-09.
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GPs unprepared for flu pandemic, survey finds
Many GP surgeries are unprepared for a flu pandemic, a risk survey has found.
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Unite members canvassed on industrial action
Members of Unite, the country's largest union, are being canvassed on a menu for industrial action to reverse the government's stand on below-inflation pay awards for NHS staff.
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Alan Johnson approves A&E closure plans
Health secretary Alan Johnson has given his backing to controversial plans to close the accident and emergency department at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, London.Proposals by Barnet, Enfield and Haringey primary care trusts, which had been referred to the independent reconfiguration panel, will see parts of the hospital rebuilt and ...
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Cut red tape, task force tells government
A government-appointed task force is calling on the Department of Health and the social care inspectorate to cut the amount of information they require health and social care staff to report back on.
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Variations in Scottish day surgery rates exposed
An Audit Scotland report has found variations in Scottish health boards' day surgery rates.
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Wales kicks off HPV vaccination scheme
The Welsh Assembly has launched its programme of HPV vaccination.
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DH's new alerting system to go live next week
The Department of Health's new central alerting system will replace the safety alert broadcast system and the chief medical officer's public health link from next Monday (8 September).
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Emma Dent on the need for moving help
In these pressed financial times, with estate agents twiddling their thumbs for lack of activity and thinking of sending their kids up chimneys to help pay the bills, I have struck on a way they can boost business.
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Large variations in quality of health regulation
Large variations in how much health regulators protect the public have been exposed in annual performance reviews.