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Advice on investigating child injuries
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Royal College of Radiologists have jointly published guidance on investigating suspected non-accidental injuries in children.
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New guidance on mental health transfers
The Department of Health has published guidance on transferring mental health patients between places of safety.
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£12m funding for physical activity in Scotland
Public health minister Shona Robison has announced £12m of funding for physical activity initiatives in schools, workplaces, homes and across communities.
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NHS recruits urged to join donor register
New NHS recruits are being urged to sign up to the NHS organ donor register.Leaflets on organ donation have been included in the induction packs handed out to new starters in the NHS. NHS Careers and UK Transplant are beind the initiative.
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NCT offers maternity information packs
The NCT has launched a set of information packs that employers can buy to give to staff as part of their maternity benefits policy.
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Midwives told to reject pay deal
The governing council of the Royal College of Midwives has voted to recommend that members reject the government's three-year pay offer for midwives.
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Healthcare Commission launches spot checks
The Healthcare Commission today launched the biggest inspection programme ever carried out in NHS acute trusts to check whether they are meeting standards on infection control.
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Blood infection inquiry announced
The Scottish government is to hold a public inquiry into why people were infected with hepatitis C and HIV through blood and blood products in the Scottish NHS in the 1980s.
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MRSA levels plateau in England
MRSA bloodstream infection levels have plateaued in England, the Health Protection Agency has revealed.The agency today published its latest quarterly report, which showed that between October and December 2007 1,087 cases were reported, compared with 1,080 in the previous quarter.
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Government firm on pay offer in face of threats
The government has made it clear it will not back down over NHS pay, despite threats of industrial action.
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Choose and book update postponed
NHS Connecting for Health has postponed the release of updated choose and book software after the current version gave some patients other people's appointments.
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Exclusive GP practices are unacceptable
I am sure your article 'NHS funds exclusive GP practices' will make local people and the public very angry, writes Karen Jennings
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Payment by results is a blunt tool
Simon Stevens' piece on payment by results summarised some of the shortcomings of the system, but not all the disadvantages as seen from a commissioning and public health viewpoint, writes Peter Brambleby
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Will IT systems work for polyclinics?
The NHS care records service was always intended to enable information to be provided when and where needed, irrespective of care setting, writes Jeremy Thorp
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European Commission warned over drug promotion
Prescribing budgets could come under pressure as a result of European Commission proposals to let drug companies provide information directly to patients.
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Trusts encouraged to foster patient loyalty
NHS trusts that do not grasp marketing opportunities in this era of free patient choice risk becoming 'sink hospitals, withering on the vine', marketing experts have warned.
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Staff survey wake-up call
The results of this year's Healthcare Commission staff survey should serve as a wake-up call for anyone with a passion for a world class healthcare system that performs at its peak, writes Derek Mowbray
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Routine data submission is crucial
While I agree with much of the content in the article, 'Care quality data is too hard to pin down', I would emphasise that the quality of data available from the independent and third sectors is no worse than that available in the NHS. And in some instances it is ...
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Charging GPs for A&E visits could put older people at risk
Proposals to charge GPs the cost of treatment of people who visit accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres 'inappropriately' are very worrying, writes Gordon Lishman
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Scottish doctors to vote on no-confidence motion
Scottish GPs are set to consider a vote of no confidence in the UK government's stewardship of the NHS.