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No to elected boards in Scotland - BMA
The BMA is urging Scottish MPs to vote against the government’s proposal to introduce direct elections to health boards. NHS Scotland should instead focus on improving public involvement structures, the BMA says.
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Improvements for smear tests
There has been a 55 per cent drop in the rate of unsatisfactory smear tests in Wales since the introduction of liquid-based cytology, a report by the National Public Health Service has found. Liquid-based cytology brings significant improvements over the wooden spatula method, the report said.
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Ministers vs GPs: how did it come to this?
The GP contract talks have been played out for the public, with both sides taking to the airwaves. Ingrid Torjesen explores why a couple of extra hours a week has created such a conflict
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Hospitals gain ground in acute services battle
Three West Sussex hospitals have moved a step closer to retaining many of their acute services.
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Act now to avoid crisis, says RCN
The Department of Health must recognise the need to train thousands more nurses now to meet 'unprecedented' demand by 2030, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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Doctors move to vote yes, under protest
GPs will be persuaded to vote yes to the government's offer on extended hours, according to a poll of GPs.
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Councils given chance to offload burdens
An independent review body has launched an investigation into the factors that hinder partnership work between health and social care services.
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Private sector deals face audit office scrutiny
The National Audit Office is to investigate the Department of Health's decision to cancel a large swathe of its independent sector treatment centre programme.
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Ambulance services deny claims of patient stacking
Ambulance services and the Department of Health have hit back at claims that patients are being deliberately detained in ambulances to ensure hospitals hit accident and emergency waiting-time targets.
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Cardiac target to cut deaths met early
The NHS has made 'outstanding progress' in managing cardio- vascular disease, according to two reports published this week.
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Basic data 'should be free'
The chief executive of the Information Centre has promised to 'put right' the perception that Dr Foster has Intelligence unfair access to NHS data.
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Accounting change could strain PFI
The Department of Health has refused to say whether or not it has set aside any resources to help trusts cope with a major change to private finance initiative schemes later this year.
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Trust plans to scrap jobs and shelve units
Trafford Healthcare trust has launched a turnaround plan in a bid to avoid a £7m deficit next year.
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Ministers press for more child palliative care
Ministers have made it clear they expect primary care trusts to spend more on children's palliative care.
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Johnson irks committee as he ducks careers queries
Health secretary Alan Johnson has rankled MPs by refusing to answer questions at a health select committee inquiry into Modernising Medical Careers.Mr Johnson batted off a series of questions about junior doctors' training, saying he could not comment before the Department of Health's formal response to the Tooke report.
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Unions warn nurses will be jack of all trades
Nurses will become mere 'handmaidens' who lack leadership skills under planned changes to nursing careers, unions have warned.
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Gill Morgan to leave NHS Confederation
Gill Morgan is to step down as chief executive of the NHS Confederation to become permanent secretary to the Welsh Assembly Government.The confederation announced today it will be seeking a new chief executive to replace Ms Morgan when she leaves in May. Steve Barnett, director of NHS Employers, will be ...
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NHS 'failing skin disease patients'
Patients with the chronic skin disease psoriasis are experiencing sub-standard levels of care, according to a survey by the British Association of Dermatologists and Royal College of Physicians.
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New guidance on sexual health targets
The Department of Health has published new best practice guidance to help primary care trusts hit targets designed to ensure swift access to sexual health services.
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Doctors struggle as numbers in temporary cells grow
Doctors are struggling to care for the growing number of prisoners housed in temporary cells, the British Medical Association said today.