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Employ more cleaners to fight infections, hospitals told
Unison has called for minimum staffing levels to be set for hospital cleaning to help combat infections.The union says hospitals need to employ two cleaners per shift for every 30 patients from 8am to 9pm.
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Career path: leader in mental health
Jenny McAleese explains how she rose to the top of a specialist mental health provider and helped to turn around its finances
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Shrinking office space risks patient confidentiality
Doctors have less office space than a year ago and over half of doctors say they do not have adequate office resources, according to a survey by the British Medical Association.
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York researchers named senior investigators
Five researchers from York University have been appointed to the NHS College of Senior Investigators.
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Let fathers bond with newborns, says think tank
Fathers are shut out at the birth of their children and are often prevented from bonding with them, according to a report by think tank the Fatherhood Institute.
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Include older people's needs in health policy, says BMA
The British Medical Association in Northern Ireland and Irish Medical Association are to present a joint policy paper on the care of older people to the European Parliament.
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Scotland pledges £6m to fight childhood obesity
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced £6m of funding to tackle childhood obesity.Health boards will be asked to set up weight treatment programmes for children aged five to 15 to promote healthy eating and physical activity and address the causes of weight gain.
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Royal College of Surgeons elects president
John Black has been elected president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, replacing Bernard Ribeiro.
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Royal College of Physicians publishes annual report
The Royal College of Physicians has published its annual report.
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BMA celebrates pensions decision
The British Medical Association has welcomed the government's decision not to appeal against the outcome of the judicial review into the calculation of GP pensions.
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Practice-based commissioning results published
The latest wave three practice-based commissioning results from the GP practice survey have been released.
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Psychological therapies toolkit launched
The Department of Health has published a toolkit for improving access to psychological therapies.It aims to help primary care trusts implement National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on depression and anxiety disorders.
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Three more ISTCs get green light
Three more phase two independent sector treatment centre schemes have been given the go-ahead by the Department of Health and Treasury's value for money reviews.
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Staffordshire ambulance safety warning
Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust took risks with the safety of patients, staff and volunteers, the Healthcare Commission has found.In an investigation covering April 2004 to June 2007, the commission found problems relating to the poor management of controlled drugs, emergency ambulance volunteers and its out-of-hours GP service.
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Working time directive concerns for junior doctors
The introduction of the European working time directive in August could hit junior doctor training, the British Medical Association has claimed.
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NHS Choices vision revealed
A report outlining the Department of Health's vision for the future of NHS Choices has been unveiled.
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Patient safety tops list of complaints to Healthcare Commission
Patient safety has emerged as the biggest area of concern in complaints that are handled by the Healthcare Commission.
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Concern at slow response to review of brutal murder
The chair of an inquiry into the brutal murder of a man with learning disabilities has said she is 'hugely disappointed' by the NHS's failure to address the problems it identified.
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Gibb sues former employer
Rose Gibb, the former chief executive who received a £75,000 pay-off after presiding over a fatal infection outbreak, was prepared to 'stay and face the music', according to her trade union. She is suing her former employer for a further £175,000 plus interest, claiming she was forced to leave.