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Doctors may strike over contract delays
Twelve and half thousand senior hospital doctors may take strike action after walking away from negotiations over their contract, complaining the government is taking too long to sign it off.
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Scotland urged to look beyond GPs for out-of-hours services
NHS boards will have to look beyond GPs to provide primary care out of hours if services are to be sustainable, Audit Scotland has warned.
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Suffolk delays terminating PMS contracts
Suffolk primary care trust has said it will delay terminating the personal medical services contracts it holds with 46 practices in the area.
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Call to action as killings continue to fail service users and public
A lack of government guidance means SHAs and mental health trusts have little clarity in how to examine why service users were able to kill. Investigations drag on and findings from cases as long ago as 1996 have not been acted on. Charlotte Santry reports
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Johnson praised for backing reform plans
Health secretary Alan Johnson has been commended for backing managers' plans to reconfigure hospital services in Manchester - as Conservatives face the fallout from a row about district general hospitals.
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Pilots making little difference
Pilots designed to drive the government's flagship policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference, according to research.
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Pilots making little difference
Pilots designed to drive the government's flagship policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference, according to research.
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Johnson praised for backing reform plans
Health secretary Alan Johnson has been commended for backing managers' plans to reconfigure hospital services in Manchester - as Conservatives face the fallout from a row about district general hospitals.
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In this week's HSJ
NewsPrimary care trusts that demonstrate they are 'world-class commissioners' could be rewarded with foundation trust-style freedoms.Health secretary Alan Johnson has been commended for backing managers' plans to reconfigure hospital services in Manchester - as Conservatives face the fallout from a row about district general hospitals.More than£80m has been 'wasted' on ...
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Survey raises concerns over elder abuse
A Help the Aged survey has found that 68 per cent of nurses and professionals caring for vulnerable older people lack training to deal with abuse of the elderly.
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NHS forecasts £983m surplus
The NHS is forecasting a surplus for this financial year, with the majority of NHS trusts in balance, the Department of Health has said.
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Most premises displaying no-smoking signs
Fifteen per cent of premises inspected in England were not displaying mandatory no-smoking signs, according to latest figures.
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Survey reveals concerns over eye tests
Almost half of eye examinations are of poor or very poor quality, according to a survey by consumer watchdog Which?
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Out-of-hours services are unsustainable, report claims
The out-of-hours GP service in Scotland is unsustainable in its current form, a report by Audit Scotland says.
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Finance chiefs confess to burying bad news
Trust chief executives and finance directors are reluctant to publish bad financial forecasts for fear of losing their jobs.
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Cigarette packets to carry graphic warnings
Graphic pictures illustrating the effects smoking can have on health will be printed on all cigarette packets from next year, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.
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Nursing council publishes fitness to practise report
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published its annual fitness to practise report for 2005-06.
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Doctors call for lower speed limit
All routes used for walking to school in Wales should be designated 20 mph zones, according to Welsh doctors' leaders.
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Academic health science centre gets go-ahead
TheUK’s first academic health science centre has been given the green light by health secretary Alan Johnson.
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Welsh minister announces early years recruitment drive
Welsh children's minister Jane Hutt has launched a recruitment drive covering the early years sector.