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IPPR: honesty over unsafe hospitals is the best policy
A 'conspiracy of silence' over the poor safety of hospitals is fuelling opposition to reconfigurations, the Institute for Public Policy Research has warned.
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United on the streets in day of protests
With placards, banners and, in some cases, daffodils, campaigners took to the streets on Saturday to protest over, well, just about everything. NHS job cuts, service closures, marketisation - all were targets of the day of action which saw rallies and marches take place across England and Northern Ireland.
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News analysis: Primary care chiefs: a reorganisation too far
In the second of a three-part series, Victoria Vaughan turned to primary care trust chief executives for their views on Tony Blair's legacy to the NHS. They were found angry and disheartened by continued change.
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'Psychiatric asbos' slammed
The Department of Health has published a report on the international experience of community treatment orders commissioned from the Institute of Psychiatry a year ago. But it has been greeted with outrage by pressure groups and the Conservatives who say the report shows 'psychiatric asbos' do not work and therefore ...
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PCT network attacks 'unfair' reporting of top-slice effect
Primary care leaders are calling for changes to the way finances are reported after it emerged that the vast majority of current primary care trust debts are the result of top-slicing.
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Government envisions a budget for every patient
Individual budgets as piloted in social care could be used in healthcare, according to the government's Commissioning framework for health and well being.
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Commissioner demands a better deal for children
Children's hospital services are woefully inadequate, a Healthcare Commission review has shown. Children's commissioner Al Aynsley-Green said was the verdict was 'disappointing but not surprising'.
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MPs quiz Dr Foster's 'cosy relations' with Whitehall
The Department of Health struck a £12m deal with healthcare analyst Dr Foster without talking to any of the firm's rivals, it emerged this week.
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Gay men's health study announced
Public Health Minister Caroline Flint today announced that the government is to fund a major study looking at why some gay men appear to be taking more risks with their sexual health in recent years.The results of the study will help the NHS and gay men's health organisations with their ...
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Government to review Modernising Medical Careers
The Department of Health has announced a review into round one of Modernising Medical Careers recruitment and selection into specialist training, made through the medical training and application service. The move follows discussions with the medical Royal Colleges and the British Medical AssociationThe DoH said: 'It is clear that there ...
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New campaign to encourage social care careers
The Department of Health has launched a campaign to boost the number of people taking up a career in social care. The campaign aims to attract applicants to the social care sector, which needs thousands of new recruits each year.The adverts on TV, radio and press break new ground in ...
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Pharmaceutical company ordered to withdraw advertising
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has requested Pfizer to withdraw an advertisement making potentially misleading claims about Zyvox (linezolid), an antibiotic used to treat certain types of serious infection.The MHRA became aware of the advertisement in the BMJ claiming that Zyvox has superior cure rates compared to products ...
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Global health strategy proposals launched
The need for a global health strategy in order to protect the health of the UK was outlined in a report by chief medical officer Professor Sir Liam Donaldson.The CMO made the case for concerted action on global health and for developing a strategy that will benefit the health of ...
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Plans to speed innovation revealed
The government and medical devices industry have published plans to accelerate the use of medical innovation more widely across the NHS. The report Innovation for health: making a difference is the culmination of joint work led by the healthcare industries task force strategic implementation group. Among six recommendations agreed by ...
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Non-executive network appoints lead
Rosanne Corben has been elected national lead for the NHS Alliance network for primary care trust non-executive directors and chairs, Nednet. She takes over from John Chapman who remains as network facilitator.
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Trusts warned over property maintenance
The Health and Safety Executive has warned the NHS to maintain its properties effectively. It follows a successful action brought by the organisation against South West London and St George's Mental Health trust after a man fell at Springfield University Hospital and subsequently died.The trust was fined £7,500 and asked ...
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Wales takes delivery of new ambulances
The first of 119 new ambulances, 67 patient transport services vehicles and 40 rapid response vehicles were due to be delivered today to the Welsh Ambulance Service trust.Two-thirds of the ambulances will be operational this month with the remainder by mid-May. The new fleet is the result of a £16m ...
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Cash boost for health inequalities
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced an extra £8.9m for local authorities in 81 areas across the country to invest in schemes to tackle health inequalities. She also invited views on working arrangements in the commissioning framework for health and well-being, which will bring local councils and the NHS closer ...
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Audiology waits 'unacceptable' says minister
Patients face 'unacceptably long waits' for audiology services, according to care services minister Ivan Lewis in his foreword to today's Improving Access to Audiology Services in England national framework.He calls for a 'radical reduction' in waiting so that the most complex cases are treated within the end-of-2008 18-week target, and ...
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No evidence for oxygen therapy
Insufficient clinical evidence exists to justify using oxygen therapy for heart attack patients, a medical expert has claimed. Professor Richard Beasley of the Medical Research Institute in New Zealand says in the latest edition of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine that clinical dogma should be challenged on ...