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Will next month's ban fire up PCT stop-smoking services?
With the smoking ban just days away, the government points to huge funding boosts for smoking cessation, but is the money hitting home? Daloni Carlisle reports
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LINks scrutiny system to bar patient networks from access to key services
Local involvement networks, set to replace public and patient involvement forums, will be denied access to mental health facilities, children's care homes and non-communal areas of residential care homes.
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Weekly scrutiny for SHAs: junior doctor recruitment will be top priority
Strategic health authorities are to be scrutinised each week over their handling of the next round of the controversial recruitment process for junior doctors.
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Study points to QOF gaming
A government-funded study has found GPs are gaming their quality and outcomes scores to increase their income.
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Trusts face monitoring on take-up of private services
Primary care trusts in the North West risk being performance managed on the number of patients who use the private sector-operated national clinical assessment services across the patch, HSJ has learned.
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Service cuts urged at non-PFI hospitals
Primary care trusts wanting to reconfigure services were given a stark message in an economic analysis prepared for the NHS in London: financially, it will make sense to cut beds and services at non-private finance initiative hospitals.
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Bill exposes flaws in plans for greater patient involvement
'One of the strengths of the local involvement networks was supposed to be that, rather than examining the services in a particular institution, they could range across a whole area to gain a rounded view of all aspects of services users' experiences'
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DoH publishes national patient choice survey
The Department of Health has published the results of the January 2007 national patient choice survey for England, which reveal that 45 per cent of patients recalled being offered a choice of hospitals for their first outpatient appointment.
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'Wreckage could sink Brown's flagship NHS policy'
In a speech to the UK's family doctor conference today, GP chair Dr Hamish Meldrum said that unless Gordon Brown 'clears the obstacles out of the way', the government's flagship NHS policy of cutting patient waiting times to 18 weeks will fail.
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Diabetes fact sheet to help health professionals
The National Diabetes Support Team has published a fact sheet to help health professionals plan the care of people with the condition.
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DoH publishes diagnostic waiting times
The Department of Health has published the latest waiting times for diagnostic procedures.
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Mental Health Bill amendments
The government has made new amendments to the Mental Health Bill.
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Report addresses fairness in the NHS
The British Medical Association has published a report on how the NHS can ensure disabled people are treated fairly.
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New initiative reaches out to carers
A 'New Deal for Carers' consultation has been launched by the Department of Health.
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Minor injuries are part of growing up, says charity
Children need wilder places to play where they can take risks, says the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
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Overseas dentists face new exam
The General Dental Council will replace the international qualifying examination for overseas dentists with a new overseas registration examination this September.
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Extended medical assessment for veterans
A free mental health assessment for veterans of conflicts in the Falklands and Afghanistan has been launched.
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July pay rise for Scottish NHS staff
NHS staff in Scotland will receive a 2.5 per cent unstaged pay award next month.
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Increase in patient choice awareness
The percentage of patients aware of and offered choice continues to rise, according to figures published by the Department of Health.
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Food safety warning over warm weather
The Food and Drink Federation has warned that extra care should be taken with food in warm weather.