Primary Care – Page 255
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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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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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Welsh minister announces early years recruitment drive
Welsh children's minister Jane Hutt has launched a recruitment drive covering the early years sector.
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HSJ Knowledge
Apollo mission to improve
A free tool created by the national diabetes audit enables GP practices to save time by extracting data from primary care clinical systems automatically
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Dental association calls for amnesty on financial penalties
The British Dental Association has called for an amnesty on financial penalties against dentists who failed to complete their units of dental activity target in 2006-07.
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New prescribing powers for optometrists
Optometrists will now be able to train for independent prescribing powers.
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Choose and book codes
GPs have been reminded of the choice read codes for this year's choose and book direct enhanced service.
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£159m dental shortfall
Dental budgets are facing a £159m shortfall, according to the British Dental Association.
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UK has worst stroke outcomes, study finds
The UK has the worst outcomes for stroke services in western Europe, a study has found.
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Introducing direct payments into care homes
Direct payment budgets could be extended to people living in care settings to allow residents to make individual choices from healthcare services available to them, says David Janner-Klausner
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Exclusive: NHS gets first medical director as Sir Liam's role is scaled back
Leading cardiac surgeon and president of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been appointed as the Department of Health's medical director, HSJ has learnt.
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Exclusive: NHS gets first medical director as Sir Liam's role is scaled back
Leading cardiac surgeon and president of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been appointed as the Department of Health's medical director, HSJ has learnt.
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HSJ Knowledge
Strategies for tackling obesity
A number of approaches have been successful in delivering cost-effective obesity management in the NHS. Ailsa Brotherton and Carol Pinder explain
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Legal briefing: when your private life isn't so private
Employees whose out-of-hours activities compromise their employer's reputation could face serious consequences, writes Claire Reynolds
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Hospital health advice and toolkit
Cheshire and Merseyside Partnerships for Health, the public health network forCheshireand Merseyside, has added two useful documents to its page.
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Sexual health courses in London
The South West London HIV and GUM clinical services network will be holding two-day sexual health courses in the coming months.
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Success Through Partnership conference
Presentations from the Success Through Partnership health and travel conference, held in May at Nottingham University Hospitals trust, are now available to download from the website of Spokes, the NHS Cycling Network.Click here to read the presentations
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Optimising health outcomes through networking
Measuring outcomes should become part of the mainstream commissioning process, says Stuart Rowe
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Myth-buster: they choose or you lose
Never mind what the sceptics say, patient choice is a powerful policy that will make or break providers, says Stephen Black
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Media Watch
Managers could breathe a sigh of relief this week as the glare of the media spotlight was focusing on money-grabbing GPs as opposed to bureaucrats.