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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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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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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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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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NHS to become unaffordable, says think tank
The cost of technological advances in healthcare will make the NHS increasingly unaffordable, the think tank Reform says in a report today. It says that diseases like cancer will become much more manageable and will not necessarily be fatal, increasing costs.www.reform.co.uk
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Campaign highlights hidden dangers of second-hand smoke
Second-hand smoke is an 'invisible killer', according to a new advertising campaign, launched by public health minister Caroline Flint today. Nearly 85 per cent of tobacco smoke is invisible and odourless, but it causes just as much harm to people's health as the smoke that is visible, according to the ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Geraint Lewis on predicting admissions and the wisdom of staff
Geraint Lewis on predictive risk algorithms
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Organisational energy
I agree totally with Helen Bevan's article on organisational energy but can't help thinking about the amount of energy being wasted in primary care trusts across the country as they grapple with the Commissioning a Patient-Led NHS.reconfiguration.
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Air conditioning on the NHS
Patients with breathing problems could soon be prescribed air conditioning on the NHS to help them cope with hot weather, health secretary Patricia Hewitt is expected to announce today. Those with a lung condition that worsens in warm weather could be given a £500 portable cooling unit for their homes.
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Hewitt defends nurses' pay offer
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has said the 2007-08 pay deal for NHS staff and GPs is 'sensible' and 'fair'. Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a 1.5 per cent rise in April and 1 per cent more in November; hospital doctors a flat £1,000; junior doctors 3 per cent; ...
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Day of protest tomorrow
Over 40 protests against health service cuts, closures and marketisation will take place tomorrow as part of the national day of action being co-ordinated by NHS Together, the campaign alliance of NHS staff unions and associations.Read more here
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Communities for Health best practice published
The Department of Health has published a report on case examples and best practice from the pilot areas of Communities for Health.Communities for Health: learning from the pilots details how communities have addressed a wide range of health issues and tackled health inequalities.Read the report here
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Research network to widen clinical studies access
The government has announced it will invest £2m a year in a new initiative to widen involvement in clinical studies.The Primary Care Research Network will consist of eight regional teams of specialist doctors, nurses and scientists who will work with GP practices, health centres and dental practices to raise awareness ...
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Chiefs reveal frustrations over doctors' contracts in HSJ survey
Most chief executives would cap GPs' pay, abolish clinical excellence awards for consultants and write off historic debts if they had the power.
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Unity will unlock gateway to success
Sir Ian Carruthers' two-month review of England's reconfiguration proposals urges much greater co-ordination of effort - a more united front to replace a series of skirmishes.
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Carruthers sets reconfiguration recommendations
NHS South West chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers has completed a report on recommended processes for local NHS reconfigurations.The findings are outlined in a letter to strategic health authorities from NHS chief executive David Nicholson.Read the letter here
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NICE publishes mental and sexual health guidelines
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published recommendations on mental health and on reducing transmission of sexually transmitted infections.The mental health guidance concerns problems during pregnancy and after giving birth. It also covers the care and treatment of women who already had a mental health problem before ...