All articles by The Press Association – Page 56
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Public sector workers step up pensions campaign
A rally taking place today will be joined by public sector workers as a union campaign against the government’s controversial pension reforms gathers pace, with threatened strike action across the UK just a few weeks away.
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New care home operator takes over 240 Southern Cross sites
Southern Cross’s largest landlord NHP and turnaround experts Court Cavendish have formed a new company that becomes the UK’s third largest care home operator.
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Lansley announces £30m fund for cold housing
The government will provide an extra £30m to help keep homes warm during winter, the health secretary announced today.
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Community care failing the vunerable, report claims
Community care has failed the most vulnerable members of society and ‘urgently’ needs reforming, a think tank has concluded.
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Targeting 'risky' male drinkers could save NHS £120m - report
A quarter of men are “risky drinkers” who have an increased chance of developing cancer, liver disease and mental health problems, a study has suggested.
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Government alcohol pricing plans backed
A leading academic on the alcohol industry and the chief executive of a brewery have backed the Scottish government’s plans to introduce minimum pricing.
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CQC criticises east London trust over maternity services
PERFORMANCE: Patients at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust remain at risk of poor care, according to a new report.
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Patient data breaches occur 'five times a week'
NHS employees breached data protection policies at least 806 times in the past three years, a report has revealed.
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Children's care quality can be improved - study
The largest case-based study into children who died after surgery has found there was room for improvement in more than a quarter of cases.
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Burnham attacks coalition over 'catastrophic' NHS changes
Combining the biggest financial challenge in the NHS with the biggest re-organisation is a “catastrophic error of judgment”, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said yesterday as he attacked the government’s health reforms.
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Independent NHS screening review launched
An independent review of NHS breast screening is under way after researchers suggested the harms may outweigh the benefits.
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Reforms must change to 'mitigate damage' - BMA chair
The British Medical Association has said significant changes to NHS reforms are still required to “mitigate the damage” they will cause, as peers prepared to debate afresh the government proposals.
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Lansley plans increased spot checks to improve elderly care
Plans to “root out” problems in the care of older people will see hundreds of hospitals and care homes subject to higher numbers of unannounced checks.
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Children's talking therapies to be part of £30m investment
Talking therapies for children and teenagers with mental health problems will be provided as part of a £32m investment in psychological therapies, it has been announced.
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Reform conflict of interest concerning most GPs
Conflicts of interest arising from the government’s NHS reforms are a concern for seven out of 10 GPs, according to a new study.
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Audits of clinical outcomes to cover new areas
Plans to extend the monitoring of the results of healthcare in the NHS have been set out by health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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Military veterans' care to get £15m investment
The prime minister David Cameron has promised investment of up to £15m to improve NHS care for injured British military veterans.
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£30m spent on NHS patient taxis - report
More than £30m has been spent on taxis for NHS patients since 2008 thanks to a shortage of official non-emergency transport, according to the BBC.
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Mixed-sex ward breaches continue to improve
Mixed-sex accommodation rule breaches in NHS wards have decreased in the past month, newly released figure show.
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Unions claim blood service review 'victory'
Unions have claimed victory over a campaign to prevent parts of the NHS blood and organ transplant service being privatised.