All articles by The Press Association – Page 59
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Health reforms 'a strategic mistake'
Ministers have promised further changes could be made to the government’s controversial health reforms as the plans were branded a “huge strategic mistake” by a senior Liberal Democrat.
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Vulnerable adult protection to be improved - Burstow
Vulnerable adults will be protected in the same way as children by the next general election, the Liberal Democrat social care minister Paul Burstow has said.
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Changes to improve maternity care outlined
Hospitals across Wales are being given new guidance aimed at improving the care of pregnant and post-natal women and their babies.
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Overseas GPs require UK induction before treating patients - GMC
Newly-qualified and foreign doctors need to go on a basic induction course before they start working in the UK amid fears they may be underprepared to start treating patients, a regulator has said.
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Hospital hit by Hepatitis B infection
Health chiefs are urging patients to be screened for Hepatitis B after discovering a case of infection in a hospital ward.
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Rise in patients waiting for treatment
The number of patients forced to wait more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment has risen slightly, according to new figures.
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Peers take aim at Health Social Care Bill
Peers have fired an early warning shot across the government’s bows over controversial health care reforms.
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Government drug treatment strategy questioned by new watchdog
A newly formed alliance of drug rehabilitation providers has accused primary care trusts of “strangling at birth” plans to tackle addiction and reduce crime.
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Trusts 'face £5bn rescue bill' to avoid hospital closures
Up to 40 hospitals will fail by 2013 without radical reform of their working practices, a report said today.
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Monitor 'red risks' Morecambe Bay trust over maternity concerns
PERFORMANCE: A health trust whose maternity unit is at the centre of a police investigation has been issued a warning by Monitor, days after being rapped by the CQC for failing essential safety standards.
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Clinical commissioners need 'bold' approach, report claims
New clinical commissioning groups within the NHS must change the system and “deliver results”, a report by an expert group has claimed.
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NHS Alliance and NAPC unite to 'champion' clinical commissioning groups
Two health organisations have joined forces to champion clinical commissioning and the groups tasked with carrying it out.
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Lib Dem rebels to contest cleared reform legislation at conference
Rebel Liberal Democrat MPs plan to challenge a decision to deny them a vote on the government’s NHS reforms at the party’s forthcoming annual conference.
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Research reveals disparity in UK bowel cancer survival rates
Stark differences in bowel cancer mortality rates across the UK show that people in certain areas are three times more likely to die from the disease, research suggested today.
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Referral falls could cause financial difficulty for hospitals - BMA
Hospitals could suffer “financial problems” as a result of GPs referring fewer patients, the British Medical Association warns today, after new figures showed the number of referrals has fallen by 4.7 per cent since the beginning of April.
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Hospital PFI deals attacked after car park charges increase
Private finance initiative contracts signed by the last Labour-led administration to build hospital car parks have been attacked following a decision by one hospital to increase charges by 62 per cent.
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Overseas nurses a 'risk' to healthcare - Lord Winston
Nurses with a poor command of English pose potential risks to healthcare levels, fertility expert Lord Robert Winston has warned.
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'Huge opportunities' for private provision under reform - Howe
The NHS reforms present “huge opportunities” for the private sector, a health minister has said.
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House of Commons votes through revised Health Bill
The government will turn its attention to getting the Health and Social Care Bill through the House of Lords after a Commons vote yesterday passed the heavily amended bill.
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Virtual care service launched for North West stroke patients
STRUCTURE: An “out of hours” virtual clinical service is being launched in the North West to help support treatment for acute stroke patients.