All articles by Victoria Vaughan
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Teen cervical jab a logistical 'challenge'
The roll-out of the vaccine to guard against cervical cancer poses a 'big logistical challenge' to primary care trusts, according to the Department of Health immunisation director.
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The Men and Pharmacy project
Postmen are to be the first to benefit from a project launched by the Men’s Health Forum to encourage men to visit their local pharmacy.The Men and Pharmacy project aims to find out why men make only limited use of pharmacy services and how this might be improved.As part of ...
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NHS London's got talent
The capital's health authority is setting up a talent spotting programme to groom would-be chief executives.NHS London is setting about seeking and training those who have the potential to become chief executives of hospital and primary care trusts.NHS London chief executive Ruth Carnall said the authority wanted to develop the ...
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diabetes
There is 'room for improvement' in the uptake of key diabetes control tests according to a report from The Information Centre for health and social care.The National Diabetes Audit, carried out by The IC on behalf of the Healthcare Commission, for 2005-2006 shows only 30 per cent of people are ...
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National Association of Primary Care
The new head of the National Association of Primary Care has called for GPs to be more accountable for their decisions.Mike Ramsden said 'GPs should be accountable for the cost effectiveness of the decisions they make' when referring patients to hospitals.Mr Ramsden, who has worked in the NHS for ...
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Local commissioning: DoH sets out skills PCTs will need
The Department of Health has set out the skills primary care trusts will need to deliver its vision for world class commissioning in the health service.
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Hospital choice: fewer options for patients
Fewer patients are being offered choice of hospital, the latest patient choice survey shows.
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Don't blame the weatherman
Although it may feel like there will be no discernable change in the weather from summer to winter this year, make no mistake shifts in temperature can have a serious impact on the Nation's health.As primary care trusts and GPs continue to work out ways to keep costly hospital admissions ...
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PCTs raid public health funds to pay debts
Primary care trusts will spend less than a third of their Choosing Health funding on the public health problems it was intended to tackle, a survey has revealed.
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Long-term care reforms will seek fairer system
The government's review of long-term care could shift the balance of payment between the individual and the state.
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MRSA target has built-in 'wiggle room'
The government has given trusts some 'wiggle room' to maintain the new MRSA public service agreement beyond the target date of 2008.
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Boots could host 150 walk-in centres in its stores
Private companies are lining up to provide the extended access to family doctors called for by Lord Darzi in the interim report of his review into the future of the NHS.
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Chief executive steps down
The chief executive of Barking, Redbridge and Havering NHS Trust has stepped down just a week after asking staff to come up with cost-cutting ideas to save£10m.A statement from the trust said Mr Rees, who has been chief executive for four years, had decided that this was 'the right moment ...
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Smokers who can't quit
The Royal College of Physicians has been accused of sending out mixed messages on smoking in its report Harm reduction in Nicotine Addiction: Helping people who can't quit.The report called for a new approach, it said smokers who can't quit should be given nicotine products that will satisfy their addiction ...
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BMA survey
The British Medical Association has launched a survey of staff grade and associate specialist doctors on new contract proposals.In August negotiators representing the doctors formally withdrew from further talks with the government over their stalled contract (HSJ, news, 30 August).The preliminary results from survey will be discussed at a special ...
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Berkshire West Atos deal
Berkshire West is the latest primary care trust to agree a contract with a private provider for GP services.Atos Healthcare, a division of Atos Origin, is to supply all services at a new health centre in Shinfield.And in line with Prime Minster Gordon Brown's pledge to make access a priority, ...
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Teenage pregnancy: confidentiality guide hailed as step forward
Moves to strengthen confidentiality for young people have been hailed as a step forward in efforts to bring down teenage pregnancy rates.
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Incentivise GPs to collect vital ethnic data, urge PCT leaders
Middle managers have hit out at inadequate incentives to collect information on ethnicity that could help tackle health inequalities.
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Call to meet equality obligations to men
The Men's Health Forum has challenged the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights to take immediate action to ensure the NHS meets its obligations to men.
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BMA says more funds are key to boosting GP access
The chairman of the British Medical Association has told a government minister that more money and staff will be needed to improve GP access.