All Health Service Journal articles in 17 September 2007
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Specialty training consultation
A consultation closes today on recruitment to specialty training under the Modernising Medical Careers programme.
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WHO warns on safety of children's medicines
Medicines for children need to be more tightly monitored for safety, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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DoH appoints deputy chief nursing officer
Viv Bennet has been appointed as deputy chief nursing officer at the Department of Health.
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NHS pension deal agreed
Health unions, the Department of Health, employer representatives and NHS Employers have reached an agreement on the proposed changes to the NHS pension scheme.
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£1.7bn general practice overspend
The government spent £1.7bn more on general practices in England than it said it would since 2003, new NHS figures have revealed.Between 2003-04 and 2005-06, the government spent £20.5bn - 9.2 per cent more than it promised under the gross investment guarantee when new GP contracts were introduced.
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GPs urged to help keep people in work
Family doctors should do more to help people with depression keep their job and avoid being off sick for too long, according to the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
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Scottish minister pledges to end hidden waits
Patients will no longer languish on hidden waiting lists after the Scottish cabinet secretary for health and well-being announced details of the system that will replace availability status codes by the end of the year.
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New tools for diabetes services
Two new tools to help diabetes networks develop and improve their services have been published by the National Diabetes Support Team.
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Task force to explore organ donor consent
Health secretary Alan Johnson has asked the task force on organ donation to explore whether all adults should be automatically included on the donor register.The proposal, known as presumed consent, would view everyone as a potential donor unless they had registered an objection oropted outbefore death.
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Foundations best placed to reshape healthcare, says Monitor
NHS foundation trusts have the financial stability, flexibility and leadership to deliver the changes in healthcare required to meet future demand, according to the regulator Monitor. However, they need clear direction from commissioners about which services they will be required to deliver in the future.
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Cases of invasive pneumococcal disease down
The number of cases of invasive pneumococcal disease in children has fallen since the introduction of a new vaccine a year ago, figures show.
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Darzi to host webchat
Health minister Lord Darzi is to host a webchat to answer questions about the Our NHS, Our Future consultation.The Department of Health is inviting questions for the webchat, to be broadcast at 10am on 27 September.
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Call to redirect NHS funds to councils
The NHS should lose 0.5 per cent of its next cash settlement from government to councils to pay for preventative services for the elderly, the Local Government Association has said.
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Guidance sets out who should pay for patient care
Guidance on when primary care trusts are legally obliged to pay for patient care has been published by the Department of Health.
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Vaccine could cut cases of cervical cancer
A new vaccine could reduce cases of cervical cancer and genital warts if introduced into the national immunisation programme, the Health Protection Agency has said.
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Johnson and Darzi start public engagement events
Health secretary Alan Johnson and junior health minister Lord Darzi have begun meeting the public in what the Department of Health has called 'one of the largest engagementeventsin the history of the NHS'.
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Consultant physician numbers stall
The rise in consultant physician numbers over the last year is the smallest since the annual census of posts began, according to the Royal College of Physicians.
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New deputy chairman for BMA
A new deputy chairman has been appointed to the council of the British Medical Association. Dr Kate Bullen is an associate specialist anaesthetist who works at the North Bristol trust's Frenchay Hospital.
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Open up primary care, says CBI
New commercial providers such as supermarkets and pharmacies should be brought in to challenge existing poor provision in primary care, according to the Confederation of British Industry.
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Three-year waits for digital aids
The average maximum wait across theUKfor digital hearing aids is twice the English target of 18 weeks and some patients are still waiting for up to three years, according to a survey by the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists.Although waits for digital hearing aids are down, it said patients ...