All Health Service Journal articles in 2 January 2008
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Children's bodies being illegally transported
Children’s bodies are being unlawfully transported to post mortems because of a shortage of pathologists, doctors' leaders and coroners have claimed.Members of the Royal College of Pathologists and the British Medical Association believe there is an acute shortage of paediatric pathologists to carry out post mortems.
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Better diets could save one in 10 lives
Better diets could save one in every 10 deaths, the Cabinet Office's strategy unit has said.Interim findings from a project looking long-term at UK food policy has found that improving diets could save 70,000 lives a year.
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Advice for winter vomiting patients
Patients should stay at home and drink fluids if they are affected by winter vomiting disease, the Royal College of GPs chair has urged.Professor Steve Field also advised patients to take paracetamol, wash hands regularly and stay at home two days after the symptoms have gone.A wave of 56 hospital ...
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Worcestershire hospital cancels operations
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals trust has stopped carrying out all routine elective surgery until next wednesday due to "unrelenting" pressure on resources.Chief executive John Rostill said the problem was not just the high number of patients but the fact they were very ill. Forty-five patients have had their operations cancelled.Ten patients ...
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Nursing and Midwifery Council public protection pledge
The Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Healthcare Commission have signed a memorandum of understanding in an attempt to strengthen public protection.The agreement sets out the levels of co-operation and terms in which the council and the Healthcare Commission will work together when carrying out their regulatory duties in England ...
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Survey on mental health stigma launched
A coalition of mental health charities has launched a major national survey to understand the stigma people with mental health problems face and the best way to tackle it.
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Royal Marsden fire update
Fire damage at the Royal Marsden Hospital may not be as bad as initially feared, a spokeswoman from the trust said today.
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Confed welcomes end to top-down targets
The NHS Confederation has welcomed David Cameron's promise to reduce top-down targets if he becomes prime minister.
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Charity uncovers £66.4bn social care funding gap
The 'care gap' between the social care that councils and the NHS provide to elderly and disabled people and what they actually need has grown to £66.4bn a year, the charity Counsel and Care has said.The gap, equivalent to £25,000 for every disabled person over 65, is plugged through privately ...
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Start planning now for junior doctor recruitment, warns BMA
Hospital trusts must start preparing now for junior doctor recruitment if they are to avoid the 'catastrophe' of last year, the British Medical Association has warned.
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New Year's honours for NHS leaders
Robert Naylor, chief executive of University College London Hospitals foundation trust, has been awarded a knighthood in recognition of his services to healthcare.
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Scots target to improve hand hygiene
Scottish health and well-being secretary Nicola Sturgeon has pledged that a target on hand hygiene will increase compliance with standards.The results of audits published last week by Health Protection Scotland revealed health boards are reaching 79 per cent compliance with hand hygiene standards.
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Conservatives bid to become 'party of the NHS'
David Cameron has pledged to oust Labour from its traditional position as 'the party of the NHS'.
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Brown promises to support NHS staff
The prime minister has promised the government's priority for 2008 will be to support NHS staff in tackling infection and improving access to services.
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NHS 'split' across UK, says Confed
The NHS is providing different services in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the NHS Confederation has warned.