All Health Service Journal articles in 24 September 2007
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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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Funding review submitted to Scottish Parliament
The independent body charged with reviewing NHS health board funding has submitted its final report to the Scottish Parliament.
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At risk groups urged to get flu jab
The government is launching a new campaign to mark the start of the flu season and encouraging 'at risk' groups to get a flu jab.
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'Search and destroy' infections, says Lansley
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has called for a 'search and destroy' tactic to be used against hospital infections.He said: 'Discussions with the Centre for Hospital-Acquired Infections in Nottingham suggest that it will require a six-year programme to bring the levels of MRSA down in line with Holland and Denmark.
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BMA launches career services
The British Medical Association has launched a range of career services for members.
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Framework reveals high standards in primary care, says BMA
Latest figures for the quality and outcomes famework published today show GP teams in England have achieved 95.5 per cent of the points available.
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New guidelines for research ethics committees
The Royal College of Physicians has launched its updated and extended guidelines for research ethics committees that are considering research involving human subjects.
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Institutional discrimination rife in NHS, says rights commission
Institutional discrimination is still rife in the NHS because poor central leadership is failing to protect disabled people from unfair treatment, according to the Disability Rights Commission.
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Childbirth choice increases
Women must have greater control over not just where they give birth but how they do so, according to new NHS guidelines for England and Wales.The framework, published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, says women must have the option as to where they give birth - ...
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Dignity in older people's care needs improvement
Hospitals must step up efforts to provide dignity in care to older people, the Healthcare Commission has warned.
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New awards added to NHS bursary scheme
Pre-registration healthcare students who wish to adopt a child will be able to take a 45-week break from their studies and continue to receive their NHS bursary payments, chief nursing officer Christine Beasley has announced.
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Reach out to excluded groups, urges NHS Confederation
The NHS Confederation report In Sickness and In Health states that moves to create a personalised NHS must start with the most excluded and work to tackle health inequality.
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Campaign to cut child deaths launched
In an effort to cut maternal and child deaths, a global coalition of governments and organisations will launch an advocacy drive today entitled Deliver Now for Women and Children.
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Computerised recruitment must be fully tested, says BMA
Any future computer-based system for recruiting junior doctors must be ‘tested to destruction’, the British Medical Association has said.
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Children to be weighed in bid to tackle obesity
The Department of Health has released a national child measurement programme, part of the government’s work on childhood obesity.The guidance was developed following wide consultation with primary care trusts and schools. It provides advice to PCTs on arrangements for measuring the height and weight of primary and middle school children.
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Allergy services 'lagging behind', report claims
A House of Lords science and technology committee report on allergies has idenfied a ‘severe shortage of allergy specialists in the UK’ and that ‘clinical services lag far behind’ most of Europe.
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Adoption award added to bursary scheme
Adoption and maternity support awards will be introduced to the NHS bursary scheme from September 2007 following an agreement between the Department of Health and unions.
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Survey investigates malnutrition
A three-day survey has been launched to establish how many people across the UK are malnourished when admitted to hospital and care homes.According to the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the results will provide hospitals and care homes with evidence of the scale of the problem in their ...
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Study compares trusts' financial performance
Researchers at York University have found that significant differences in the performance of foundation and non-foundation trusts are long-standing and not the result of this policy change.
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New proposals to improve cancer care
A new cancer reform strategy published this autumn will set out proposals to improve cancer care, the Department of Health has confirmed.