All Health Service Journal articles in 27 August 2007
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Scottish GPs welcome out-of-hours report
GP leaders in Scotland have welcomed the publication of the Audit Scotland report into primary care out-of-hours services.
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Quarterly hospital performance figures
The Department of Health has released figures for NHS inpatient and outpatient activity for the period ending 30 June 2007.
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Doctors' leaders question NHS surplus
The British Medical Association has questioned how the NHS in England has achieved a £983m surplus for the end of the financial year.
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Advice for managing flu deaths
Draft guidance has been published setting out proposals on how to manage potentially large numbers of deaths during a pandemic influenza outbreak.
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Survey raises concerns over elder abuse
A Help the Aged survey has found that 68 per cent of nurses and professionals caring for vulnerable older people lack training to deal with abuse of the elderly.
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NHS forecasts £983m surplus
The NHS is forecasting a surplus for this financial year, with the majority of NHS trusts in balance, the Department of Health has said.
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Most premises displaying no-smoking signs
Fifteen per cent of premises inspected in England were not displaying mandatory no-smoking signs, according to latest figures.
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Survey reveals concerns over eye tests
Almost half of eye examinations are of poor or very poor quality, according to a survey by consumer watchdog Which?
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Out-of-hours services are unsustainable, report claims
The out-of-hours GP service in Scotland is unsustainable in its current form, a report by Audit Scotland says.
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Nursing council publishes fitness to practise report
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published its annual fitness to practise report for 2005-06.
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Cigarette packets to carry graphic warnings
Graphic pictures illustrating the effects smoking can have on health will be printed on all cigarette packets from next year, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.
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Doctors call for lower speed limit
All routes used for walking to school in Wales should be designated 20 mph zones, according to Welsh doctors' leaders.
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Welsh minister announces early years recruitment drive
Welsh children's minister Jane Hutt has launched a recruitment drive covering the early years sector.
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Academic health science centre gets go-ahead
TheUK’s first academic health science centre has been given the green light by health secretary Alan Johnson.
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New prescribing powers for optometrists
Optometrists will now be able to train for independent prescribing powers.
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Scotland on target for cardiac waiting times
New figures show that NHS Scotland is on track to meet the 16-week waiting time target for heart patients.
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Welsh Assembly battles child trafficking
The Welsh Assembly is to publish draft guidance to help combat the growing problem of child trafficking.
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Dental association calls for amnesty on financial penalties
The British Dental Association has called for an amnesty on financial penalties against dentists who failed to complete their units of dental activity target in 2006-07.