All Health Service Journal articles in 20 August 2009
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NewsWales steps up swine flu public health campaign
A swine flu awareness campaign in Wales is using newspaper and radio adverts to tell the public what to do if they experience symptoms.
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NewsNHS dragged into US health debate
The NHS has been dragged into the debate US politicians are having about President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform proposals.
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NewsNHS admin staff costing PCTs £1.2bn, say Tories
The NHS spent £1.2bn on administrative and clerical staff last year, compared with £700m on cancer drugs, according to the Tories.
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NewsDavid Cameron defends NHS after MEP slur
Conservative leader David Cameron has defended the UK health service after a Tory MEP joined in the row over healthcare in the US by condemning the NHS.
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NewsPFI hospital 'ahead of schedule'
The private finance initiative project to deliver Birmingham’s first new NHS hospital in 70 years is reportedly “significantly ahead” of schedule.
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NewsVariations in access to drugs 'unacceptable', says Rarer Cancers Forum
A report has revealed more than 1,000 patients suffering from rare forms of cancer may have been denied potentially life-saving drugs because of where they lived.
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Strategic command arrangements for the NHS during a major incident
The purpose of this document is to provide good practice guidance to National Health Service (NHS) organisations regarding command, control and co-ordination arrangements, required in planning, preparing and responding to emergencies. It is intended to provide a platform for allNHS organisations to undertake major incident and emergency planning, and is ...
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Responding to pandemic influenza - The ethical framework for policy and planning
Planning for a pandemic, and responding to one while it is happening, involves many difficult decisions. These may create tension between the needs of individuals and the needs of the population.
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Pandemic influenza: Guidance on preparing acute hospitals in England
This planning document is designed to assist NHS acute trusts and acute foundation trusts (hereafter referred to as ‘trusts’) in developing their plans for responding to an influenza pandemic.
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Pandemic influenza: Guidance for ambulance services and their staff in England
This document provides guidance for ambulance services in England to prepare for, respond to and recover from an influenza pandemic.
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Pandemic influenza: guidance for infection control in hospitals and primary care settings
Acute trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) will form the vanguard of the NHS response to an influenza pandemic. This document has been developed to facilitate planning by NHS trusts and provides guidance on infection control and tools for local public health and healthcare officials who are at the front ...
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NewsSwine flu hotline staff 'viewing NHS records'
Reports suggest NHS staff records and disciplinary complaints could be accessed by workers manning the government’s swine flu hotline, according to the Mail on Sunday.
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NewsAnti-NHS row MEP 'should lose whip'
Conservative leader David Cameron should withdraw the whip from the MEP who criticised the NHS on US television, according to Labour MPs.
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InformationWeekly swine flu update from the Department of Health
In the first of a regular weekly update from the Department of Health, exclusive to HSJ and Nursing Times, national director of NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses what health managers and nurses need to know about the swine flu pandemic
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NewsDH director of immunisation tells nurses they have a 'duty' to have swine flu jab
The Department of Health’s director of immunisation has said nurses have a responsibility to be vaccinated against swine flu, after a survey by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times revealed one third of frontline nurses do not want the jab.
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NewsSwine flu pandemic could set the scene for a remote diagnosis boom
A think tank claims remote diagnosis using the internet and call centres is the way forward for the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS smoking cessation: sticking with quitting
NHS stop smoking services’ 10th anniversary marks one of the strongest public health interventions of a decade - and there are plans to maintain the momentum. Stuart Shepherd reports
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NewsTory NHS would be 'biggest quango in the world', Andy Burnham claims
Andy Burnham has criticised Conservative plans for the NHS if they won the next general election by saying the health service would become the “biggest quango in the world”.
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NewsA third say no party could run NHS
Almost one in three people think none of the major political parties is capable of running the NHS, a survey has revealed.