All Health Service Journal articles in 2006 – Page 8
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Exclusive: PCT fitness bill hits £6.5m
The primary care trust fitness for purpose programme cost the Department of Health £6.5m, HSJhas learned.
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Select committee: no excuse for training cuts
Slashing the amount spent on NHS staff training to tackle deficits is unacceptable, the Commons health select committee has warned.
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Private provider queries future of comprehensive NHS care
The NHS will be forced to abandon its founding principle of providing a comprehensive service 'free at the point of delivery' by 2015, a leading private sector provider has predicted.
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NICE chair calls for implementation push as GPs warn of drug companies' influence
The chair of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has floated the idea that it should spend more on ensuring guidance gets implemented than it does on producing the advice.
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MHRA issues safety warning about blood glucose meters
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has identified a safety problem with some blood glucose meters which, under certain conditions, may display the wrong units of measurement.This could result in an insulin overdose and hypoglycaemic coma.The MHRA has issued advice following a number of reports of adverse incidents where ...
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Lack of evidence on link between cancer and HRT, says charity
A cancer charity has stated that there is not enough evidence to link a sharp drop in US breast cancer cases to a decrease in HRT uptake.Breakthrough Breast Cancer senior policy and information officer Dr Sarah Cant said: 'It's encouraging that the incidence of breast cancer in the US has ...
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Health Protection Agency reports increase in awareness of hepatitis C
The Health Protection Agency has issued a report which shows that the number of people newly diagnosed with hepatitis C has increased from 2,116 in 1996 to 7,580 in 2005. It said that new figures also show that testing for hepatitis C has increased by almost 60 per cent in ...
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Liberal Democrats announce changes to shadow cabinet
Norman Lamb has taken over as Liberal Democrat health spokesman. He replaces Steve Webb, who has become chair of the party's election manifesto team.Mr Lamb has been chief of staff to Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell since March. He said: 'I'm thrilled at the prospect of taking the health ...
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New applicants for foundation trust status
The Department of Health has named the 17 trusts that will be passed to foundation trust regulator Monitor for authorisation.The eight acute and specialist trusts and nine mental health trusts are set to receive authorisation from April.Health minister Lord Warner said: 'Today's announcement is another important step towards delivering the ...
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More baby research funds demanded
Babies' lives are being jeopardised by a lack of funding for looking at the cause of premature birth, according to charity Action Medical Research.The charity said £3.7m - just 0.3 per cent of the total research budget - was spent on research in this subject during 2004-05.Around 43,000 babies are ...
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Five portions a day is not keeping obesity at bay
An annual study published by the Information Centre for health and social care indicates that more people in England are eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.However one in five adults remain obese, the Health Survey for England 2005 reports.Reported daily consumption of five or more ...
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Scottish patients urged to get a flu vaccination
Scottish doctors have urged patients who are eligible but have not yet received the winter flu vaccination to contact their GP practice.Uptake rates for November are lower than ever before with just over half of Scots aged 65 or over receiving their vaccination.Only about a quarter of patients in the ...
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Independent providers opened up to public scrutiny
The Healthcare Commission has launched a new web service that provides patients and the public with information about performance in independent acute hospitals, mental health units and independent sector treatment centres.Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker, said: 'We want to make sure that patients have access to information about the ...
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BUPA predicts £11bn hole in NHS funds
A report commissioned by private health insurer BUPA claims the NHS should brace itself for a projected £11bn funding gap and subsequent return to 1997 levels of performance by 2015 if high levels of investment do not continue.
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Blair asked to intervene as PCT slashes budget by £25m
A council leader has called on the prime minister to stop a primary care trust cutting its budget by £25m. Mr Blair was dragged into the row after the leader of Brent London borough council threatened to refuse to accept any attempt to shift work from healthcare to social services.
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Surrey and Sussex acute plans delayed till 2007
Plans to reshape acute services in Surrey and Sussex will not be revealed until after Christmas amid claims that current plans will not save enough money to bring local health economies back into balance.
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Year of 'real change' is 2008, says DoH's Cash
The NHS can look forward to a 'relatively stable' 2007-08 before moving into a 'transformational year' in 2008-09, according to Department of Health director of provider development Andrew Cash.
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60 acute and mental health trusts 'won't make foundations'
About 60 acute and mental health trusts will not reach foundation status by December 2008 and are likely to be closed, taken over or reconfigured, a senior Department of Health official has predicted.
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News analysis: Signs of the times - will people power deliver accountability?
Anobligation on PCTs to respond to community views - and protests - about NHS services is one of the most significant aspects of the new commissioning framework. But how might this work in practice? Daloni Carlisle petitions stakeholders for their views
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Appleby: acute trusts should be ashamed
National mental health director Professor Louis Appleby has said some acute trusts should be 'ashamed of themselves' for relying on mental health trusts to bail them out of financial trouble.