All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 4
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Exclusive: HSE clears infection death managers
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive has supported senior managers' handling of a Clostridium difficile outbreak in which 33 people died.
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Providers criticise NHS Choices site
The NHS Choices website is hampering users' ability to access the extended choice list, a network of independent providers has claimed.
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MPs hit out over Supply Chain secrecy
NHS Supply Chain will not routinely publish the names of NHS clinicians who sit on its new product councils or details of their discussions, HSJ can reveal.
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New resources on palliative care
The Royal College of GPs is set to launch a book examining the need for continuity in palliative care on 16 July.
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PCT calls for GP referral competition to be shelved
Plans to have the NHS and the private sector compete for GP referrals in north Cumbria should be shelved in favour of the two working together, its primary care trust has said.
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Business school to host global health conference
Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.
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Business school to host global health conference
Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.
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Business school to host global health conference
Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.
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British National Formulary for Children linked to NHS drug dictionary
The online edition of the latest British National Formulary for Children now incorporates an interface to the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices.
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Best practice improves outcomes in surgery
A study by the Improving Surgical Outcomes Group has looked at how hospitals have implemented best practice to improve outcomes and save money.
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Sir Ara sets out London vision for cradle-to-grave healthcare
Junior health minister Professor Sir Ara Darzi has set out a radical vision of future healthcare provision in London that would see the end of hospitals in their current form.
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Report reveals earnings of NHS staff
Hospital consultants earn, on average, over four times more than nurses, according to estimates published today by the Information Centre for health and social care.
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Darzi sets out vision for London
Junior health minister Professor Sir Ara Darzi has set out a vision for future healthcare in London in his Framework for Action.
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Lib Dems call for IT review
Liberal Democrat shadow health secretary Norman Lamb has called for a comprehensive review of the NHS IT system, after former NHS IT programme chief executive Richard Granger admitted that some of the work carried out by contractors had been 'appalling', according to IT magazine CIO.
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Brown to outline legislative plans
Prime minister Gordon Brown will give a preview of his first legislative programme this afternoon, with a focus on housing, education and the NHS. In a break with tradition, Mr Brown is announcing in advance a large part of the Queen's speech, and he has promised a series of region-by-region ...
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Report criticises regulatory impact assessments
The National Audit Office has published a new report titled Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments 2006-07.
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Pay increase for Northern Ireland nurses
Nurses in Northern Ireland will receive the full pay award as recommended by the independent pay review body.
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Super surgeries to open in Greater Manchester
As part of the wave of super surgeries opening under the local improvement finance trust initiative, two new primary healthcare facilities have been announced for Greater Manchester.
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Six compete to lead GPs committee
The candidates for the new chairman of the British Medical Association's GPs committee have been announced. They are: Dr Laurence Buckman, Dr John Canning, Dr Andrew Dearden, Dr Peter Holden, Dr Eric Rose and Dr Richard Vautrey.
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Scientists pinpoint bowel cancer gene
Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have identified a common genetic variant that can increase a person's risk of developing bowel cancer.