All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 55
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News
Cabinet reshuffle: smoking and obesity named top priorities
Tackling smoking, obesity and alcohol-related health issues should be the main priorities for new public health minister Dawn Primarolo.
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Comment
Media watch: C difficile in Norfolk
The news on superbugs gets worse following reports that a mutant strain of Clostridium difficile has been linked to the death of 17 patients at a Norfolk hospital.
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Care UK buys rival provider
Private healthcare firm Care UK has boosted its position as an NHS care provider by buying rival Mercury Health for £77m.
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Marketing code is 'overly bureaucratic'
The proposed NHS code of marketing has come under fire from the advertising industry and NHS communications professionals.
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News
Bupa pulls out of South East diagnostics deal
Bupa has pulled out of a contract with the Department of Health to provide NHS diagnostic services across the South East, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Michael White on the budget
'Brown did not say what health will get in 2008-11, though he is said to be focusing on health in his Treasury lair'
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CommentSimon Stevens on Brown's opening salvo
‘Mr Brown has chosen an issue that explicitly requires him to choose sides: patients v professionals’
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Broken pledge to cut red tape
NHS bureaucracy is increasing with a 'staggering' 56 bodies now in place to inspect, monitor and assess the service, a new report from the NHS Confederation says.
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HSJ Knowledge
Data briefing: patients opting for care closer to home
Has there been a change in referral patterns since the start of patient choice?
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News
Boost for social firms
Twenty-four local social enterprise schemes have been given £1.4m of national funding to deliver community health and social care services.
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GP referrals: demand management is 'time bomb' says NAPC
Mounting pressure on GPs to cut referrals is creating a 'time bomb' by jeopardising patient safety, according to the chair of the National Association of Primary Care.
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Board papers reveal limited local power on IT priorities
Strategic health authorities will only have limited powers to set local IT priorities, board papers suggest.
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BMA hits out over diverted education cash
Money given to acute trusts to fund medical education must be ringfenced, the British Medical Association has said.
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Junior doctor campaigners in favour of union to rival BMA
Junior doctors campaign group Remedy UK is considering whether to start its own union to rival the British Medical Association.
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New BMA chief tells Brown to rebuild relations with medics
The new British Medical Association chairman has called for a 'fresh start' with prime minister Gordon Brown.
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BMA urges members to petition on slow PBC implementation
Primary care trusts that are not implementing practice-based commissioning can expect to receive a letter from GPs asking them to take action.
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Blears helps win review of redesign
Major changes to Greater Manchester's health services are to be examined by the independent reconfiguration panel - after the Labour Party chair joined a demonstration against the plans.
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Race commission blasts NHS organisations' 'lack of leadership'
The Commission for Racial Equality has accused NHS organisations of showing a 'lack of leadership' in promoting race equality.
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Restructuring blamed for debt
A primary care trust saw its overspend rocket more than fivefold, partly because of last year's PCT restructuring, an Audit Commission report has concluded.
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Now Blair says ministers can fight closures
Prime minister Tony Blair has given his backing to Labour MPs who oppose hospital closure, despite telling NHS managers that he instructed Labour politicians to give their backing to changes in local services.