All Health Service Journal articles in 29 October 2007 – Page 2

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    Infection figures 'offer hope'

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Hospitals in England may be beginning to win the battle against infections, latest figures suggest.

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    Extra £23m for primary care premises in Scotland

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Health boards across Scotland are tobenefit from an extra £23m to improve and modernise primary care premises, Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

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    Pay award should not exceed 2 per cent, says NHS Employers

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    NHS Employers has advised the pay review bodies that next year's pay award for doctors, dentists and other healthcare staff should not place undue cost pressures on NHS trusts.

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    New best practice tool for nurses

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    A new set of benchmarks that aims to help nurses and other health and social care staff improve the care environment has been launched by chief nursing officer Christine Beasley.

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    Modernising nursing careers consultation launched

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Nurses and health practitioners have been invited by health secretary Alan Johnson to share their views on their career development.Speaking at the annual Chief Nursing Officer's Conference yesterday, Mr Johnson launched a formal consultation to look at a new structure for nurses' careers.

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    New hospital for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson announced yesterday that a preferred bidder had been appointed to build a new £228m hospital at infection-hit Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals trust.