All Health Service Journal articles in 7 July 2008 – Page 2

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    NHS Choices to publish hospital mortality rates

    2008-07-10T13:55:00Z

    Hospital death rates for four operations will be published for the first time on the NHS Choices website in a bid to help patients make more informed choices.

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    Soaring birth rates put midwives under pressure

    2008-07-11T14:34:00Z

    The Royal College of Midwives has warned soaring birth rates are putting midwives under 'huge pressure'.Commenting on official statistics revealing a 16 per cent increase in births between 2001 and 2007, RCM general secretary Dame Karlene Davis said: 'The number of midwives is not keeping pace with the increasing birth ...

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    Increasing numbers do not realise they are overweight, research finds

    2008-07-11T14:41:00Z

    More and more people are failing to recognise they are overweight, despite an actual rise in the number of people who are clinically overweight or obese, according to research from the Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London.

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    World Health Organisation carries out radiation exercise

    2008-07-11T14:45:00Z

    The World Health Organisation has completed a two-day emergency radiation exercise today involving a simulated accident at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico.

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    Orthopaedic hospital company fined

    2008-07-11T14:50:00Z

    The Healthcare Commission has secured the conviction of Orthopaedic and Spine Specialty Clinic Ltd and its sole director, orthopaedic surgeon Ahmed Shair.

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    Welsh government extends dental cash ringfencing

    2008-07-11T15:00:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly has extended ringfencing of dental funds within local health board allocations for a further three years.The move is one of a series of recommendations in a report on Welsh dental provision published today.

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    Rising birth rates put midwives under pressure

    2008-07-11T15:16:00Z

    The Royal College of Midwives has warned soaring birth rates are putting midwives under 'huge pressure'.Commenting on official statistics revealing a 16 per cent increase in births between 2001 and 2007, RCM general secretary Dame Karlene Davis said: 'The number of midwives is not keeping pace with the increasing birth ...

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    Birth rate surge puts midwives under pressure

    2008-07-11T15:24:00Z

    The Royal College of Midwives has warned soaring birth rates are putting midwives under 'huge pressure'.Commenting on official statistics revealing a 16 per cent increase in births between 2001 and 2007, RCM general secretary Dame Karlene Davis said: 'The number of midwives is not keeping pace with the increasing birth ...