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Minister defends research plans
Science minister Malcolm Wicks has defended plans to reform medical research to align it more closely with the needs of the health service.Speaking to the science and technology select committee yesterday, he said a joint bid was being developed to set up an office for strategic co-ordination of health research.The ...
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NHS accountants honoured at awards
Six students have been honoured at the NHS Student Excellence Awards for their exceptional performance in the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants examinations.The awards celebrate the commitment demonstrated by the NHS in training CIMA students and employing fully qualified chartered management accountants to take on management roles.
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Commissioner demands a better deal for children
Children's hospital services are woefully inadequate, a Healthcare Commission review has shown. Children's commissioner Al Aynsley-Green said was the verdict was 'disappointing but not surprising'.
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BMA: better preparation on cultural differences needed
UK doctors and nurses who work in developing countries would benefit from better preparation on the cultural challenges faced, a report by the British Medical Association has found.Medics surveyed for the report said shortages of resources meant health problems often led to health problems not being addressed.
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Get involved in bid for skills academy, employers urged
The Learning and Skills Council has urged employers to put forward expressions of interest in developing a national skills academy for their industry.The government plans to have 12 such academies up and running across England by 2008.Read the prospectus here
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Kids to get obesity education
Schoolchildren will be taught how exercise affects fitness and health, as part of an attempt to tackle childhood obesity, education secretary Alan Johnson has announced.Following a review by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, schools will also be able to introduce whatever physical activity best suits their pupils.Find out more here
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Clinical engagement: the beginning of reform is the end point
The fall-out from Sir Gerry Robinson's TV programme on NHS management continues, and this week two very different commentators address the central issue of what is holding back managers and clinicians from working together properly.
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Calls for mental health emphasis in primary care
Policy makers should ensure opportunities to improve mental health in primary care are always considered, according to a report by the Mental Health Foundation and the Pharmaceutical Schizophrenia Initiative.The report Primary Concerns: A better deal for mental health in primary caresays practice-based commissioning needs ...
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Neil Goodwin on the training challenge for NHS managers
'Foundation trusts will need to lead the way in learning to establish effective working relationships with their investors, namely primary care trusts and practice-based commissioners, and being proactive in discussing future strategy.'
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BMA slams student resource cuts
The British Medical Association has criticised a decision by the Department of Health to remove funding which enables medical students to have a free copy of the British National Formulary.In a letter to the Department of Health, BMA medical students' committee chair Emily Rigby ...
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IHM calls for better training
Managers need better training and more rigorous checks, and are being held back by limited opportunities to develop their skills, the Commons health select committee heard at last Thursday's workforce planning inquiry.
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New training to reduce violence against ambulance staff
The NHS Security Management Service (SMS) has launched a new set of standards to ensure high quality training for ambulance workers for prevention of violence.SMS head of security management Richard Hampton said: 'Ambulance staff are at the forefront of NHS care and face particular risks that this training is designed ...
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Launch of the Primary Care Genetics Society
The Primary Care Genetics Society has been established to support primary care professionals as they find themselves dealing with an ever-demanding public continually being fed information from sources such as the internet and the lay media.
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New bursary scheme announced
The Department for Health has announced changes to the September 2007 NHS bursary scheme.Rent will become a deductible expense for all student nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and medical and dental students, when calculating their childcare allowances.The changes have been agreed with unions, and they include an increase in the ...
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Trainee specialists doubt future of NHS
A British Medical Association survey shows that one in four specialist trainee doctors is worried about the impact on their training of government plans to treat more patients outside hospital.Research in the Postgraduate Medical Journalshows that many doctors are anxious about changes to their ...
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Winners of the Health Foundation Leadership Fellows award scheme
Sixteen healthcare professionals have been selected to join the Health Foundation's prestigious Leadership Fellows award scheme.
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GP contract talks collapse over pay
Talks about next year's GP contract have broken down. The British Medical Association said on Tuesday that the offer made by NHS Employers was 'not sufficient' and called on the doctors and dentists review body to recommend an across-the-board uplift for GPs under next year's contract.
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Tories claim government has lost faith in SHAs' control of the workforce
The shadow health secretary has accused the government of losing confidence in the ability of strategic health authorities to manage workforce planning.
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Helen Bevan on transformational learning
Every so often, I come across research or evidence that gives me profound insight into why things happen the way they do. I experienced just such an epiphany in December, when I led a workshop on transformational learning at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum, the largest healthcare improvement gathering ...
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DoH plans mark rewriting of relationship with professions
If one image of the dole queue helped finish off Labour in 1979, just imagine what might happen if the jobless wore white coats. The prospect of making large numbers of consultant posts redundant is one rarely articulated in public. That changes this week with HSJrevealing ...