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Regulator to clarify HIV/AIDS drug recall
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is writing to HIV specialists and patient organisations setting out an action plan following the recall of HIV/AIDS drug Viracept (nelfinavir) due to contamination.
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NHS report highlights £510m surplus
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has published the NHS annual report which highlights delivery of a surplus of £510m and reduced waiting times set against rising levels of demand.
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Unison debate on pay strike
Health union Unison will use an emergency debate at its national conference in Brighton tomorrow to call for strike action in response to what it calls a 'miserly' pay settlement.
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New research on social care published
The Department of Health has published new guidance on adult social care.
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DoH seeks input on consent
The Department of Health is asking for opinions on its proposals for research projects involving adults who lack capacity to consent.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Monitor warning over foundation trust mergers
The Department of Health must clarify how failing NHS trusts can be successfully merged with foundation trusts, Monitor's chief operating officer has warned.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: 'Complete transformation' needed to protect environment
Leading environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt told delegates at the NHS Confederation's annual conference that the NHS needed a 'complete transformation' to help protect the environment. .
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Nicholson slams negative unions
The negative comments of medical and staff unions are 'damaging to the public confidence and staff morale,' NHS chief executive David Nicholson told delegates at the NHS Confederation annual conference.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: mental health czar calls for community treatment orders
Community treatment orders must be implemented in mental health to save lives being ruined by mental illness, a mental health czar has said.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Skills shortage in doctors causes concern for managers
Doctors must learn more people skills such as cultural sensitivity but the NHS must also help them cope with service reform, said NHS managers in a survey.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: PBC up and running, says Ricketts
Practice-based commissioning is running and working well, according to the Department of Health's head of demand side reform.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: zero tolerance MRSA call
The MRSA target can be met, says the Department of Health, but the need for a zero tolerance culture is still imperative.
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Cervical cancer jab will save thousands of lives, says charity
Cancer Research UK says it is 'delighted' that government vaccination experts have recommended a cervical cancer vaccination programme for all girls aged 12 and 13.
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Investment needed to tackle drug resistance
Deaths from previously treatable infections such as tuberculosis, meningitis and pneumonia will become more common unless there is investment in the science needed to tackle antibiotic resistance, the Royal Society has warned in a report published today.
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PCTs accused of contracts 'witch hunts'
Primary care trusts are carrying out 'witch hunts' on practices on the personal medical services contract, the British Medical Association's GP leader has claimed.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: good staff management 'saves lives'
Good staff management can have a significant impact on the number of lives saved, research has shown.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: external commissioning could be optional for PCTs
Primary care trusts will not be forced to use the Department of Health's framework for procuring external support commissioning to strengthen their commissioning function, according to the commercial directorate's FESC lead.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Healthcare Commission in superbug crackdown
The Healthcare Commission is clamping down on superbugs after one in four hospitals admitted they were failing to meet national standards.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: minister promises local focus in Scotland
Scotland's cabinet secretary for health and well-being has committed to providing services as locally as possible, saying there should be 'an assumption against centralisation of services'.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: chief exec's practice-based commissioning plea
An NHS Confederation seminar on system reform heard of the need to embrace practice-based commissioning as a key element of change.