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NewsAndy Burnham backs sunbed ban for under 18s
The government has backed a call to ban under 18s from using sunbeds at tanning salons.
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NewsTories to focus on illness prevention
The Conservatives have said that a bigger portion of NHS cash should be targeted at illness prevention.
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NewsDignity in care funding announced
A “bright ideas grant” to help support innovative projects that promote dignity in care has been launched by the Department of Health.
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NewsNew chief executive for Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust
Managing director of BT Health Sir Jonathan Michael has been appointed as the new chief executive of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust.
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NewsNHS Stockport chief executive starts joint role
The chief executive of NHS Stockport has begun a combined role as a senior member of the local council.
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NewsInternet fund 'to boost telehealth'
The quality of healthcare provided to elderly people and patients living in remote areas will be vastly improved by a £1bn investment in super-fast broadband, the government has said.
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NewsJump in NHS 24 calls over festive break
Scottish NHS call centres were flooded with calls over the Christmas and new year period, with tens of thousands of anxious people ringing NHS 24 and the Scottish Flu Response Centre for advice.
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NewsPersonal health plans for injured soldiers
Improved NHS mental health services for soldiers returning from Afghanistan was one of the plans announced by the government in a bid to provide better care for war veterans.
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NewsAbolishing NHS targets will reduce need for managers, David Cameron says
Abolishing the target culture in the NHS will reduce the need for “managers and bureaucrats”, Conservative Party leader David Cameron has said.
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NewsCall to fine drunk NHS patients
A right wing think tank has called for drunk NHS patients to be fined and prescriptions for common pain killers to be scrapped.
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NewsGas supply restriction looms for 100 NHS trusts
Approximately 100 NHS organisations could see their gas supply disrupted if soaring consumption leads to restrictions on gas use.
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NewsClinical portal to 'revolutionise NHS IT'
Health professionals will be able to retrieve information about patients quickly and securely through a new computer system, the Welsh Assembly has said.
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NewsCombat Stress charity in mental health trust tie-up
Staff from the Combat Stress charity are to work in NHS mental health trusts in a bid to improve treatment offered to traumatised soldiers, the government is expected to announce.
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NewsCost of hospital thefts revealed
Items worth more than £900,000 have been lost or stolen from Scotland’s hospitals in the last two years, it has been disclosed.
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NewsBME network announces launch conference
The NHS’s national black and minority ethnic network is to mark its launch with a conference later this year.
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NewsAmbulance Service Network director leaves to fight Hewitt seat
Ambulance Service Network director Liz Kendall has resigned after being selected to fight the parliamentary seat held by Patricia Hewitt for the Labour Party.
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NewsFive firms and one FT shortlisted to take over NHS hospital
One foundation trust and five independent providers have been shortlisted as potential bidders for a franchise to run an NHS hospital in the East of England.
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NewsWork needed at Basildon and Thurrock - Andy Burnham
More work needs to be done to improve standards at a scandal-hit NHS foundation trust, health secretary Andy Burnham has told MPs.
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NewsMPs call for minimum alcohol pricing
Minimum pricing for alcoholic drinks, mandatory health warnings on labels and a rise in tax on spirits should be introduced to stem a “shocking” rise in alcohol misuse in England, an MPs’ report has said.
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NewsAmbulance service in non-emergency appeal
Ambulance service chiefs in Wales are urging the public only to make 999 calls for genuine life-threatening emergencies as winter pressures intensify.