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Medical test introduced for benefits claimants
A new medical test that will score a person's ability to work has been announced by work and pensions secretary Peter Hain.
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DoH leaflet addresses workforce issues
The Department of Health has published a leaflet on workforce issues related to achieving the 18-week waiting time target.
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WHO meets to discuss influenza preparedness
Member states of the World Health Organisation meet in Geneva today to discuss influenza viruses and access to vaccines.
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City workers take fewer sick days, study shows
A survey of 800 office-based workers in the Square Mile has found that City of London workers take off significantly fewer sick days than the national average.However, the results showed that nearly one in six workers still had to use up part of their annual leave to visit their GP.
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Papworth transplants given green light
The Healthcare Commission said at 1pm today that Papworth Hospital foundation trust could resume heart transplants after the trust agreed to implement additional measures to protect patients.
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Royal College of GPs elects chair
The Royal College of GPs has elected a Birmingham GP as its chairman. Professor Steve Field is a GP partner, regional postgraduate dean for NHS West Midlands workforce deanery, an honorary professor at the University of Warwick and an honorary professor of medicine at the University of Birmingham.
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Advisory board for CHKS
Information analysts CHKS have appointed an advisory board. The board will be chaired by King's Fund chief executive Niall Dickson.
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Circular sets out appropriate blood use
A circular on blood transfusions has been published. It includes information on transfusion safety and effectiveness and avoiding unnecessary use of blood components.
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Our NHS, Our Future summit goes virtual
Presentations from a clinical summit to be held as part of Lord Darzi's Our NHS, Our Future review on 21 and 22 November are to be available live on the virtual world site Second Life.
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Commissioning: FESC is not enough alone, poll suggests
HSJ's exclusive poll of one in four PCT chief executives and commissioning directors shows high levels of uncertainty over using FESC for commissioning, writes Alexis Nolan
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Chief medical officer should resign, say junior doctors
Junior doctors have repeated calls for England's chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson to resign over changes to training that 'messed up thousands of doctors' lives'.
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Figures spark fresh concern over dental contracts
Nearly half of dentists faced having payments taken back after failing to meet targets in the first year of the new NHS dental contract, reveal statistics obtained by the British Dental Association.The association said many of the targets were unfair and called on primary care trusts to take a 'constructive, ...
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Call for more psychiatric beds in Northern Ireland
More psychiatrists and mental health inpatient facilities are needed to help stem the 'rising tide of suicides' in Northern Ireland, say doctors.
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Services to remember victims of road accidents
More than 40 religious services will take place across the UK on Sunday to remember people killed or injured in road accidents.
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Health and Social Care Bill published
New legislation designed to modernise and bring together health and social care services was launched by health minister Ben Bradshaw today.
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welsh mental act
The Welsh assembly government is consulting on mental health proposals for Wales. Comments are invited on the Mental Health Act code of practice for Wales, secondary legislation prepared under the Mental Health Act and secondary legislation prepared under the deprivation of liberty safeguards of the Mental Capacity Act.
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Call to reward patients using cheaper care
NHS patients should be given financial incentives to choose the most cost-efficient providers or treatments, a leading US academic has told officials.
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Doctors demand 'revolution' to increase part-time posts
The NHS will need to undergo a 'cultural revolution' if the government gives millions more parents the right to work part-time, doctors have warned.
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DoH considering 'tolerance levels' on waiting-time target
Trusts have welcomed plans to allow leeway on the government's flagship 18-week waiting-time target as proof that the NHS has 'grown up'.