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Exercise on prescription - new guidance from DoH
Guidelines on offering exercise on prescription have been drawn up by the Department of Health, setting out the patients most likely to benefit from such help. The guidance suggests they are appropriate for people with coronary heart disease; hypertension, obesity and diabetes; mental health problems; muscolo-skeletal problems; and rehabilitation following ...
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Mental health trusts in England are to receive £30m over two years to be spent improving privacy, dignity and safety on psychiatric wards, health minister John Denham announced last week. The money will be allocated directly to trusts where it will be spent on helping to end mixed-sex toilet and ...
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Black manager wins £80,000 payout in discrimination case
A trust has been forced to pay nearly £80,000 to a black manager who won a race discrimination claim at an employment tribunal.
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London Tube chief set to return to NHS as troubled trust beckons
The managing director of the London Underground is poised to leave his high-profile role and take a pay cut to return to the NHS as chief executive of Hammersmith Hospitals trust, HSJ understands.
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Health head goes as MSF merges with AEEU to create super-union
Health union MSF is to merge with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form a super-union of more than a million members.
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Ex-Bedford boss welcomes post at the sharp end
The chief executive who stood down over the Bedford bodies-inthe-chapel case has been given a two-year post, initially as a secondment, within the region to oversee workforce and training issues.
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The number of GP personal medical services pilot schemes going live from the beginning of the month was 967, down from 1,230 schemes approved last December and representing more than a 20 per cent drop-out rate.Final contract negotiations are continuing with some schemes, while an additional 61 have delayed starting ...
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Milburn puts his name to proposal for 'an end to outpatient' services
The NHS Confederation is pushing for a radical restructuring of the way health services are delivered in a move that would see an 'end to outpatients'.
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Down's syndrome inquiry puts trusts on discrimination alert
All trusts providing paediatric cardiac surgery have been told to consider how to implement 119 recommendations made by the independent inquiries into services at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital.
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Patients' body 'should have broader remit'
The planned new national patients' body should not be restricted to commenting on the NHS but could have a broader remit, a study commissioned by health secretary Alan Milburn has recommended.
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Delays loom for mental health monitoring
Just one in 10 local groups charged with implementing mental health policy believe effective systems to monitor clinical governance are in place.
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Health and Social Care Bill faces Lords battle
The row over controversial measures in the Health and Social Care Bill is set to reach a climax in the next fortnight as it reaches its report stage in the Lords, where the government does not have a majority.Liberal Democrat and Conservative peers have signalled their intention to challenge the ...
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Conservative attacks choice of appointments chair
The appointment of South East regional chair Sir William Wells as chair of the new NHS Appointments Commission has prompted fierce criticism from shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox.Sir William will head a team of regional commissioners responsible for recruiting and appraising non-executives.Dr Fox described the appointment of Sir William ...
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New medical schools target lower-income entrants
Two new medical schools are to be set up, based at Brighton and Sussex Universities and Hull and York Universities. In all 1,033 additional medical school places are being created in England, with emphasis on recruiting students from middle and lower-income families.There will also be greater emphasis on interprofessional training ...
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Pressure on Scotland to stay in line over elderly care
Pressure is mounting for Scotland not to implement the findings of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care for the Elderly, says the report's author, Sir Stewart Sutherland.Giving the Royal College of Nursing Scotland inaugural annual lecture, he warned that 'the pressure to reject full implementation is growing as those who ...
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Qualification aims to raise social care standards
A three-year degree-level social work qualification is to begin from 2003 as part of a bid to raise social care standards.
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Umbrella cancer research institute launched
The Department of Health has unveiled a new organisation to co-ordinate all the UK's cancer research.The National Cancer Research Institute will co-ordinate funding and information on research, including clinical trials and genetics. It will bring together government departments, the Medical Research Council, cancer research charities and the pharmaceutical industry.Health secretary ...
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Think-tank calls for hefty bonuses to keep leaders
The public sector must do much more to attract high-calibre leaders and consider paying hefty bonuses to the best-performing managers, according to the Cabinet Office's performance and innovation unit.
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Unified NHS boards raring to get started in Scotland
Unified NHS boards could be up and running in parts of Scotland by the summer, well before the October date they were due to become formal entities, according to a newly appointed board chair.
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Confederations take charge of developing future workforce
Twenty-four new bodies become operational this week which will, for the first time, oversee the workforce and training issues of NHS staff.