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Profits boost for Boots
Pharmacy and health and beauty group Alliance Boots has announced a 20 per cent increase in profits and a 4.8 per cent increase in revenue.
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Not enough cash for polyclinics, claim Tories
If no GP practices are closed as a result of polyclinics being opened, there will not be enough funding for the move, the Conservatives have claimed.
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Incentivise care in poorer areas - Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats would incentivise GPs to work in deprived areas and introduce a financial premium to treat poorer patients, party leader Nick Clegg has said.
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Statistics show variations in UK health spending
UK health and social care spending varies from £1,915 per head in England to £2,313 per head in Scotland, statistics from the Office for National Statistics have shown.
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Strategy aims to support carers
The Department of Health has launched a strategy to support Britain's 'unsung army' of carers, including cash to provide short breaks, support to get back into work and a pilot of annual health checks. More personalised support for carers will also be made available.
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Royal College of Nursing members accept pay deal
Royal College of Nursing members have voted in favour of a government pay deal worth 7.99 per cent over three years.
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Tuberculosis undermining HIV work, says WHO
Rates of tuberculosis, especially drug-resistant forms of the disease, are threatening to undermine progress on treating people with HIV, a global leaders forum has said.
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Distance to GPs will treble, claim Conservatives
Government plans to introduce polyclinics will treble the distance patients have to travel to see a GP, from at least half a mile to at least one and a half miles, the Conservatives have claimed.
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Healthy communities fund launched
Every town in England will have the chance to bid for up to £5m for schemes to make their inhabitants healthier and more active, health minister Dawn Primarolo has announced.
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Health inequalities plans announced
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced details of £34m of spending on local programmes to tackle health inequalities, including £19m to improve life expectancy and reduce infant mortality.A national support team for alcohol will be set up to help areas with the highest rates of alcohol-related hospital admissions. ...
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NHS reforms damaging patient care, say academics
Simplistic and untested NHS reforms are inadvertently damaging patient care in GP surgeries, argue a group of academics writing in the latest edition of the BMJ.
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Government hits target on modern matrons
There are now more than 5,500 modern matrons working in the NHS, according to figures announced by the Department of Health today.
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Proceed with caution on polyclinics, says King's Fund
Primary care trusts should only proceed with new polyclinics if there are clear benefits to local communities, the King's Fund has said in a new report.
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Nurses support three-year pay deal
Members of the Royal College of Nursing are strongly in favour of a government pay deal worth 7.99 per cent over three years.
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One in five NHS trusts still in deficit, say MPs
More than one in five NHS organisations are still in deficit despite 'very commendable' efforts to turn the NHS's finances around, MPs on the public accounts committee have said.The Department of Health and NHS achieved a surplus of £515m in 2006-07, but 82 out of 372 NHS organisations are in ...
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Monitor survey shows distance still to travel on FT governance
A survey of foundation trust governors by regulator Monitor reveals the distance still to travel to develop effective governance.
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DH must step in to protect the vulnerable
The government needs to rethink its plan to exclude sectioned mental health patients from the protection of the Corporate Manslaughter Act for up to five years.
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Darzi review: East Midlands opts for local focus
NHS East Midlands has focused on localism in its regional Darzi vision.The strategic health authority said it had divided its patch into smaller areas to make sure its proposals reflect the diversity of its residents.
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New guidance to develop PCT boards
The Department of Health today published guidance on boosting the skills and competence of primary care trust leaders.PCTs will be expected to use the guidance to commission local programmes to develop board members.
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NHS surplus achieved at expense of training, says BMA
Doctors' leaders today called for funding for NHS staff training to be protected from raids by cash-strapped trusts.