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Compassion missing in healthcare - NHS Confederation
Care and compassion in healthcare are being put under strain by its increasing sophistication, a debate paper from the NHS Confederation has claimed.
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Youth alcohol plan launched
A plan to help young people make informed decisions about the risks of drinking alcohol has been launched by the Department of Health, the Home Office and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.It aims to provide clearer information to parents and young people about alcohol consumption. New guidelines on ...
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Northern Ireland students face hardship - BMA
Medical students in Northern Ireland are the 'most disadvantaged' in the UK, according to doctors' leaders in the region.
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NHS performing well on cancer waits, statistics show
Performance on cancer waiting times has slipped slightly since last year but is still high, reveal new figures.
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16,800 operations cancelled in three months
More than 16,000 operations were cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons in the first three months of this year, the latest figures show.
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New social care research school
The government today announced the creation of a new national school for social care research.
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Pay deal for Scots dentists
Dentists and the Scottish government have finally agreed on a deal that will see some practices get funding for treating significant numbers of NHS patients even though they do not meet the full 'NHS commitment'.The deal comes after lengthy discussions between the government and the British Dental Association.
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Drugs' benefits go further than the patient
The vertiginous rise in mental health costs predicted in a King's Fund report this week should trigger debate about which drugs are approved for use.
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Vulnerable people's fate must not fall to faceless bureaucracy
Health secretary Alan Johnson has called for a 'national debate' on how we will meet the needs and costs of an ageing population.
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Single-room hospital gets green light
Final plans for Wales' first all single room hospital have been approved by health minister Edwina Hart.
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Fall in lung cancer among men, research shows
Lung cancer rates and deaths have fallen among men but not women, according to new research published today by the Office for National Statistics.
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Midwives reject pay offer
Members of the Royal College of Midwives have rejected a three-year government pay offer.
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Fujitsu axed from NHS IT scheme
The NHS's troubled IT programme suffered another blow after negotiations with a key supplier broke down.
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NHS 'will hit waiting time targets'
The government insisted the NHS was firmly on track to meet waiting times targets after new figures were published today.Many trusts have already met goals set for the end of this year to ensure all patients are treated within 18 weeks of being referred by a GP.
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Emma Dent on GPs and drinking habits
So I registered with a new GP. Once I had finally found one it was a pleasantly pain-free experience.
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End of postcode lottery could put PCTs in a spin
The Primary Care Commissioning Network will pool PCTs' expertise to help them make decisions on using new treatments while they wait for NICE guidance. But trusts that choose to ignore the network's advice could find themselves facing a media storm. By Alison Moore
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Johnson pledges better care for minority ethnic groups
Black and minority ethnic people are not getting the primary healthcare they need, a government report has shown.
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Independent sector still struggling on data
The independent sector is still struggling to provide good quality data on its NHS activities, the NHS Information Centre has revealed.
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SHA releases psychiatric killers' reports
Two reports into psychiatric patients who killed have been released by NHS East of England - more than five years after the incidents.
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Bruce Keogh speaks at Patient Safety Congress
Managers are still treating patient safety as 'subordinate' to money despite the health service's £1.8bn underspend, according to the NHS medical director.