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York researchers named senior investigators
Five researchers from York University have been appointed to the NHS College of Senior Investigators.
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Let fathers bond with newborns, says think tank
Fathers are shut out at the birth of their children and are often prevented from bonding with them, according to a report by think tank the Fatherhood Institute.
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Include older people's needs in health policy, says BMA
The British Medical Association in Northern Ireland and Irish Medical Association are to present a joint policy paper on the care of older people to the European Parliament.
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Scotland pledges £6m to fight childhood obesity
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced £6m of funding to tackle childhood obesity.Health boards will be asked to set up weight treatment programmes for children aged five to 15 to promote healthy eating and physical activity and address the causes of weight gain.
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Royal College of Surgeons elects president
John Black has been elected president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, replacing Bernard Ribeiro.
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Royal College of Physicians publishes annual report
The Royal College of Physicians has published its annual report.
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BMA celebrates pensions decision
The British Medical Association has welcomed the government's decision not to appeal against the outcome of the judicial review into the calculation of GP pensions.
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Practice-based commissioning results published
The latest wave three practice-based commissioning results from the GP practice survey have been released.
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Psychological therapies toolkit launched
The Department of Health has published a toolkit for improving access to psychological therapies.It aims to help primary care trusts implement National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on depression and anxiety disorders.
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Three more ISTCs get green light
Three more phase two independent sector treatment centre schemes have been given the go-ahead by the Department of Health and Treasury's value for money reviews.
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Working time directive concerns for junior doctors
The introduction of the European working time directive in August could hit junior doctor training, the British Medical Association has claimed.
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NHS Choices vision revealed
A report outlining the Department of Health's vision for the future of NHS Choices has been unveiled.
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Staffordshire ambulance safety warning
Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust took risks with the safety of patients, staff and volunteers, the Healthcare Commission has found.In an investigation covering April 2004 to June 2007, the commission found problems relating to the poor management of controlled drugs, emergency ambulance volunteers and its out-of-hours GP service.
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Staff survey shows low opinion of senior management
Trusts have been urged to address a ‘breakdown’ in the relationship between senior managers and staff, following the results of the fifth annual NHS staff survey.It is the first time the Healthcare Commission’s survey of every trust in England has asked specific questions about senior management.
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QOF harms inequality progress
The freedom of GPs to 'exception report' patients may be undermining efforts to reduce health inequalities, experts have told the Commons health select committee.
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On the minimum practice income guarantee
The minimum practice income guarantee was agreed because without this supplement the majority of the practices would have earned less from the new contract than the old one, writes Abdul Ghafoor
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New unit set up as trusts miss green targets
Four out of 10 NHS managers have not yet begun to develop plans to reduce carbon emissions in the health service, despite green targets set by the Department of Health.
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Swindells to go private with Tribal
The Department of Health's interim chief information officer Matthew Swindells is to leave the department and the NHS for the private consultancy Tribal.
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Freedom of information rules
Many public authorities find that freedom of information requests sometimes raise complex questions that can be hard to get right, writes Maurice Frankel