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Sleep cuts obesity risk
According to research from the US, a proper night's sleep could help reduce the risk of obesity in children.
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Commissioning services for rare disease treatment
The NHS National Commissioning Group has partnered with a biotechnology company to support a specialised system of care for patients with lysosomal storage disorders.
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Primary Care Organisation of the Year
Winner Wirral PCTWirral PCT exemplifies the direction that an organisation seeking the right type of innovation for the right kinds of improvements should take with service redesign clearly demonstrating genuine clinical engagement and a leadership that reaches out across organisational boundaries.Patient and public involvement and meaningful partnership working is central ...
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Breastfeeding boosts IQ, research shows
Breastfeeding can increase children's IQ when combined with the right genes, say researchers at King's College London.The study found that babies with a version of the FADS2 gene had an increased IQ of nearly seven points if they were breastfed. The results of the research are published in the Proceedings ...
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Pay rise should be 4.3 per cent, say doctors' leaders
The annual pay increase for doctors in 2008 should be 3.6-4.3 per cent, the British Medical Association has said.
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Wales earmarks an extra £1.2bn for health
The Welsh Assembly's spending plans for the next three years include an extra £1.2bn invested in health services.
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Review of heart transplant mortality rates
The Healthcare Commission is to carry out a preliminary review ofPapworthHospitalfoundation trust's heart transplantation programme after routine audit showed a slight increase in early mortality rates following heart transplantation.
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Tackle child cancer head on, government urged
Children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent has called on the government to use its cancer plan to tackle cancer in children and young people.
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Smoking ban has widespread approval
Almost 80 per cent of adults believe the smoking ban will improve public health. Those surveyed said hair and clothes not smelling of smoke, a more pleasant atmosphere in pubs, bars and restaurants and cleaner air were the main benefits of the ban.Research carried out for the Department of Health ...
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Adults eating too little oily fish, survey says
Less than one-third of UK adults eat at least one portion of oily fish a week, according to a YouGov poll carried out for fish company John West.
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'I love the NHS' event draws 7,000 marchers
Around 7,000 people are thought to have attended an 'I love the NHS' march in central London this weekend.
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New hospital for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
Health secretary Alan Johnson announced yesterday that a preferred bidder had been appointed to build a new £228m hospital at infection-hit Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals trust.
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Modernising nursing careers consultation launched
Nurses and health practitioners have been invited by health secretary Alan Johnson to share their views on their career development.Speaking at the annual Chief Nursing Officer's Conference yesterday, Mr Johnson launched a formal consultation to look at a new structure for nurses' careers.
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New best practice tool for nurses
A new set of benchmarks that aims to help nurses and other health and social care staff improve the care environment has been launched by chief nursing officer Christine Beasley.
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Pay award should not exceed 2 per cent, says NHS Employers
NHS Employers has advised the pay review bodies that next year's pay award for doctors, dentists and other healthcare staff should not place undue cost pressures on NHS trusts.
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Extra £23m for primary care premises in Scotland
Health boards across Scotland are tobenefit from an extra £23m to improve and modernise primary care premises, Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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In this week's HSJ
NewsThe government has admitted it does not know how it will decide which areas need extra GP provision, almost two years after it first pledged to help under-doctored areas.Cancellations of diagnostic contracts with the independent sector could damage confidence in future deals, investors have warned. Graham Kendall, acting general manager ...
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GP practices prepare for visits from new inspector
Primary care faces a tougher monitoring regime following the government's response to consultation on the new super-regulator.
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London will groom NHS leaders of the future
The capital's strategic health authority is setting up a talent-spotting programme to groom would-be chief executives.
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Four out of five prison mental health teams are falling short
Less than a fifth of mental health inreach prison teams feel they are meeting the needs of inmates, five years after they were established, according to a hard-hitting report.