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Specialist services essential in diabetes care
A new publication from the diabetes specialist services liaison group highlights the challenges that diabetes poses for the NHS and how specialist services can help overcome them.
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NHS London outlines plans for the capital
NHS London has outlined the steps it will take to implement change in the capital's healthcare services.
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BMA new deputy chair
Dr Kate Bullen, an associate specialist anaesthetist from Bristol, has been elected as the deputy chairman of the British Medical Association’s council.She will take over immediately from Dr Sam Everington, who was deputy chairman of BMA Council from 2004 to 2007.In addition to being a member of BMA Council and ...
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BMA coming back to table
The British Medical Association’s GP committee looks set to come back to the negotiating table with NHS Employers. The two sides have met ahead of talks on the general medical services contract for 2008/09. The BMA pulled out of negotiations nine months ago and this year received a 0 per ...
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Mental health focus for humanitarian agencies
New guidelines to address the mental health needs of survivors of conflict and disaster have been agreed.
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Poor access costs businesses
Rigid and inflexible GP services are costing workers and businesses millions of pounds every year, according to the Confederation of British Industry.Restricted opening hours, difficulty in booking forward appointments and the limited range of services on offer cost theUKeconomy an estimated£1bn and 3.5 million working days a year, it says.The ...
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Funding will need to increase substantially to deliver the aspirations of the original review, even with improved productivity and self-management by patients of their health.The NHS will fall short in funding by£15.2bn,£9.2bn and£7.2bn by April 2011 depending on progress defined by Sir Derek as slow uptake, solid progress or fully ...
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Research proposals to get government cash
Seven health research proposals are being funded by the Department of Health, as part of a new National Institute for Health Research funding programme called Research for Innovation, Speculation and Creativity.
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Two million babies screened for hearing
Two million babies inEnglandwill have had their hearing screened thanks to the NHS newborn hearing screening programme, the Department of Health has announced.The programme, which was rolled out across England in 2001, screens 1,700 babies each day.
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PCTs attacked in MPs' report
Too many primary care trusts are 'paying lip service' to a government programme intended to boost quality and safety after a string of high-profile scandals in the NHS, according to a report published by the cross-party public accounts committee.
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New public health director appointed
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Agency chief executive Angela McNab has been appointed on a six-month secondment to the Department of Health as Director of Public Health Performance and Delivery.
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Health workers accept improved pay offer
Unison, which represents 450,000 NHS staff across theUK,said its members have voted two to one in favour of the revised pay deal.
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In this week's magazine
NewsSir Derek Wanless has warned that unless major improvements in productivity and public health are made, even greater levels of investment will be needed over the next 20 years. Sir Derek said that major strides are needed over the next three years if the NHS is to make the most ...
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PFI hospitals plan to lose management posts
Two hospitals with private finance initiative projects are preparing to cut hundreds of jobs.
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One year on, the message from Nicholson is that he's listening
NHS chief executive David Nicholson is in no doubt of the strength of staff's opposition to more change, or to their distaste for the idea of organisations competing against each other. Rebecca Evans quizzed him on what those staff can expect next
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Wanless warns of spending 'hell'
The NHS faces a 'hell of a job' after failing to deliver major advances in productivity and public health, Sir Derek Wanless has told HSJ.
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Nurses to decide on pay offer
The Royal College of Nursing will this weekend make a decision on the government's pay offer for this year.
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Trust escapes repayment of debts
A trust which was threatening to make hundreds of staff redundant has been told it need not pay back £20.7m historic debt - provided it manages its finances better.
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Potential return to huge debt in three years' time
The man who laid the ground for the massive spending boost to the NHS has warned that the service could be up to £15.2bn short again in three years.
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Doctors in the dark over future of regulation
Failing to set out a timetable for the future of health regulation will be a 'disaster' for the NHS, a senior doctor has warned.