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PCTs fall short on consulting
Primary care trusts need to provide leadership training to professional executive committees and have a strategy to consult with patients, the Commons public accounts committee has concluded.
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'Outdated' IT systems raise MPs' concerns
Hospitals have been forced to rely on increasingly outdated IT systems because of delays in implementing a major part of the national programme for IT, the Commons health select committee has warned.
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BUPA expected to provide 'external support' for PCT
Hillingdon primary care trust is set to name BUPA as the company it plans to use to help it commission services under the Department of Health's external commissioner list, HSJ has learned.
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Charity moves to dispel breast cancer myths
The charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer is calling on GPs to help dispel widespread confusion among patients about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer.The initiative is part of the charity's campaign'Show your breasts some TLC: Touch Look Check'.
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Senior exodus as board seeks new status
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health trust has seen several senior staff leave ahead of a reorganisation of its executive board as it prepares for its application to become a foundation trust.
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Confed backs select committee findings
NHS Confederation chief executive Dr Gill Morgan said that she agreed with the findings of a Commons health select committee report on NHS IT published today.
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Public expecting too much as spending cuts approach
Local managers need more accountability and stronger support from politicians when making tough decisions, a think tank has claimed.
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Alliance: PBC will transform health service
The NHS Alliance has given practice-based commissioning a vote of confidence in a report released today.Alliance chair Dr Michael Dixon said PBC was going to transform the NHS but there has been a slow start due to primary care trust reconfiguration.He warned the policy would not go far enough if ...
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'Albatross' private finance charges slated in research
Trusts with large private finance initiative projects are facing continued pressure to cut services and jobs to meet payments, two leading researchers have claimed.
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GPs come out against polyclinics
The Royal College of GPs has criticised the introduction of NHS polyclinics proposed by junior health minister Lord Darzi as part of his vision for the future of the NHS.
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Bradshaw calls for action to fix primary care democratic deficit
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has raised the prospect of a shake-up of local governance after he issued a warning that there is a 'problem' with primary care trusts' accountability to their patients.
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Joint project to reduce falls in patients
According to a new study, closer working between pharmacy and physiotherapy services may improve care for older people at risk of falls.Research carried out at Guy's and St Thomas' foundation trust found that many older patients who have fallen would benefit from having their medicines reviewed.
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Nuffield trust gets interim director
Dr Neil Goodwin CBE has been appointed as interim director of the Nuffield Trust and will work to develop the future strategy of the charity's programme of research.
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Johnson delivers speech on health inequalities
Health secretary Alan Johnson will deliver a speech on health inequalities to the New Health Network today.
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Kennedy steps down from genetics commission
The chair of the Human Genetics Commission, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, has announced that she is stepping down.
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chan wheeler
The new commercial director at the Department of Health has committed himself to breaking down barriers and creating a level playing field in the NHS to enable the independent sector to provide care.Speaking at the inaugural annual conference on the independent sector Chan Wheeler delivered his first public address after ...
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New study claims that the pill may cut cancer risk
The contraceptive pill may reduce the risk of cancer for most women, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal.
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Call for HIV test kit review
The Terrence Higgins Trust is urging the government to change the law and allow people to buy and use home test kits for HIV.
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Roadmap
Junior health minister Lord Darzi's polyclinics have received yet more criticism from clinicians as the Royal College of GPs has published its vision of the future.The Roadmap joins the British Medical Association and the NHS Alliance in criticising the term polyclinics and suggests an alternative model.The report says: 'We caution ...
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Research project recruits volunteers
NHS patients in England will be invited to take part in a multi-million-pound medical project that will research life threatening and debilitating diseases.Supported by the Department of Health, UK Biobank will recruit people aged 40-69 and track their health over the next 30 years.