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Short cuts: Draft quality standards for carer support issued
The King's Fund is consulting on a draft set of quality standards for local carer support services, developed by a steering group to take forward one of the recommendations of the government's national strategy, Caring About Carers. The aim is to ensure a more consistent quality of services across the ...
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'NHS zero tolerance zone' campaign
Chin wag: health minister John Denham (left) and Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine sit under posters showing weapons used in attacks on NHS staff, at the launch of the 'NHS zero tolerance zone' campaign, which aims to'underline that violence against staff working in the NHS is unacceptable'.
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DoH 'overlooked' Bristol witness call
The Department of Health has apologised for failing to provide legal support to a former NHS manager called to appear at the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry.
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In Brief: Shake-up of the Liberal Democrats
A shake-up of the Liberal Democrats' frontbench team has seen Nick Harvey take over as health spokesperson, with support from Dr Peter Brand. Simon Hughes and Dr Evan Harris, who used to speak on health, have taken on the briefs for home affairs, and for higher education and women, respectively.
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In Brief: NHS Supplies
NHS Supplies says it exceeded the annual purchasing savings target set by the Department of Health last year. Its annual report says savings of £113m were made, taking the total saving since NHS Supplies was established in 1991 to £560.9m. It claims to 'influence around half ' of the £5bn ...
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In Brief: The King's Fund
The King's Fund has launched a project looking at approaches to public involvement taken by London's primary care groups, with the aim of helping them to develop more effective methods. Project manager Will Anderson said that 'the NHS has traditionally found it hard to involve the public' but PCGs would ...
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In Brief: Senior manager required
Northern Ireland's health and social services central services agency is looking for a senior manager to head its new central fraud investigation unit, which will provide a specialist investigation service for the four health and social services boards.
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In Brief: The Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation has produced a self-help manual on anxiety and depression, with exercises for dealing with low moods.
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In Brief: Unison makes legal history
Unison has claimed to have made legal history in winning a six-figure sum for a senior orthopaedic technician who became 40 per cent disabled through exposure to latex. An unnamed trust, which accepted liability for the technician's condition in June, offered the sum before a court was due to assess ...
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The bottom line
Should the UK undertake a national screening programme for colorectal cancer? A new study suggests that the benefits outweigh the risks. Adam Legge investigates
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Board officials face calls to stand down
Tayside health board officials are facing calls for their resignation from campaigners opposed to the closure of Stracathro Hospital in Brechin.
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Trust's ex-chair rejects damning report as 'biased and inaccurate'
The former chair of Eastbourne Hospitals trust has launched a scathing counter-attack on a regional review that criticised the trust's 'autocratic, centralist and controlling' management style.
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The importance of being Frank
When he was appointed, few expected the outgoing health secretary to make much of the job. By and large, he has proved his critics wrong, says Patrick Butler
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Short cuts: Union seeks a 'beefed-up role' for school nurses
The Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association has called for school nurses to be given a 'beefed-up role' in preventing teenage pregnancy and drug misuse. In a consultation document drawn up with the Queen's Nursing Institute, it proposes benchmarks for cover in schools, with a three-strong team led by a ...
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Beds installed in boardroom as wards fill up
An unexplained jump in patient demand in west London has forced managers to commandeer the boardroom at Ealing Hospital as a ward for the next four weeks.