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Michael White on gambling with public health
Health ministers have taken two steps along familiar paths in the past few days, one to promote smoke-free conditions for pregnant women, the other to create an 'alcohol-free childhood'.
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London hospital fire: 250 evacuated
Around 250 patients and staff were evacuated from a London hospital today when a fire started in its basement.Northwick Park Hospital's accident and emergency and maternity services departments were closed after a small fire in an electrical room in the basement. Patients were evacuated to avoid smoke.
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London will review polyclinics
London's primary care trusts are to evaluate the first of their polyclinics to show whether the controversial developments are improving healthcare and access.They have set out their requirements for the external review, which follows cynicism about the model from some GPs.
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DH extends Atos choose and book contract
The Department of Health has signed a two year contract with Atos Healthcare to continue managing the choose and book system.
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Campaigners attack NHS prescription charge exemptions
It is wrong to draw up a list of 'deserving and undeserving' illnesses that entitle some NHS patients to a prescription charge waiver, campaigners have said.
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Scottish health minister Shona Robison takes on new brief
Scottish health minister Shona Robison is to take on responsibility for sport, following a reshuffle of the Scottish parliament.
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Suspended chief executive in limbo as review drags on
A hospital trust that suspended its chief executive in October and began a review into his performance has had to appoint a second interim replacement, as the review overruns by more than two months.John Watkinson was suspended by the Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust following a critical review of his performance ...
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Double weak PCT gets new chairman
Great Yarmouth and Waveney primary care trust has appointed a new chairman.
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Modest rise in GP extended hours
There has been a modest increase in the number of GP practices offering extended opening hours, monthly figures show.
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Malnutrition costs UK £13bn a year, report claims
Three million people are living at risk of malnutrition in the UK and the condition is costing around £13bn a year, a report has claimed.
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NHS top-up policy needs more scrutiny - RCN
The Royal College of Nursing is calling on strategic health authorities to step up scrutiny of top-up payments to ensure the new government policy 'does not result in a two tier NHS'.
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NHS Scotland funding announced
NHS Scotland boards will share £8.6bn of funding next financial year. The sum includes £385m earmarked for capital investment, which the Scottish government said would help boost the struggling economy.
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Maternity closures increasing, say Conservatives
Nearly 50 per cent of hospital trusts had to close to maternity admissions at least once in 2008.The Conservatives, who collated the figures from freedom of information requests, said they demonstrated Labour's 'terrible record on maternity'.
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Stroke awareness campaign to save lives and money
A three year campaign to promote public awareness of stroke symptoms was launched by the Department of Health today.
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NHS PROMs results ready by November
Hospitals will be publicly rated by patients' reports of their care before the end of the year.
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Measles cases rise to record high
Last year saw the highest number of measles cases in England and Wales since records began, the Health Protection Agency has revealed.
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Conservatives highlight NHS litigation cost increase
The government has admitted that NHS negligence premiums will nearly double to £713m in the next financial year.
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NHS managers call for clinical training overhaul
Managers and clinicians are calling for clinical training programmes to give doctors a better understanding of finance and resource management in the NHS.
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West Middlesex trust names Tara Donnelly's replacement
West Middlesex University Hospital trust has appointed an interim chief executive following the resignation of Tara Donnelly.Dame Jacqueline Docherty will join the trust on 23 February from King's College Hospital, where she was deputy chief executive and director of operations.
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Emma Dent on counting calories
Using the recent anniversary of my birth as an excuse, Mr D and I seized the chance to go for a nice meal surrounded by grown-ups, before the only restaurants we get to patronise are those full of buggies and helpings of organic carrot.