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Attitudes to mental illness improving, survey shows
People are more tolerant of those with mental illnesses than they were four years ago, new figures reveal.
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18-week target being met for more than half of patients
The latest referral to treatment times show that more patients are being treated within 18 weeks of being referred by their GP.
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Practice-based commissioning a 'win-win' policy
A leaflet showing how practice-based commissioning can reduce waiting times and save lives has been issued today by the Department of Health.
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Concerns over access to heart services
A review of heart failure services has revealed large variations in patient access to diagnostic tests, drugs and specialist care.
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NHS Direct beats performance targets
NHS Direct has recorded its best ever performance in June 2007. It has beaten government targets covering access, response times, and clinical sorting to make sure patients are given appropriate advice.
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DoH allocates £50m funding for cleaner hospitals
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced £50m extra funding to tackle healthcare associated infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile.
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Commission criticises sexual heath data
The Healthcare Commission has called for improvements to the collection of data on sexual health and how that data and information is used by services.
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NHS to face fresh review
Prime minister Gordon Brown and the new health secretary Alan Johnson have announced a review of the NHS that will advise on how to meet the challenges of delivering healthcare over the next decade.
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NICE advice drives up treatment costs
Commissioners are being pushed into spending too much money on life-saving drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, economists have warned.
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Dementia care lags behind
Treatment for people with dementia is little better than for cancer patients in the 1950s, the National Audit Office has warned.
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Anti-terrorism police focus on NHS staff
The NHS was facing unprecedented attention after all eight of those detained in connection with the last week's terrorist incidents as HSJ went to press were linked to the service.
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Communication skills are key as Johnson takes over health
Charming, pragmatic and someone staff can do business with, or a puppet devoid of radical ideas? Oliver Evans takes soundings on what Alan Johnson will bring to his brief
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Restructuring puts mothers at risk, warns Healthcare Commission
The reconfiguration of maternity services is putting patients at risk, the chair of the Healthcare Commission has warned.
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£500,000 pay-off for former PCT chief
A former primary care trust chief executive was given a pay-off of nearly half a million pounds after failing to secure a new full-time post following reconfiguration.
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Healthcheck survey uncovers stress, delays and frustration
The annual healthcheck is leading to stress, frustration and to other work being delayed, an independent study has found.
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Brief to ministers: calm NHS waters
The new health ministers are facing high expectations that they will be able to win the hearts and minds of patients and staff.
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Cabinet reshuffle: private sector fights to stay on agenda
Private providers have called on the new health secretary to clarify his commitment to independent sector expansion amid fears it will slip down the political agenda.
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Johnson and Darzi lead Brown's campaign to woo back voters
Prime minister Gordon Brown has unveiled a new health team that is widely perceived as an attempt to restore staff and public confidence in the NHS.
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WHO renews efforts to eliminate Chagas disease
A new strategy to eliminate Chagas disease by 2010 will be launched by the World Health Organisation.
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Improved care for diabetic children in Wales
New clinical guidelines published today by health and social services minister for Wales Edwina Hart are intended to benefit children and young people with type 1 diabetes.