All Primary care articles – Page 199
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NewsLords raise questions on swine flu preparedness
The Lords science and technology committee has highlighted “serious questions” about the UK’s preparedness for swine flu.
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NewsNHS must improve drink plans - MPs
MPs have called on the Department of Health to do more to tackle the increasing level of alcohol misuse in England.
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NewsLIFT-promoting firm is left in ‘disarray’
The government-owned company established to promote private investment in primary care is in “disarray”, according to private sector contractors.
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NewsHealthcare watchdogs could suspend NHS inspections during crisis
The Care Quality Commission plans to suspend a “whole suite of activities” such as hygiene inspections if the flu pandemic worsens.
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NewsPCT outbreak plans show variety of coping mechanisms
Primary care trusts in the worst affected areas have found a variety of ways of dealing with the outbreak.
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LeaderNo time for complacency with the shape of the system at stake
The disagreement between the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and primary care trusts over guidance on saving money presages a big debate facing the NHS over the balance between central and local power in the recession.
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CommentSophia Christie on making an impact on male mortality
I can’t live without my burgers, my chips or the doner meat. I know they are bad, I can see the fat dripping out of it…
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NewsPrescriptions rise but costs fall, NHS Information Centre data reveals
The number of prescriptions handed out to people suffering from allergies, diabetes and obesity increased in a year, although overall costs fell, new figures from the NHS Information Centre reveal.
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NewsEthnicity 'not a factor in primary care access'
There is no difference in the way ethnic minorities and their white counterparts access GP services in England or in the clinical outcomes of the care they receive, a study has found.
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NewsDH will probe how row over NHS targets led to bullying claims
The Department of Health is to launch an independent review into allegations of bullying and harassment against East Midlands strategic health authority.
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GPs want more than £700m for swine flu vaccine programme
GP leaders are negotiating for more than £700m in payments for giving people the swine flu vaccine, HSJ has learned.
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NewsConservatives call for more Tamiflu collection points
The government should take urgent action to open more Tamiflu collection points, shadow health minister Stephen O’Brien has urged.
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NewsResigning trust chair calls for David Nicholson to investigate 'SHA pressure'
The chair of an acute trust has resigned, calling on NHS chief executive David Nicholson to investigate the behaviour of East Midlands strategic health authority in pressurising him to meet access targets.
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NewsMinisters deny swine flu website was late starter
A claim that the new swine flu helpline and website should have been launched earlier has been dismissed by ministers.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the NHS must look after its hidden workers
Carers play a central role in many healthcare users’ lives. Although services are recognising that they must be valued and supported, there is much more to be done to ensure this unpaid workforce’s wellbeing
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NHS marketing
In Hounslow a focused marketing campaign has helped ensure strong take-up rates of services at the area’s polyclinic.
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NewsTamiflu collection points set up
The antiviral drug Tamiflu has been made available from hundreds of collection points as swine flu continues to spread throughout the UK.
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NewsSainsbury's refuses to act as antiviral collection point
Primary care trusts will not be able to include any of Sainsbury’s 230 in-store pharmacies in their local plans to set up antiviral collection points.
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NewsPressure on to sign up to flu service
Pressure is mounting on the Welsh Assembly to join the Department of Health’s national pandemic flu service as thousands of people report symptoms of swine flu.
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NewsSwine flu phone service goes live
A telephone and internet service that aims to speed up access to drugs for thousands of people infected with swine flu goes live today.