News
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Drug support 'within three weeks'13 Nov 09 | ScotlandEnsuring patients always get the best possible care is the top priority for the NHS in Scotland and these targets are a valuable way to make sure this happens. "I...
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Stalker in bolt gun murder jailed13 Nov 09 | SuffolkThe Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is also investigating the case. This week a spokesman said the trust had now been given permission by police to talk to staff about any contact with McFarlane prior to the death.
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Bug row boss wins new legal round13 Nov 09 | KentRose Gibb left her job ahead of the Healthcare Commission's report The former boss of a bug-hit NHS trust has won another legal round in her battle against a decision to deny her a bigger severance deal. Rose Gibb left her job days before a report into a clostridium difficile (C-diff)
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Researchers marking diabetes day13 Nov 09 | Highlands and IslandsIt is a joint initiative between UHI and NHS Highland. Eating porridge Two major projects are being run by scientists based in Inverness and Aberdeen.
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Probe over access to patient data13 Nov 09 | HumberNHS Hull has written to patients about the incident An inquiry is being carried out into a data breach at a Hull GP surgery after patients' records were accessed by an unauthorised member of staff. NHS Hull said it was working with the police after the incident at a GP group practice in the west...
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Surgery 'has benefits for some'12 Nov 09An obesity expert has criticised NHS Sheffield after it told a woman she was "too big"
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New nursing rules 'will add skills to compassion'12 Nov 09The new standards, supported by NHS managers and the nursing union, will be introduced in England in 2013.
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Plans for 'right' to private care10 Nov 09Hospital patients in England will get the legal right to be seen privately if they face NHS delays. Hospitals have to start treating patients within 18 weeks of referral - or two weeks in the case of cancer - but ministers will now give patients a legal right to private care if this does not...
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Family to sue over ambulance wait09 Nov 09Relatives of a man who died after a heart attack in the street are preparing to sue the NHS, claiming he waited over an hour for an ambulance.
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Row over NHS funding for gritting09 Nov 09An NHS governor has resigned after a primary care trust pledged £1m to help a council pay for extra road gritting.
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BBC iPlayer
TV
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See Hear - Episode 17Episode 17, 21 Oct 09Campaigners at Sign Health believe that gathering accurate data about deaf people's health and experiences with the NHS could be the best way to improve the situation. And in the second chapter of the Baby Diaries, a very pregnant Melissa ponders the question of how to look good when your...
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Radio
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Supersize Surgeries11 Nov 09Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP at the core of the NHS. She hears from a GP in Hereford who is worried that a new polyclinic will destroy his own highly-regarded practice and doctors in London who cannot wait for their own on-site x-rays and...
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Woman's Hour - 12/11/200912 Nov 09Pauline Hardinges, 65, has won a £30,000 refund from the NHS for the money she spent on nursing care for her mother who has Alzheimer's. Pauline successfully appealed to get her costs reimbursed, and the NHS paid out on the condition that she signed a secrecy agreement.
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Blogs
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Jay Winter's essay, "War Wounds".06 Nov 09 | Eddie Mair - PM
Here we can see how the treatment of those damaged by war between 1914 and 1918 constituted a step on the way to the National Health Service. This brings us to a second unanticipated consequence of the war.
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Mr Less Angry29 Oct 09 | Betsan Powys - Betsan's Blog
I'm sure her extensive experience of life on the NHS front-line would be invaluable to those who run the Welsh NHS. But I'll try to find out how formal a role it is and let you know. ...
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"No backroom deals"24 Oct 09 | Mark Devenport - The Devenport Diaries
Mr McGimpsey quoted Nye Bevan when praising the NHS. When I pointed out that this was a very Labourite source of inspration he pronounced himself happy with David Cameron's approach on health.
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Come again?22 Oct 09 | Betsan Powys - Betsan's Blog
Paul Davies, chairman of the All Wales Directors of NHS Finance. To whom?
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SEE HEAR: Wednesday 21st October 1pm BBC TWO21 Oct 09 | SH Line Producer - See Hear Blog
Campaigners at Sign Health believe that gathering accurate data about Deaf people's health and experiences with the NHS could be the best way to improve the situation. Find out more and sign up to the survey here: http://www.iwantbetterhealth.org.uk/...
Knowledge
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Timeline: United KingdomCountry profiles
1948 - National Health Service is established. 1949 - The UK becomes a founder member of Nato.
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Radio 4 - The NHS at 60: The Cost of HealthRadio 4
PROGRAMME FINDER: PROGRAMME GENRES: THE NHS AT 60: THE COST OF HEALTH Tuesday 09:00 - 09:45, 1- 29 July 2008 Branwen Jeffeys looks at some of the key dilemmas facing the NHS. Programme 2 Tuesday 8 July 2008 What responsibilities do patients have to the NHS? To...
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Radio 4 - The NHS at 60: The Cost of HealthRadio 4
PROGRAMME FINDER: PROGRAMME GENRES: THE NHS AT 60: THE COST OF HEALTH Tuesday 09:00 - 09:45, 1- 29 July 2008 Branwen Jeffeys looks at some of the key dilemmas facing the NHS. Programme 4 Tuesday 29 July 2008 Who pays?
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Watchdog - Watchdog - Hospital parkingWatchdog
In April, the Welsh Assembly abolished car parking charges in all but ten of the principality's 130 NHS hospitals. By 2011, it's expected only four hospitals in Wales will still charge for parking, due to ongoing contracts with Parking Companies.
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Timeline: SwedenCountry profiles
Successive governments develop a comprehensive welfare state, introducing a national health service in 1955 and a state pension scheme in 1959. PM Olof Palme was shot in the street; crime was never solved 1952 - Sweden becomes founder member of the Nordic Council, established to further the...
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News From Other Sources
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Twenty questions for would-be MPs14 Nov 09 | Financial Times
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Hospitals treat Alzheimers patients so badly 'one14 Nov 09 | Telegraph
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Margaret Haywood: 'A double agent, that's what I14 Nov 09 | Guardian.co.uk
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Warning to 60,000 Scots on dangers of diabetes14 Nov 09 | The Scotsman
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Good news for slimmers as scientists rethink13 Nov 09 | Times Online
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