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The Department of Health has issued an alert warning that hospital wash basins have been identified as a source of infection from gram negative bacteria.   […]

Charity leaders have urged the government to scrap pension rules for outsourced workers they say will bar people from getting the best deal from public services. […]

NHS Derbyshire County has appointed a new director of commissioning and informatics. […]

Alcohol consumption in the UK has seen its biggest decline in 60 years, according to new industry figures. […]

A minimum price for alcohol of 45p a unit would save Scotland more than £700m in 10 years, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said. […]

Managers will have until the end of October to decide whether to sacrifice their job in return for a lump sum pay-off, HSJ has learned. […]

Patients should be able to make complaints to the health service ombudsman about NHS services via email or telephone, the Law Commission has proposed. […]

The downward trend in the number of deaths involving MRSA and C difficile revealed by official figures could be reversed as a result of budget cuts, an infection control specialist warned last week. […]

The government must introduce incentives and financial mechanisms to support integration in the NHS, according to a think tank report. […]

More than 90 per cent of NHS organisations could be failing to meet their legal requirements to publish equality documents, a consultancy firm has warned. […]

NHS Derbyshire County has appointed a new director of commissioning and informatics. […]

Managers will have until the end of October to decide whether to sacrifice their job in return for a lump sum pay-off, HSJ has learned. […]

The government must introduce incentives and financial mechanisms to support integration in the NHS, according to a think tank report. […]

A primary care trust in Cheshire has stopped funding in vitro fertilisation services in a cost cutting move that challenges national guidance. […]

A ballot on whether to turn three primary care trust provider arms in the North East into a social enterprise has been suspended. […]

The government is facing a backlash over plans to scrap medical helpline NHS Direct. […]

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has written to all Liberal Democrat MPs urging them to vote against the coalition government’s plans for reform of the NHS. […]

Ministers have been accused of undermining NHS managers’ independence and morale with public attacks on their work. […]

GP commissioners blew their budgets by a net 2.5 per cent last financial year, exclusive analysis by HSJ reveals. […]

GP consortia would be “unwise” and potentially acting illegally if they picked NHS organisations as providers of choice, the NHS Confederation has warned. […]

A leading hospital has said it had stepped up cleaning and taken other measures after four premature babies were found to be infected with a an infection resistant to common antibiotics. […]

Health experts have warned of obesity’s “overwhelming” burden on the NHS as figures showed a 785% rise in weight-loss surgery. […]

The prescription system in Scotland should be standardised to reduce errors and improve patient safety, and should then be rolled out across the NHS, a doctors’ group has said. […]

Ministers have announced a £50m interim cancer drugs pot before the creation of the fully-fledged fund promised before the election. […]

Bureaucracy may be blocking millions of pounds for which the NHS can be reimbursed, according to a survey of 31 health trusts in England. […]

A former pharmaceuticals boss has been put in charge of Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust. […]

Primary care trusts have been warned not to rely on pharmaceutical companies to provide education for practice nurses. […]

The swine flu pandemic cost Britain more than £1.2bn despite being much less severe than feared, a government-commissioned review has found. […]

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for homeopathic remedies to be banned on the NHS and removed from pharmacies where they are for sale as medicines. […]

The public health watchdog is in danger of becoming a “nanny state monster” as it increasingly makes pronouncements that encroach on other areas of public policy, an MP has claimed. […]

A technical problem severely disrupted 999 calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service for several hours, it has emerged. […]

The DH digital communications review appears to reject the belief that there are too many NHS websites - a conclusion reached by the research commissioned to support the review. […]

The NHS spends close to £100m a year on thousands of websites that are often hard to find, badly designed and not wanted by the public, according to government reports leaked to HSJ. […]

The DH’s digital communications review describes the future of NHS Direct and NHS Choices as “unfinished business” - but stops short of recommending the two services should be merged. […]

NHS Salford has devised an innovative knowledge sharing chat via Twitter to discuss the use of social media within the NHS. […]

NHS managers are still slow to adopt new technology that can save money. […]

There are no plans to stop funding homeopathy on the NHS despite a critical report from MPs earlier this year, the government has said. […]

The government is expected to confirm a further scaling back of the NHS IT programme as part of central cost cutting measures announced in the emergency budget. […]

The government is being warned its proposed “information revolution” could cause public confusion rather than empowerment if not properly managed. […]

Health service advice workers have been disciplined for accessing inappropriate websites, it has been revealed. […]

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The Department of Health has issued an alert warning that hospital wash basins have been identified as a source of infection from gram negative bacteria.   […]

A minimum price for alcohol of 45p a unit would save Scotland more than £700m in 10 years, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said. […]

The downward trend in the number of deaths involving MRSA and C difficile revealed by official figures could be reversed as a result of budget cuts, an infection control specialist warned last week. […]

Hospital trusts could save “real money” as a knock-on effect of meeting new tariff standards for hip fracture surgery, according to a leading clinician. […]

Foundation trusts will still need state backing for private loans, according to a chief executive who lost £464m in government funding for a hospital scheme. […]

The government’s civil service recruitment freeze is delaying Monitor from recruiting a new chief executive, despite urgent calls for “strong leadership” at the regulator, which is set to be given sweeping new powers. […]

The government must introduce incentives and financial mechanisms to support integration in the NHS, according to a think tank report. […]

Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the “best ever” waiting time figures achieved by the NHS in Scotland. […]

Nearly a million people were admitted to hospital due to alcohol-related harm in England in 2008/09, researchers have found. […]

The former chief executive of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been awarded £1.2m in compensation for unfair dismissal over whistleblowing. […]

American Paul Annacone quits as LTA head of men's tennis after Roger Federer hires him as coach. […]

American Paul Annacone quits as LTA head of men's tennis after Roger Federer hires him as coach. […]

Nottingham Forest are the season's first clear leaders of the Women's Premier League following a 2-1 win against Millwall Lionesses. […]

Caroline Powell produces a clear round in the showjumping to claim the Burghley Horse Trials title. […]

Sam Vesty scores 17 points as Bath opened their Premiership campaign with a bonus-point victory at Leeds. […]

Sam Vesty scores 17 points as Bath opened their Premiership campaign with a bonus-point victory at Leeds. […]

Steve Tyrer scores eight points as Salford run in three second-half tries to hand Wakefield a sixth straight defeat. […]

Steve Tyrer scores eight points as Salford run in three second-half tries to hand Wakefield a sixth straight defeat. […]

Prop Soana Tonga'uiha scores twice as Northampton begin their Premiership campaign with victory over reigning champions Leicester. […]

Prop Soana Tonga'uiha scores twice as Northampton begin their Premiership campaign with a 27-19 victory over reigning champions Leicester. […]

Butterflies soar again: Public count shows decline is reversed - The Small Tortoiseshell came under attack from a parasitic fly which caused numbers to drop by more than 80 per cent. [Tech] […]

Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton storms to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix after an incident-packed race at Spa-Francorchamps. [Sports] […]

Electric cars 'may be costlier' - Motorists considering buying an electric car are being warned that they can be more expensive to run than conventional petrol vehicles. [Business News] […]

The world at your fingertips: 3DTV where you can touch the floating images - Japanese researchers have developed the world's first 3D TV system where you can touch and feel the images that pop out from the screen. [Tech] […]

How Bush and Blair plotted in secret to stop Brown - Tony Blair attempted to prolong his time as PM after being warned that Bush administration had "grave doubts". [News-Politics] […]

Arrest over cricket 'bets scam' - Police question a man over an alleged cricket betting scam during the Pakistan-England Test in London. [London News] […]

Government scrapping NHS Direct - The coalition government confirms plans to scrap the NHS Direct helpline in England and replace it with an alternative service. [Politics] […]

Invading gardens, the toxic caterpillar that can leave you gasping - Britain is losing the battle against an invasion of potentially deadly caterpillars, plant experts warn. [Tech] […]

Cuts 'threaten thousands on Tube' - Government budget cuts could mean thousands of London Underground staff will lose their jobs, a transport union warns. [London News] […]

Gordon Brown 'third worst PM since 1945', poll of historians finds - Gordon Brown has been voted the third worst British Prime Minister since the Second World War. [News-Politics] […]

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