Inspection blitz on NHS hygiene
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The NHS is facing a blitz of inspections as a health watchdog uses new powers to crackdown on infections.
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NHS Direct launches a health information service available via the television to digital viewers.
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Targeted cleaning to tackle MRSA hotspots is key to reducing hospital infections, an experts says.
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Hospitals will be told exactly how to clean their wards under new guidelines hoped to cut MRSA deaths.
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High street pharmacies are to offer a screening test for the UK's most common sexually transmitted disease.
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The Health Protection Agency, together with colleagues in the NHS and local authorities, has been carrying out an investigation into a national outbreak of salmonella.
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Health secretary warns four NHS hospitals over persistent poor service to patients.
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Head teachers in England launch "Offwatch" to monitor unprofessional Ofsted inspectors.
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An audit of NHS staff suggests they wash their hands between 70% and 80% of the time.
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Two local hospitals are taking part in a program run by the China Disease Prevention and Control Center and a US-based medical company in an effort to establish the nation&#39;s first guidelines on hand hygiene in hospitals.
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Patients are urged to challenge hygiene standards as some doctors are criticised for not washing their hands during hospital rounds.
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All patients entering NHS hospitals will be screened for MRSA and Clostridium difficile, Gordon Brown says.
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New methods are being employed around Britain to check for possible outbreaks of bird flu in areas considered to be at risk.
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NHS trusts have a Â£4bn backlog of key maintenance repairs, government figures suggest.
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The NHS is to benefit from a Â£40 million development effort by Microsoft Corporation to develop a health specific user interface for clinical systems which will improve patient care and safety across the NHS, it was announced today.
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A Labour MP calls for an end to contract cleaning in NHS hospitals in a bid to crack down on the MRSA superbug.
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US health regulators say they found quality-control problems at a flu vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, in June 2003 but did not begin a full inspection of the plant again