http://www.otjonline.com/ OTJONLINE News en-gb Mon, 14 May 2012 14:43 GMT Copyright: (C) Lawrand Ltd. 240 http://www.otjonline.com/images/lawrand_logo_sm.jpg http://www.otjonline.com/ At its meeting on 10 May 2012 the Council reviewed the responses to its recent consultation on the most effective way of assuring the fitness to practise of students across all its professions, including the registration of social work students in England. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/05/news14a.php Mon, 14 May 2012 14:43 GMT The Department of Healths Transition Risk Register from November 2010, which was a statement of potential risks of NHS changes, will not be published, following Cabinet agreement and a final decision made by the Secretary of State for Health. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/05/news10b.php Thu, 10 May 2012 14:03 GMT Hospitals are owed as much as 40m GBP in outstanding fees for the treatment of foreign nationals, a Pulse investigation reveals. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/05/news10a.php Thu, 10 May 2012 13:50 GMT As the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) launches its second anti-counterfeiting strategy, the UK medicines regulator reveals it has seized more than £25 million of counterfeit and stolen medicines in the last five years. 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Internet Explorer users, if you have problems downloading a journal please check your security settings within the browser. http://www.otjonline.com/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:47 GMT A scientist who has found a potential new target to treat fungal infections responsible for a growing number of health problems in people with low immune system from thrush to blood infections and for many diseases in crops and animals has been awarded a prestigious grant of nearly GBP 400,000 to try and discover how to fight it. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/04/news27b.php Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:36 GMT Scientists are investigating if a burger can be made healthier by adding beetroot to its ingredients. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/04/news27a.php Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:48 GMT We have three slots available and are seeking contact from clinical managers and perioperative health professionals who would be willing to speak at the above planned event. Although it is envisaged the primary target audience will be health professionals, associated managers and workforce planners we are keen to hear from all who have a working and managerial interest in this area. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/04/news18c.php Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:06 GMT Up to 100,000 members of Unite, working for the NHS will be staging protests and industrial action on Thursday, 10 May over attacks to their pensions which could see them working until they are 68. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/04/news18b.php Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:53 GMT BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, has launched a new Europe-wide safety website, designed to help healthcare organisations improve healthcare worker safety and comply with impending legislation on sharps injury prevention. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/04/news18a.php Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:28 GMT BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, has launched a new Europe-wide safety website, designed to help healthcare organisations improve healthcare worker safety and comply with impending legislation on sharps injury prevention. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/04/news03b.php Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:31 GMT Primary care trusts have ignored demands from the Government and the GMC to step up efforts to test EU doctors clinical competence and language skills, with just a handful of doctors tested in the past 18 months. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/04/news03a.php Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:10 GMT Primary care trusts have ignored demands from the Government and the GMC to step up efforts to test EU doctors clinical competence and language skills, with just a handful of doctors tested in the past 18 months. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/03/news29b.php Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:52 GMT The Florence Nightingale Museum is delighted to name Sue Sheridan as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. The most popular museum for nurses in the world now has a Nightingale-trained nurse leading the Board. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/03/news29a.php Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:34 GMT People who take a well-known painkiller are being asked to check their medication as the wrong strength of tablet could be inside their blister pack. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/03/news26a.php Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:53 GMT NHS staff numbers show biggest overall fall in 10 years: numbers of clinical support and infrastructure support staff decline and those of professionally qualified clinical staff increase slightly http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/03/news22a.php Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:22 GMT Greater flexibility to vary pay in different parts of the country could lead to more efficient use of the "unaffordable" NHS pay bill, according to the NHS Employers organisation. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/03/news19a.php Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:55 GMT The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is asking for views on the regulations that govern its work. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/03/news12a.php Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:52 GMT A profound shift of decision-making to the local NHS means that clinicians lead change in information technology, ensuring its freedom to innovate, the Health Secretary said today at the launch of the Chief Clinical Information Officers network. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/03/news08a.php Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:03 GMT GP commissioners and NHS managers across England are targeting smokers and the obese with a raft of new restrictions limiting patients' access to treatment unless they modify their lifestyles, Pulse reveals. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/03/news07a.php Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:32 GMT