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					<title><![CDATA[PCTs offering practices cash for nurses to work extended hours]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than one PCT in 10 is offering practices extra cash to fund nurses to work extended hours.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Obesity and sexual health tipped for new QOF]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Obesity and sexual health look likely to feature heavily in the revamped QOF.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[DoH ignores criticism and pushes ahead with specialist pathways]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The government is going ahead with proposals to reorganise nursing careers around five specialist 'pathways' - despite warnings that the plans do not reflect the range of many nurses' work.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Learning disability registers incomplete]]></title>
					<link>http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/rss/news/Nurse/article/836494/Learning-disability-registers-incomplete/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[GP practices are only registering patients with the most severe learning disabilities in the QOF, according to an independent inquiry.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Unions reopen pay talks as inflation rises]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unison has triggered a clause to reopen pay negotiations with the government in the wake of increases to the cost of living.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[News in brief]]></title>
					<link>http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/rss/news/Nurse/article/836496/News-brief/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[A round-up of news from the fortnight.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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