All articles by Dave West – Page 92
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FT chief resigns ahead of watchdog report
A foundation trust is facing a “crisis of public confidence” after its chief executive and chair resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report. Monitor has stepped in to appoint replacements at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, which gained foundation status on 1 February last year.
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Chair named for south east London super-trust
A chair has been appointed to the proposed merged hospital trust in south east London.
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Wales announces hospital improvements
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has announced capital funding for a list of new hospital equipment and building improvements.
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Trust must pay £430,000 to wrongly sacked surgeon
An acute trust has been criticised for using the wrong procedures to suspend and sack a consultant.
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New guidance on NHS complaints
New guidance has been published on the NHS and social care complaints system.
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Easy does it as NHS steps up to quality bat
Central to the next stage review is the demand to improve services - and demonstrate it. So how are NHS organisations planning to measure quality and how long will funding hold out? Dave West finds out
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DH backtracks on failure regime figures
The Department of Health has backtracked on its estimate that up to six trusts a year would fall into its failure regime and be taken over.
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Elite 'inner cabinet' to lead acute commissioning in London
Six London primary care trust chief executives are to be propelled into an ‘inner cabinet’ to lead acute commissioning in the capital.
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Audit optional on new quality accounts
Providers will not have to have their quality accounts audited or validated.
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Medical director appointed for London
A London-wide medical director has been appointed.Andy Mitchell will be a director of NHS London and the London Clinical and Business Support Agency, or hub.
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London mental health chief executives reshuffle
North East London foundation trust chief executive Judy Wilson has become interim chief at South West London and St George's mental health trust.
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NHS managers risk court over clinical errors
NHS managers should be legally responsible for some clinical negligence cases, a patient safety expert has argued.Brian Toft, a professor of patient safety at Coventry University and incident investigator, believes that where healthcare professionals have told managers about a problem with their care environment, the manager should be liable for ...
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Conservatives call for action on blood recommendations
The Conservatives have called for the government to respond to recommendations of an independent inquiry into how thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood.
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Monitor takes fight for FT freedoms to the House of Lords
Monitor has launched a challenge to the government in Parliament to protect foundation trust freedoms and its role as their regulator.The regulator believes proposals in the Health Bill compromise foundation trusts' independence by requiring them to send quality accounts to the health secretary.
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London and North East lead ambulance foundation trust drive
The first ambulance services are launching bids to become foundation trusts within a year.
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PCTs 'don't listen to charities'
Commissioners are failing to involve local voluntary organisations in decisions about services, a survey suggests.
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Super-trust race enters second lap
Seven NHS and university partnerships remain in the running to become 'super-trust' academic health science centres.As groups reach the second stage of the accreditation process, one trust has confirmed it plans to merge with its partner in a centre.
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Sussex merger trusts appoint Marianne Griffiths as chief executive
A chief executive has been appointed to the merged trust proposed by Royal West Sussex and Worthing and Southlands Hospitals trusts.
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Councils lose power under Welsh health reforms
Local government bosses have accused the Welsh Assembly government of undemocratic behaviour over planned cuts to the number of council representatives on NHS boards.Councils are used to having several representatives on 22 local health boards, which largely share boundaries with local authorities.
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RCN consults members on assisted suicide
The Royal College of Nursing has begun consulting its members on assisted suicide.