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British National Formulary for Children linked to NHS drug dictionary
The online edition of the latest British National Formulary for Children now incorporates an interface to the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices.
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Best practice improves outcomes in surgery
A study by the Improving Surgical Outcomes Group has looked at how hospitals have implemented best practice to improve outcomes and save money.
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Report reveals earnings of NHS staff
Hospital consultants earn, on average, over four times more than nurses, according to estimates published today by the Information Centre for health and social care.
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Pay increase for Northern Ireland nurses
Nurses in Northern Ireland will receive the full pay award as recommended by the independent pay review body.
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Super surgeries to open in Greater Manchester
As part of the wave of super surgeries opening under the local improvement finance trust initiative, two new primary healthcare facilities have been announced for Greater Manchester.
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The MTAS failure is no ripple in a teacup
The cuts in funding for junior doctors' pay and study leave were very bad management and smacked of panic measures when they were announced half-way through the financial year.
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Protecting your assets
Foundation trusts have a range of new powers and responsibilities, including the right to borrow money and dispose of property. Shahliza Chaudary explains the legal framework
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Dementia care lags behind
Treatment for people with dementia is little better than for cancer patients in the 1950s, the National Audit Office has warned.
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Cabinet reshuffle: private sector fights to stay on agenda
Private providers have called on the new health secretary to clarify his commitment to independent sector expansion amid fears it will slip down the political agenda.
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NICE advice drives up treatment costs
Commissioners are being pushed into spending too much money on life-saving drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, economists have warned.
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£500,000 pay-off for former PCT chief
A former primary care trust chief executive was given a pay-off of nearly half a million pounds after failing to secure a new full-time post following reconfiguration.
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London PCT faces investigation
Brent teaching primary care trust is being investigated by NHS London.
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Social enterprise: a rich seam of ideas
Trailblazing pathfinders are using new funding to create choice and breathe new life into communities. Louise Hunt reports
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David Lock on making sense of insurance claims
'When the pressure comes on from the 'care co-ordinator' employed by the insurers to provide the patient with a grade seven nurse, 24-hour care for incontinence and horse riding lessons as part of the overall package, PCTs can dig their heels in and refuse'
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Andrew Castle on effective procurement
'I think that there are enormous opportunities to obtain easy financial wins through the simple use of best practice supply chain management'
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Brighton and Sussex chief leaves for DoH
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals trust chief executive Peter Coles is leaving to take up a secondment at the Department of Health.
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'Two Sues' get £500,000 in early retirement pay
The joint chief executives of the National Patient Safety Agency, Sue Osborn and Susan Williams, have been paid almost half a million pounds in early retirement pay, according to figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats.
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Shelved report exposes PFI management problems
An unpublished report into private finance initiative hospitals has highlighted the problems trusts face in performance managing and enforcing contracts.
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Selling estate could make trusts more flexible
Hospital and primary care trusts could overcome some of the obstacles of payment by results and private finance initiatives by selling their estate, a report from the Social Market Foundation says.
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Nicholson: let local managers drive health service reforms
The NHS chief executive's advice to any incoming health secretary is to steer clear of further structural upheaval and allow managers to drive reform locally.