Latest appointments – Page 59
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NewsKent PCT cluster appoints future chief exec
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the cluster of primary care trusts due to form in Kent.
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NewsDozens of hospitals at risk from PCT efficiencies
More than 50 trusts face being unable to cover the costs of entire inpatient departments, economic modelling by the Department of Health suggests.
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NewsGovernment bid to avoid herbal medicines rule
The government is to sidestep an EU directive designed to protect consumers from unlicensed herbal and Chinese medicines.
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NewsNew chair designate for super-cluster appointed
A chair designate has been appointed for one of the largest primary care trust clusters in the country.
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NewsSally Davies appointed chief medical officer
Dame Sally Davies has been appointed as chief medical officer for England, the first woman to hold the post.
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NewsMilburn rejects offer to join Commissioning Board chair competition
Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn has rejected a government offer to become a candidate for the chair of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsWest Midlands cluster chiefs announced
NHS West Midlands has announced who will be leading the region’s five primary care trust clusters.
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NewsGP appointment frustrations revealed
Hundreds of thousands of people cannot book GP appointments because none are available, or struggle to get through to their surgery on the phone, according to a new survey.
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NewsFormer Blair health adviser returns to Cameron's number 10
A consultant who led the health targets and finances team of Tony Blair’s delivery unit has been appointed as the new health adviser to 10 Downing Street.
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NewsTwo regions' PCT groups and chief executives confirmed
Primary care trust clusters are rapidly being established ahead of the June deadline, and their chief executives appointed.
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NewsNHS Professionals chief announces departure
NHS Professionals chief executive Neil Lloyd has announced he is stepping down at the end of April.
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NewsConfederation appoints new chief executive
The NHS Confederation has announced that Mike Farrar is to be its new chief executive.
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NewsSHA director appointed to leading post at Public Health England
NHS North West regional director of public health Ruth Hussey has been appointed to a leading role in Public Health England.
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NewsDH plugs public health and pharma gaps on review panel
The Department of Health has confirmed it is to appoint a public health expert and a pharmacist to plug holes in its reform review panel.
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NewsExclusive: Ambulance boss to step down
The chief executive of the troubled East Midlands Ambulance Service is to stand down, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFawcett makes sudden exit from General Healthcare
Adrian Fawcett has suddenly stepped down from his role as chief executive of General Healthcare Group, the UK’s biggest private healthcare provider.
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NewsDH's information chief Christine Connelly resigns
The Department of Health’s chief information officer Christine Connelly has resigned, it was announced today.
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NewsIn-house consultancy saves NHS £2.5m
The NHS’s in-house consultancy service says it saved trusts an estimated £2.5m in consultancy fees in 2010-11.
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NewsBernard Crump to leave NHS Institute
The chief executive of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is to take early retirement, HSJ understands.
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NewsDH comms director general is latest to announce departure
The Department of Health director general of communications has become the fourth senior figure to signal their departure from the NHS or DH in the space of a week.