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Heatherwood site has a long-term future, local bosses say
STRUCTURE: NHS bosses in Berkshire have confirmed that Heatherwood Hospital has a long-term future as part of the local health economy.
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NewsDoctors voting on pensions strike action
Doctors across the UK have begun voting on whether to take industrial action for the first time in more than three decades.
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NewsSchools could have health and wellbeing board role - Lansley
The health secretary has hinted that he would welcome the inclusion of schools among those represented on health and wellbeing boards.
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Birmingham community trust penalised over CQUIN
PERFORMANCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare received a £56,000 penalty for non-compliance with a Commissioning for Quality and Innovation target.
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Birmingham community trust overspends on temporary staff
WORKFORCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust has reported that 7.9 per cent of its pay bill was going on temporary staff in March, against a target of 5 per cent.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: reform of education and training budgets in London
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at reform of education and training budgets in London.
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NewsEd Miliband calls on local wellbeing boards to 'defend NHS'
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called on health and wellbeing boards to “defend the NHS” from privatisation and increasing competition.
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NewsDH promises 'openness and respect' in bid to reach outside groups
The Department of Health’s top priorities for the coming year include improving links with outside groups, partly as a response to concerns about failure to communicate the NHS reforms.
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NewsMiliband to attack government handling of the NHS
Labour leader Ed Miliband will today accuse the government of acting like “the masters, not the servants” of the NHS.
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NewsMPs warn over medicine shortages
Patients are suffering because of a shortage of some NHS prescription medicines, a parliamentary group has warned.
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Oxfordshire in £23m overspend on acute trust
FINANCE: Oxfordshire primary care trust had overspent on its contract with Oxford University Hospitals Trust by more than £23m in the first 10 months of 2011-12.
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Nottingham trust achieves lowest ever C difficile rate
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust recorded its lowest ever number of C difficile cases in 2011/12.
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NewsPiP scandal: Lessons must be learned says Lord Howe
A review of the PiP breast implant scandal has concluded “serious lessons” must be learned and improvements made by the medicines and healthcare products regulator.
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NewsConcern over board FT meetings held in private
Only two out of the five acute foundation trusts which hold board meetings in private in the East of England have changed their policies, nearly a year being told to do so by the health secretary.
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QIPP shortfalls in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
FINANCE: Efficiency plans in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire were both falling short of target at the end of 2011-12.
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Mike Rawlins: NICE drug judgements can be improved
Judgements on which drugs should be paid for by the NHS can be improved, the chair of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has said.
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NewsRecord low in post-50 cancer deaths achieved
The number of people in their 50s dying prematurely from cancer in the UK has reached a record low, new figures have revealed.
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Derbyshire IAPT services on move
STRUCTURE: Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is moving psychological therapies as part of a plan to improve service delivery.
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Patients to tell Chesterfield how to improve
PERFORMANCE: A total of 850 former A&E patients at Chesterfield Royal Hospital are to be asked their views on how the foundation trust can improve its services.
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Sheffield Hospitals FT scientist wins national award
RESEARCH: A Sheffield scientist who has helped change the way IVF treatment is carried out has been named Healthcare Scientist of the Year by the chief scientific officer.