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NewsDoctor employed by trusts despite 'mercy killing' conviction
A foreign doctor convicted of the “mercy killing” of a patient in Spain later got a job with police in the UK, medical watchdogs have heard.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Commissioning Board to appoint all CSS leaders
The NHS Commissioning Board has announced exclusively to HSJ that it will appoint all commissioning support service leaders this spring.
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NewsMonitor should toughen assessments following scandal - Bennett
Monitor’s executive chair has admitted it is “very likely” University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay had “deep-seated problems” at the time his organisation granted the trust foundation status.
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Leicester study leads to anti heart disease drive for women
CLINICAL: Women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study by University Hospitals of Leicester Trust and Leicester University.
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NewsRegulator's dual role still unclear
Monitor is still unclear about how it can justify its additional powers over foundation trusts once it becomes healthcare sectorregulator, its executive chair has told HSJ.
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Ealing could save 40 per cent on its nursing bill, report says
WORKFORCE: The west London acute trust could save £13m on its £34m nursing cost if it matched the most efficient trusts in its class, an NHS London report said.
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NewsPenalise poor performers 'robustly', Flory demands
The NHS’s deputy chief executive has used his latest quarterly report to direct the health service to “robustly bear down” on “persistent poor performer” organisations.
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NewsCSSs to collaborate on national support functions
Commissioning support services are likely to be closely involved in the four national scale commissioning support functions, HSJ has learned.
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NewsResponse to PiP scare was 'inadequate', say MPs
Action by the government and a health regulator to communicate with women over the PiP breast implants scandal was “inadequate”, MPs have said.
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SHIP CSS to take more than 350 staff from PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: Commissioning Support South, the commissioning support organisation for the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth cluster, is expected to inherit 363 staff members from primary care trusts.
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Gateshead announces new public health director
WORKFORCE: Carole Wood has been appointed as the new director of public health for Gateshead and will take over when the current postholder, Alyson Learmonth, retires in May.
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NewsBurnham attacks NHS reform risks
The government has “knowingly taken major risks with the National Health Service” and “ignored warnings from civil servants” in pushing through its controversial health reforms, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has claimed.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: procurement of non-acute services in Bristol and Gloucestershire
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: procurement of non-acute services in Bristol and Gloucestershire.
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£550m of non-acute services to be put out to tender
Non-acute services potentially worth up to £555m over three years are being put out to tender by primary care trusts in Bristol and Gloucestershire.
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NewsNHS reform risk register reveals list of serious concerns
A version of the Department of Health’s risk register for the NHS reforms has been published on the internet, having apparently been leaked.
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Yorkshire and Humber demonstrates child asthma improvement
PERFORMANCE: A project to improve support for children with asthma has improved services and reduced costs, according to Asthma UK.
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NewsIncrease in patient liberty restrictions - CQC
There has been a rise in the number of approvals for measures that allow hospital and care home staff to deprive people of their liberty.
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Sheffield Children's FT reports success in bone disease drug trial
PERFORMANCE: A drug trial in which Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust was the largest site has been successful, with promising results for babies with severe hypophosphatasia, who normally die after six months.
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NewsAmbulance responses 'vary' in elderly fall cases
There are wide differences in how UK ambulance services respond to 999 calls from elderly people who have fallen, research suggests.
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NewsEnglish nurses more confident in managers than European peers
Despite a high degree of scepticism, nurses in England appear to have more confidence in their managers than their counterparts in other countries, researchers have revealed.