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Leicestershire Partnership appoints temporary chief exec
WORKFORCE: John Short has been appointed as chief executive of the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust for 12 months from 1 July 2011.
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Chair steps down at Milton Keynes
WORKFORCE: The chair of Milton Keynes primary care trust has stepped down after more than eight years in the role.
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals signs pharmacy deal with Lloyds
Commercial: Lloydspharmacy has been awarded a contract to provide dispensing services for outpatients of the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
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West London Mental Health Trust appoints safeguarding director
WORKFORCE: West London Mental Health NHS Trust has appointed consultant psychiatrist Dr Johan Redelinghuys as director of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
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New community hospital to open its doors in North Yorkshire
STRUCTURE: The New Selby War Memorial Hospital is to open its doors to patients this week, according to the primary care trust.
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NHS Buckinghamshire chair to continue in post
WORKFORCE: NHS Buckinghamshire has confirmed that Stewart George has been invited to serve a further term as its chair.
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Ealing is second biggest overperformer in NW London
FINANCE: NHS Ealing is the second biggest overperformer in the north west London primary care trust cluster
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Work begins on £4.4m ward upgrade at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole
STRUCTURE: WORK has commenced on a new £4.4m scheme to redevelop the oncology haematology and rheumatology wards at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby.
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New chemo unit to open at South Tees Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: A new chemotherapy day unit at The James Cook University Hospital will officially open on Monday 20 June 2011.
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NewsMore workplace bullying since spending cuts, union claims
Government spending cuts are fuelling workplace bullying and “silencing” people worried about losing their jobs, a union claimed today.
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North Middlesex University Hospital sees reduced sickness absence
WORKFORCE: The north London trust saw its sickness absence rate fall to 3.61 per cent in May, lower than the Audity Commission’s average of 4.4 per cent.
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NewsBrakes on competition draw private sector complaints
Private sector players have accused the government of “very significantly” putting the brakes on its plans to extend competition from “any qualified provider” to new areas of the NHS.
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NewsClinical senates to advise commissioners
“Clinical senates” will be established to advise on commissioning in the NHS and will play a role in the authorisation of commissioning groups, the government has announced.
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NewsGovernment to scrap 2014 'drop dead' deadline for foundation trust status
NHS trusts will no longer be required to reach foundation status by a deadline of April 2014, according to the government policy statement issued this morning.
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West Midlands major trauma centre review begins
STRUCTURE: A review of major trauma centres in the West Midlands has been launched, with one of the options under consideration being a single unit serving the whole region.
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NewsGovernment accepts 'core' Future Forum proposals
The government has accepted most of the NHS Future Forum’s recommendations, including watering down Monitor’s role on competition and scrapping the foundation trust deadline.
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NewsGovernment introduces string of requirements for new-look consortia
New local commissioning groups – where established – will be subject to a list of new requirements and conditions, under revised government reform plans.
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NewsCameron backs Lansley's handling of reforms
Prime minister David Cameron has endorsed his health secretary Andrew Lansley as they announced major changes to the Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsPatients 'being coded as palliative to cut death rates', inquiry told
Patients with diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis are being coded under palliative care to reduce death rates, a leading expert has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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NewsGovernment scraps 'pipeline' deadline to become a foundation trust
The government has ducked a self-imposed deadline for creating an all-foundation trust provider sector, and scrapped its proposals for safeguarding specific services.