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NewsNHS medical trials among best in Europe
A programme in the North West which aimed to show the NHS could be a first class environment for commercial pharmaceutical research has reported results matching the best in Europe.
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NewsGovernment launches £400m talk therapy strategy
Access to taking therapies will be extended to an extra million people the government’s mental health strategy was expected to say.
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LeaderIs a narrative for complex health reform impossible?
Two snapshots from a day in the life of one A Lansley, health secretary.
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NewsNo extra pay for royal wedding, NHS staff told
NHS Employers has told unions trusts are prepared to give staff a day off in lieu for working on 29 April - declared a national bank holiday to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton - but not to pay enhanced public holiday rates for that day.
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NewsHealth visitors wary of recruitment plans
Nursery nurses and healthcare support workers could be recruited to health visiting teams in a bid to increase capacity and improve retention rates in the profession, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has learned.
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NewsTrust counts £8m cost of objections to PFI scheme
A judicial review application against the rebuild of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital has cost the trust £8m in delays so far and is risking operational failures.
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NewsChief dismissed for 'seaside humour' wins tribunal
A former interim chief executive of an NHS trust was unfairly sacked for sending emails containing “seaside humour” just 15 days before he was due to be made redundant.
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NewsReforms are a 'new deal', PM tells GPs
Prime minister David Cameron has spearheaded the government’s latest attempt to rally GPs behind consortium commissioning.
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Over 1,000 patients miss waiting time targets at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust
PERFORMANCE: More than 1,000 patients have been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.
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Consultant referrals create red risk at Telford and Wrekin
PERFORMANCE: NHS Telford and Wrekin are reporting a red risk related to the high number of consultant to consultant referrals.
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Staff from North East London Foundation Trust support hospital trust struggling with winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: Staff from Community Health Services, the provider arm of NHS Barking & Dagenham which NELFT now manages, are preparing extra beds in transitional and rehab units to take some of the strain from nearby Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital FT overperforming on PCT budget
FINANCE: A report from commissioners at NHS Hammersmith and Fulham found the acute trust was overperforming by £913,000 in the year-to-date.
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NewsAmbulances refitted to transport larger patients
Ambulance fleets across the country are being revamped with wider stretchers and lifting gear to cope with the increasing number of obese patients, it has been reported.
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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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Hillingdon Hospital Trust was first in London to declare 'Critcon 2' in face of winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: The north west London trust had to declare the standard after deciding the situation met the criteria of “unprecedented pressure on critical care and the trust beginning to require external aid for ITU patients”.
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Salford may lodge an extra £2.5m with NHS North West
FINANCE: The primary care trust was underspent by £1.5m at the end of November, and is considering plans to lodge an extra £2.5m with its strategic health authority.
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QIPP slippage puts Hereford Hospitals behind plan by £2.3m
FINANCE: Hereford Hospitals Trust is reporting a deficit against plan of £2.3m.
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Solihull Care Trust investigating Heart of England's A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Solihull NHS Care Trust is carrying out an investigation with NHS Birmingham East and North into accident and emergency performance at Heart of England Foundation Trust.
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Hereford Hospitals to receive £2.8m of withheld SHA funds
FINANCE: NHS West Midlands is “inclined” to return £2.8m of withheld funds to Hereford, to be shared equally with the primary care trust and NHS hospital trust.
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CQC finds workforce concerns at Mid Essex
WORKFORCE: The Care Quality Commission has found two new moderate concerns at Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust, in a January inspection.