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NewsGovernment confusion over midwife numbers boost
The government has confirmed it has not set a target to increase midwife numbers by 3,000, despite a promise to do so by prime minister David Cameron in the run up to the election last year.
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NewsHealth Bill wins first Commons battle
The government’s health reforms passed their first hurdle in Parliament this week, despite continued criticism.
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NewsLocum agency suspends founder amid accounting probe
A leading locum agency has suspended two senior executives pending an investigation into “serious accounting irregularities”.
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NewsProsecute staff for neglect, say experts
NHS staff who neglect patients should be prosecuted in light of scandals such as Mid Staffordshire, experts said today.
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NewsReforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
Hospitals will close, tens of thousands of jobs will be axed and health services will become more expensive under the government’s radical NHS reforms, the country’s biggest union has warned.
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News60% of doctors 'disagree with reforms'
Six out of 10 doctors disagree with the government’s reforms of the NHS and many do not believe they will improve patient care, according to a poll for the Royal College of GPs.
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Continuing care overspend at Warwickshire PCT
FINANCE: Continuing Healthcare budgets are classed as high risk by Warwickshire PCT.
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Scarborough and North East Yorkshire in vascular shakeup
ORGANISATION: Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Trust would be largely restricted to outpatient and daycase vascular surgery under reconfiguration proposals.
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York Hospital in regional vascular shakeup
STRUCTURE: A consultation on vascular services would see the service at York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust co-operate with that at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NHS Worcestershire staff transferring to Worcestershire Acute
WORKFORCE: Staff carrying out surgical and clinical investigation services at NHS Worcestershire will be transferred to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust as part of a service reconfiguration.
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Low DNA rate at Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust
PERFORMANCE: More than a fifth of patients at Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust are not attending appointments.
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NHS Barnet approves transfer of Barnet Community Services
STRUCTURE: The provider arm of the north London primary care trust is due to transfer to aspirant community foundation trust Central London Community Healthcare in April.
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Walsall Hospitals Trust predicting £2.2m loss under A&E cap
FINANCE: Walsall Hospitals Trust will lose £2.2m this year if it continues to overperform on emergency activity.
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NHS Harrow will not be out of deficit by the 2014-15
FINANCE: According to the north-west London sector Quality, Improvement, Productivty and Prevention plan, NHS Harrow will still be running a deficit even when the rest of the sector has taken £270m of spending out of the area’s acute sector.
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'Very disappointing' breast cancer performance from Walsall Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Hospitals Trust is reporting “very disappointing” year to date performance after missing a target that 93 per cent for referring patients with suspected breast cancer to consultants within two weeks.
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NHS Hillingdon to cut medicine spend with local acute by £2.7m in 2011-12
FINANCE: The commissioning body is anticipating the saving after negotiating a medicines management agreement with Hillingdon Hospital.
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NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent chief exec to lead cluster
WORKFORCE: A chief executive has been appointed to lead the cluster of primary care trusts due to form in Kent.
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NHS Redbridge plans to target the 20 biggest users of A&E
FINANCE: The primary care trust hopes to save £100,000 in the first quarter of 2011-12 with the scheme.
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London ambulance staff are 'at risk' by having to use computer while driving
PERFORMANCE: A major accident has been rated “likely” by the risk managers at the London Ambulance Service because staff working in rapid-response cars “need to read and manually action the Mobile Data Terminal whilst driving at speed through traffic”.
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New community interest company to provide community services in North East Essex
STRUCTURE: North East Essex Provider Services has officially established a community interest company known as Anglian Community Enterprise (ACE).