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NewsHealth workers snub pay freeze deal
Health workers’ leaders have rejected a two-year pay freeze offered in return for a no compulsory redundancy agreement, it has been announced.
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NewsMedical research 'suffocating under bureaucracy'
Red tape is stifling British medical research, a new report has claimed.
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NewsPM defiant over flu jab shortage
David Cameron has warned that lessons must be learned from Britain’s recent flu vaccine shortage as the country faces “significant outbreaks” for years to come.
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NewsReport: chronic pain sufferers get poor advice
The government must take action to ease the suffering of people with long-term pain, according to a report from the Patients Association.
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NewsHopes for 'universal' flu vaccine
Patients who had swine flu last year developed protective antibodies that could be used to make a jab to guard against most kinds of influenza, US scientists have said.
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NewsNorovirus prevention advice issued
Advice on how to avoid passing on infections such as norovirus has been issued by Welsh chief medical officer Dr Tony Jewell.
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NewsMonitor issues list of lessons to be learnt from failed FT bids as list of planned mergers grows
Monitor has published a list of lessons to be learnt from recent failed foundation trust applications.
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NewsAssisted dying campaign backed by top surgeon
One of Britain’s most respected surgeons has backed a right-to-die campaign by saying that he would help terminally ill patients end their lives.
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NewsBoard warned over asbestos exposure risk
NHS managers have come under fire for failing to protect staff from asbestos exposure in hospitals.
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NewsHospital governors 'must be fit for purpose'
Governors of NHS hospitals must be “fit for purpose” to steer their institutions through the government reforms, senior health chiefs have reportedly warned.
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NewsEast Sussex chair to step down
The chair of a struggling trust is to step down because she does not want to commit to seeing it through foundation trust status.
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HSJ Local
NHS Derby City plans 8 per cent reduction to provider contracts
FINANCE: Financial modelling by NHS Derby City has identified a need to reduce 2011-12 contract values by 8 per cent on average across all providers, in order to transfer financial sustainability to GP commissioners from 2012-13.
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NewsAcute trust chief executive steps down
The chief executive of a hospital trust has resigned with immediate effect.
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NewsDavid Colin-Thomé retires
National clinical director for primary care David Colin-Thomé has retired, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSwine flu vaccine used to fill gaps in seasonal jab
Stocks of last year’s swine flu jab will be used to plug shortages in this year’s vaccination programme as the death toll from the virus continues to rise.
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NewsOperations cancelled to support flu treatment
Some hospitals have been told to cancel operations to make way for the most seriously ill flu patients.
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NewsNHS 24 fields 50,000 calls in four days
Scotland’s health helpline recorded a sharp increase in the calls it received over the new year holiday with around 10,000 more people phoning the service for advice than last year.
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NewsOnly one in five frontline NHS staff vaccinated against flu
A “disappointingly low” proportion of NHS staff took up the flu vaccinations this winter, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsNurses cynical about increment freeze offer
More than 80 per cent of nurses believe their trust would fail to honour a proposed deal not to make compulsory redundancies over the next two years if they agreed to forego a pay rise, according to an poll by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times.