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News‘NHS tourism’ under review
Plans to deter “health tourists” from coming to England for NHS treatment have been outlined in a consultation launched by the Department of Health.
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NewsMonitor names interim chief
Monitor has appointed David Bennett as its interim chief executive.
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NewsGive nursing directors greater say on care at board level, says PM's commission
Directors of nursing must be fully accountable for the quality of care provided by nurses in their service or organisation, according to a major report on the future of nursing.
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NewsDavid Nicholson calls for 'more urgency' in stroke care
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said trusts must put “more urgency” into meeting the requirements of the national stroke strategy.
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NewsLabour urged to suspend NHS IT programme
A storm is brewing over government efforts to secure a quick fix for the controversial and much-delayed £12.7bn NHS IT revamp before the general election.
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NewsPoll shows narrowing gap between Tories and Labour
The Tories’ general election prospects were dealt a blow today as a second poll in three days suggested Labour was on course to beat them into second place.
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NewsGMC opens consultation on doctor revalidation
Doctors will have to be tested on their performance and undergo annual appraisals under plans to overhaul medical regulation being put out to consultation.
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NewsEmergency medical retrieval service to be extended
Scotland’s Emergency Medical Retrieval Service will be extended to cover all of remote and rural Scotland, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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NewsColchester chief to step down
The chief executive of a hospital trust has announced he is stepping down - three months after the trust’s chair was sacked by Monitor.
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News‘Blairite’ policy champion joins Tories as an adviser
A former Labourite, doctor and passionate defender of service reconfiguration has become a Conservative Party adviser.
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NewsMid Staffs families to sue for manslaughter
Families affected by failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have said they are planning to sue NHS managers for corporate manslaughter.
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NewsNHS care 'under threat' from working time directive
The quality of NHS care may be under threat from restrictions placed on junior doctors by the introduction of the 48-hour working week, it has been claimed.
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NewsGPs to debate patient data safeguards
Family doctors are to debate for the first time safeguards for a system to share patient data across Scotland, it has been disclosed.
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NewsBasildon 'guilty' over patient death
Officials at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust in Essex have today pleaded guilty to health and safety failings that led to the death of a patient with learning disabilities.
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NewsTories outline hospital efficiency plans
Hospitals could be forced to offer treatments at the same price as more “efficient” competitors under plans outlined by the Conservatives.
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NewsTrust given foundation status
South Warwickshire General Hospitals Trust has been awarded foundation status by regulator Monitor.
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NewsManagers in court over hospital death
Officials at a hospital where a severely disabled man died are today due in court accused of breaching health and safety law.
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NewsNew chief executive in post
The new chief executive for NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale has begun work this week.
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NewsConservatives pledge autumn spending cuts
Shadow chancellor George Osborne has promised to publish detailed departmental spending cuts by the autumn if the Tories win the forthcoming general election.
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NewsCivil service preparing for hung Parliament
Gordon Brown has given the go-ahead for civil servants to provide information to the opposition parties during negotiations to form a new government if the general election results in a hung parliament, it has been disclosed.