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17-language NHS guide available
A guide on Scotland’s health services is to be translated into 17 languages in a bid to put all patients at the “heart of the NHS”, it has been announced.
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Survey: How good is the care in your trust?
As the NHS considers the implications of the report on care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ is keen to hear from health service staff about their experiences in their own organisations. Please take two minutes to respond to our anonymous survey.
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Rescue plan for ailing hospitals in doubt
The government’s aspiration for foundation trusts to take over failing hospitals appears in significant doubt, a month away from the deadline for agreeing the future for all acutes.
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The Francis report's 18 recommendations
The conclusions of the inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Community care plans could lead to a new generation of NHS organisations
Plans underway for community services look set to lead to a new generation of NHS organisations.
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NHS London makes lead commissioners directors
NHS London is taking a tighter hold of its many primary care trusts by employing the capital’s lead commissioners as directors of the strategic health authority.
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Dream of taking on ailing trusts founders on rocks of Good Hope
With just five weeks to go before non-foundation trusts have to outline their plans for joining the elite, there are severe doubts about the government’s aspiration for foundation trusts to rescue weaker hospitals.
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PCTs call for lighter commissioning assessment
Primary care trust chief executives are calling for “lighter touch” assessment of their progress on commissioning, despite efforts made by the Department of Health to ease the process.
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Montserrat exchange opportunity
Any senior manager interested in an exchange of several weeks with the head of the health service on the Caribbean island of Montserrat should read HSJ editor Richard Vize’s blog at www.hsj.co.uk/blogs.
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Swine flu costs blamed for Improvement Foundation closure
The now defunct Improvement Foundation blamed its financial woes partly on pressures on primary care trusts to prepare for a second wave of swine flu, a letter seen by HSJ reveals.
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Priorities for quality pilots
GP practices, community service providers, community pharmacists and out of hours providers will be expected to set out at least three, but no more than five, priorities for quality improvement each year, if pilot proposals become the template for primary care quality accounts due to be introduced next year.
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NHS managers may be heroes of the moment
Despite their endless depiction by the media and politicians as a scourge on the health service, research is showing that where numbers of NHS managers are strong, efficiency is often found working alongside quality. Charlotte Santry reports
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COPD strategy launch
The Department of Health has launched a consultation on a national strategy to help tackle chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Nurse specialists 'save money'
The NHS could save millions by giving all patients with long term conditions access to a specialist nurse, according to the RCN.
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CPS code casts its net NHS wide
The Crown Prosecution Service code, which gives guidance to prosecutors, has widened its definition of who serves the public to include members of the emergency services and health professionals.
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Comprehensive area assessment review highlights finance
A review of the comprehensive area assessment has indicated that there must be greater focus by local organisations on achieving better value for money.
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Kent maternity plans referred to health secretary
Kent’s overview and scrutiny committee has referred to the health secretary Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust’s plans to develop a midwifery led birth unit at Maidstone Hospital before consultant led maternity services transfer to the new Pembury Hospital next year, because of “public concern”.
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PCT Network appointment
John McIvor has been appointed chair of the NHS Confederation’s PCT Network.
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Don't use death rates to predict real deaths, Mid Staffs inquiry warns
The independent inquiry into failings at Mid Staffordshire has found hospital standardised mortality ratios should not be used to predict real numbers of avoidable deaths at the trust.
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Mid Staffs board to consider further action against individuals
The board of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to consider whether further action is needed against individuals at the trust following the publication of the Francis report.