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Government pushes for greater public involvement in the NHS
Most people would like to have their say on how health services are run but comparatively few have joined local involvement networks, set up to collect feedback on health and social care services, research has suggested.
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Test doctors' skills more often, Andy Burnham urges
Doctors’ skills should be checked as often as airline pilots’ to ensure they can perform under pressure as well as Captain Chesley Sullenberger, health secretary Andy Burnham said today.
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Hospital lands low carbon award
A London hospital has joined Marks & Spencer, Chelsea Football Club and high street chain Pret a Manger in earning recognition for its work on reducing carbon emissions.
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Government ends Manx NHS agreement
The government has ended an agreement with the Isle of Man that enabled UK visitors to the island to enjoy free healthcare on the NHS.
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DH names older people's and dementia tsars
Professor Alistair Burns and Professor David Oliver have been appointed to new directorships in the Department of Health, it has been announced.
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Health Foundation announces quality improvement scheme
The Health Foundation is offering 18 funded places on a new quality improvement leadership scheme.
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Call to scrap compulsory retirement age
People should be allowed to work longer and everyone should have the right to ask for flexible working arrangements, the government has been told.
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Trust reviews data security measures after laptop theft
The theft of a laptop computer containing the records of 33,000 patients has led Southampton University Hospitals Trust to review data security procedures.
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Darling signals pay restraint for top NHS managers
Chancellor Alistair Darling has signalled that generous pay and bonus packages for top public sector posts will have to be reduced to preserve jobs.
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Peterborough PCT chief steps down as deficits pile high
The chief executive of NHS Peterborough has resigned, admitting she “cannot shirk responsibility” for its growing deficit.
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PCT benefits from ambitious knowledge and skills framework redesign
A Yorkshire primary care trust has successfully transformed the knowledge and skills framework into a tool to aid workforce planning and boost productivity.
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Police probes deaths at mental health trust as chief exec announces departure
Police have launched an investigation into the deaths of four patients who were under the care of a Sussex mental health trust.
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David Nicholson predicts tough NHS pay negotiations
Workers in parts of the NHS can expect pay rises below 1 per cent in coming years, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has indicated.
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Tough new standards for STI clinics
Tough new standards have been announced for sexual health services across the UK.
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Advisory panel for BME cancer patients
Black and minority ethnic cancer patients are to be given a greater voice through a new advisory panel.
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Rise in acute admissions will be ‘unsustainable’ for PCTs
Just 10 per cent of primary care trusts have successfully reduced emergency admissions to their local acute trusts.
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Fears over staff vetting and barring scheme
A registration scheme to protect vulnerable people will force managers to make moral judgements about people’s lifestyles and place a “significant” financial burden on the NHS, HSJ has been told.
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Care UK chief hits out at renewal process as ITC contracts expire
The process for renewing contracts for the first independent treatment centres has been described as a “pig’s ear” by the chief executive of the largest independent provider in that sector.
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This is PCTs’ admission of failure – but everyone shares the blame
Analysis of primary care trusts’ emergency and elective admissions data, shared exclusively with HSJ by health intelligence provider CHKS, reveals that in the majority of areas, both trends are going in the wrong direction: upwards.
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King's Fund highlights risks of quality reporting
A King’s Fund report published today has highlighted the benefits of measuring and reporting on quality of care, but also the significant risks.