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News177 bodies 'to face bonfire of the quangos'
Government ministers have drawn up a list of 177 taxpayer-funded bodies, including around 30 health organisations, which will be abolished in a “bonfire of the quangos”, it has been reported.
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NewsCall to reform surgical profession
Surgeons belong to a “profession adrift” that is in urgent need of reform, a leading medical journal has claimed.
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NewsCall to simplify energy-saving scheme
An energy efficiency scheme which targets businesses and large public sector organisations should be redesigned to make it less complex in the future, the committee which advises the government on climate change has urged.
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NewsUnison welcomes 'positive indication' on white paper legal challenge
Unison, the major public sector union, says it has been given a “positive indication” the High Court will allow it to challenge the legality of the white paper reforms.
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NewsDH to pay £18m to stricken FT
The Department of Health has agreed to lend £18m to a struggling foundation trust.
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Foundation trusts seek to halt automatic pay rises
Foundation trusts are drawing up plans to freeze automatic pay increases in a move which could affect up to half a million NHS staff.
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NewsDH keeping a close eye on local NHS reconfiguration plans
The government has been intensely monitoring local reconfigurations and their political sensitivity for the last 10 months, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPCT asked not to claw back wage overpayment
Staff at a primary care trust who were overpaid for up to four years have been asked to pay the money back.
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NewsCQC warns mental health trust of legal action
The Care Quality Commission has issued its toughest warning yet to a trust for failing to make sufficient improvements after receiving an initial warning.
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NewsSurgery fails thousands of patients
The NHS is spending tens of millions of pounds each year on operations of questionable benefit to patients’ health, according to groundbreaking figures.
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LeaderThe hurricane of protest over NHS pay can be calmed by honest debate
How much, in this age of austerity, should NHS staff or contractors be paid? Using the number of comments on HSJ’s website as a guide, no subject is of greater interest or importance.
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NewsChild care branded ‘mediocre’
Health and social care for children is often “mediocre” in England, according to a report by former Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy.
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Quality payment targets centred on patient safety
The majority of local quality payment targets given to hospital trusts are focused on patient safety, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsMidwife workloads too high to be safe
Midwives in some regions of England have workloads more than a third higher than hospital safety standards recommend, official figures have suggested.
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NewsRose Gibb lawsuit bill could pass £250,000
The government’s legal bill to defend the decision to dismiss Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells chief executive Rose Gibb is likely to match the £265,000 she has been awarded, HSJ understands.
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NewsHart continues to deny withholding critical study
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has continued to deny withholding critical findings about the NHS.
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NewsBMA warning over access to patients' records
Doctors’ leaders have said tighter controls were needed to limit “inappropriate access” to patients’ electronic records.
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NewsCriticism launched at ‘armchair audit’ idea
Concerns have been raised about the abolition of the Audit Commission by the chair of the government’s independent ethics advisory body, the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
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NewsNursing regulator to explore extension of powers
The Nursing and Midwifery Council plans to explore how to monitor “systemic failure” in NHS trusts.
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NewsLabour in the Health Hotel
The opposition gets a chance to hit back at health secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans for the NHS next week at the Labour Party conference in Manchester.