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Stephen Dorrell calls on Andrew Lansley to make his vision clear
The most recent Conservative health secretary has said shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley must articulate a clearer and more inspiring vision of the Conservatives’ plans for the health service.
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Trust admits doctoring A&E waiting time figures
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has apologised after admitting it doctored figures to give the impression it had met government waiting time targets.
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Monitor clashes with foundation chair over safety
Monitor has accused the outgoing chair of a troubled foundation trust of inaccuracy, after he claimed the regulator was neglecting patient safety in favour of cost cutting.
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Top NHS managers urge against pay freeze
A quarter of senior managers have said they think they are underpaid in a survey being used to oppose calls for a pay freeze.
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GP commissioning shows little sign of life - David Colin-Thomé
The government’s primary care tsar has admitted that efforts to “resuscitate” the “corpse” of practice based commissioning have had little effect.
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PCT chiefs are not underpaid, says DH
The pay gap between primary care trust chief executives and their foundation trust peers is overstated, according to the Department of Health.
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Mixed success on mortality rate reductions
There has been mixed success in meeting targets to reduce mortality rates for specific causes, the latest data from the Department of Health shows.
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GP comparison service launched on NHS Choices
The Department of Health has launched an online service that allows patients to rate their GPs.
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Andy Burnham challenged on cancer plans
Andy Burnham has been challenged during Commons question time over the government’s plans to tackle cancer.
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Government backs down from controversial foundation trust proposals
The government has dropped foundation trust proposals that had been criticised by the trusts, their regulator Monitor and former health secretary Patricia Hewitt.
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Mental health FTs allowed to treat private patients, but rules face fundamental review
The government is to launch a rapid review of the foundation trust private patient income cap in the face of a judicial review of the policy by the trade union Unison.
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80pc of carer funds 'go missing'
Up to 80 per cent of funding provided by the government to support carers is not reaching the intended targets, figures from two charities reveal.
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National care service consultation continues
An NHS style state run insurance scheme has been included in government proposals for a national care service that is subject to ongoing public consultations.
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£1.5m spent on private care for NHS staff in three years
The NHS spent £1.5m over the last three years paying for its staff to receive private healthcare, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.
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Tories clarify Osborne's pension cap and pay freeze
NHS managers are excluded from shadow chancellor George Osborne’s pledge to cap public sector pension payouts at £50,000 a year, the Conservatives have told HSJ.
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Labour leads Tories over NHS
Voters still prefer Labour to the Conservatives where the NHS and public health are concerned, according to research by pollsters ICM.
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Working time directive costs lives - RCS study
Cuts in doctors’ working hours to meet EU rules could be costing lives, a study by the Royal College of Surgeons has claimed.
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Doctor warned over abuse of power
A Southend Hospital doctor who accessed a woman’s medical records to find her home address and mobile phone number, before turning up at her home and asking if she lived alone, is still fit to practise, the General Medical Council has ruled.
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NHS sickness absence rates 'must fall further'
NHS bosses in Scotland must do more to reduce the rate of sickness absence, a senior minister has said.
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NHS 'must find jobs for disabled'
Leading specialist employment service Remploy is urging the NHS to give more jobs to disabled people.