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NewsPCTs may face tests on financial competence
A financial competence test could be reintroduced in next year’s round of world class commissioning competency assessments.
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NewsPatient experience feedback findings will not be standardised
The Department of Health will not impose standards for “real time” measurement of patients’ experience, despite pressure to use results to help identify failing trusts.
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NewsMid Staffs scandal: confed says NHS must 'put its own house in order'
The NHS Confederation has said the NHS must “put its own house in order” in response to the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Tory councillors call for shared health, police and council budgets
Leading Conservative councillors have urged the shadow cabinet to back joint funding of local public sector bodies to protect key frontline services.
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DH says NHS can save money and improve patient safety
The NHS is in a position to make “significant” efficiency savings without compromising patient safety, according to a senior Department of Health economist.
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Swine flu prompts patient colour coding guidance
The Royal College of Physicians has published draft guidance for NHS strategic planners and clinicians on dealing with a flu pandemic.
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NewsMid Staffs reports: new duties on NHS to prove patient involvement
The government has announced that NHS organisations will have to publish information that proves they are involving patients to prevent a repeat of the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Confed proposes peer review to avoid Mid Staffordshire repeat
The NHS Confederation has called on hospital trusts to invite others trusts’ directors to inspect their services to help prevent failures such as those at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust.
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NewsDavid Nicholson defends 'unashamedly elitist' Top 250 scheme
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has defended a controversial scheme to identify the top 250 jobs in the health service as “unashamedly elitist”.
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NewsInterview: David Nicholson talks leadership
In an exclusive interview following the first meeting of the national leadership council last week, NHS chief executive David Nicholson tells HSJ what was discussed, why the council won’t become a “dustbin” for difficult issues and why all chief executives must take responsibility for leadership.
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Monitor appoints new chief and chair to 'challenged' foundation trust
A foundation trust has been assigned a new chief executive by Monitor for the second time in eight months.
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NewsSwine flu fears increase as WHO ups alert level for second time
The World Health Organisation has raised its pandemic flu alert level for the second time in the space of a week, increasing fears that a global outbreak is inevitable.
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LeaderNHS boards ignorant of brewing danger and scandal
If a major problem is brewing in your hospital, don’t bank on the board spotting it before it becomes a scandal.
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LeaderRose Gibb case underlines cost of failure for NHS managers
The judgement against Rose Gibb in her claim for breach of contract reinforces the accountability of senior managers for service failures, and slashes the chances of pay-offs.
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NewsPilot will boost patient role in GP service plans
Private companies will tell GPs how to make their services more customer friendly under plans to boost patients’ role in shaping primary care services.
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Advertising watchdog bans SHA from running 'misleading' choice ad
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned NHS North East from running an advertisement for patient choice on the grounds that it could mislead the public.
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NewsBudget puts pressure on DH central pot
The NHS’s £2.3bn contribution to the Treasury’s £5bn of planned spending cuts in 2010-11 leaves the Department of Health’s central budgets under pressure, HSJ understands.
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NewsCrunch time: coming to terms with NHS funding cuts
Public sector spending projections raise the spectre of real terms cuts from 2011. Sally Gainsbury dissects the figures and looks at the options for the NHS as growth makes way for austerity
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NewsDIY doctors: patients can boost NHS's value
The Budget means the NHS must get better value for money. As the need for efficiency grows, the key is to get patients with chronic illnesses to manage more of their own care
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Chief executives picked to lead integrated Welsh NHS
Six chief executives have been appointed to lead the NHS in Wales as it takes a further stride away from the English system.