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Easy does it as NHS steps up to quality bat
Central to the next stage review is the demand to improve services - and demonstrate it. So how are NHS organisations planning to measure quality and how long will funding hold out? Dave West finds out
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Hospital entertainment provider backtracks on price hike
Northumbria Healthcare foundation trust has forced bedside entertainment provider Hospedia to backtrack on a 140 per cent price hike.
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London GPs miss out on cash
The British Medical Association's GPs committee has attacked NHS London for failing to ensure primary care trusts honour an agreement to pass on cash to practices.
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PCT surplus figures were off by a fifth
Accounting errors led to primary care trusts under-reporting their surpluses by 20 per cent last financial year, the Audit Commission has said.
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DH backtracks on failure regime figures
The Department of Health has backtracked on its estimate that up to six trusts a year would fall into its failure regime and be taken over.
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Audit optional on new quality accounts
Providers will not have to have their quality accounts audited or validated.
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Cancer patients missing out on best treatment because of cost
Cancer patients are missing out on high-tech radiotherapy because the NHS is struggling to invest in staff and technology.Intensity modulated radiotherapy, which has been used in Europe and the US for a decade, is used to treat only 7 per cent of eligible NHS patients, according to research by the ...
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Steve Barnett aims to marshal NHS Confederation's network power
Ten months ago no one expected Steve Barnett to permanently replace Gill Morgan as chief executive of the NHS Confederation.
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Cynthia Bower on CQC staffing issues highlighted in HSJ
I could have used this space to carp about your coverage of the Care Quality Commission last week, but I'd rather focus on the positive and look at what we have achieved in such a short time.
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Elite 'inner cabinet' to lead acute commissioning in London
Six London primary care trust chief executives are to be propelled into an ‘inner cabinet’ to lead acute commissioning in the capital.
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Medical director appointed for London
A London-wide medical director has been appointed.Andy Mitchell will be a director of NHS London and the London Clinical and Business Support Agency, or hub.
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NICE clarifies breast cancer guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has re-worked its breast cancer guidelines in a bid to standardise care across the country.
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London mental health chief executives reshuffle
North East London foundation trust chief executive Judy Wilson has become interim chief at South West London and St George's mental health trust.
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NHS managers risk court over clinical errors
NHS managers should be legally responsible for some clinical negligence cases, a patient safety expert has argued.Brian Toft, a professor of patient safety at Coventry University and incident investigator, believes that where healthcare professionals have told managers about a problem with their care environment, the manager should be liable for ...
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PCTs should control access to cross-border care, say Lords
Patients should only be allowed to receive NHS-funded care in other European countries if they get permission from their primary care trust first, the House of Lords EU committee has said.In their report on the EU directive on cross-border healthcare published today, the Lords say codifying existing legal rights for ...
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Health boards meet waiting time targets early
All but three Scottish health boards have met a waiting time target three months early.
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Government to step up work with WHO on Africa
The British government has pledged to 'step up its engagement' with the World Health Organisation's African arm in a bid to tackle the health challenges facing the continent.
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Conservatives call for action on blood recommendations
The Conservatives have called for the government to respond to recommendations of an independent inquiry into how thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood.
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Phil Hope announces national autism strategy
Autism campaigners are claiming victory after care services minister Phil Hope announced a new national strategy and guidance for the condition.Mr Hope said a consultation on the strategy would begin in April, and the final document would be unveiled by the end of the year.
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Inquiry demands urgent action on contaminated blood
Haemophiliacs infected with conditions including HIV and hepatitis and their carers should receive urgent government-funded financial aid, an independent inquiry has urged.