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NHS staff sickness remains a problem in Wales
The auditor general for Wales has recommended the Assembly government scraps its blanket target for reducing sickness absence rates in NHS trusts.
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PCTs told to be innovative with personal budgets
The Department of Health is calling on primary care trusts to put forward proposals for controversial personal budget pilots.
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Rose Gibb ‘hounded, victimised and demonised’ by Alan Johnson
Rose Gibb has described in court how she was “hounded, victimised and demonised” by the local health service and health secretary Alan Johnson.
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Rose Gibb defends NHS chief executives in witness box
Rose Gibb told the High Court today that if NHS chief executives resigned every time a patient died “there would be an awful lot of empty seats in the NHS”.In the witness box this morning, Ms Gibb defended her record running Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust. She said the trust ...
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Rose Gibb lawyer claims payoff was fair
Rose Gibb’s battle to get her compensation payoff went to the High Court yesterday – where she was met by a barrage of photographers and cameramen.Ms Gibb - who is expected to give evidence today - is suing her former employer, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, for breach of contract. ...
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NHS Confed calls for IT programme overhaul
The national programme for IT should be called in by government, NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards has said.
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NHS sets itself tough targets for green future
The health service is to set itself up as a trailblazer for public sector sustainability.
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Specialist doctors say NHS is institutionally ageist
Almost half of specialist geriatric doctors think the NHS is institutionally ageist, according to a survey by Help the Aged.
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Leak reveals Alan Johnson's PFI concerns
Health secretary Alan Johnson's concerns about the NHS in the recession have been leaked in an email from the chair of NHS South East Coast.
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Chief medical officer launches public health awards
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has established an annual awards event for those working in public health.
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Rose Gibb goes to court to fight for payoff
Rose Gibb, the former chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, goes to the High Court today to try to get her controversial payoff.Ms Gibb, who left the trust just days before the publication of a critical Healthcare Commission report into outbreaks of C difficile, is claiming damages for ...
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Personal branding: success at last
In the final part in her series, Debbie Smith explains how to use your personal brand to secure that big promotion
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Leaked memo reveals DH frustration over mixed-sex wards
A leaked memo written by a strategic health authority chairman has revealed health secretary Alan Johnson’s deep frustrations that New Labour’s 1997 manifesto pledge to scrap mixed-sex accommodation has not been met.
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Two NHS trusts rapped for patient data loss
Two trusts have been found in breach of the Data Protection Act for losing and failing to secure information about patients.
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NHS trusts 'complacent' about European working time directive
NHS trusts are 'complacent' about making the changes needed to comply with the European working time directive, doctors' leaders are claiming.
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More consultant paediatricians needed
An extra 3,000 consultant paediatricians are needed to deliver the safest possible service to children and their families, a Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report warns.
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Council must echo rousing call to next generation of leaders
'If ever there was a moment for leadership in the public sector, this is it.' This statement, which sounds like a politician's soundbite, was in fact from Mark Goldman, chief executive of Heart of England foundation trust.
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Maternity matters: stop passing the buck
The commitments made in Maternity Matters are due to be met by the end of the year.
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Barts and the London reviews computer virus damage
A London hospital trust is to urgently review its IT support after a computer virus led to it declaring an 'internal major incident'.