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North Yorkshire and York PCT chief executive to leave
North Yorkshire and York primary care trust chief executive Janet Soo-Chung is to leave her post next week.The PCT, which was one of six organisations rated double weak in the annual health check this week, said that director of finance and resources and deputy chief executive Nick Steele would lead ...
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NHS Alliance conference begins with social enterprise rallying cry
The NHS Alliance has begun its annual conference in Bournemouth with a call to arms for the social enterprise movement.
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Audit Commission hit by Icelandic bank collapse
The Audit Commission has confirmed that around 4 per cent of its annual turnover is invested in banks hit by the Icelandic banking collapse.
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New research facility to battle hospital infections
A new £5m research facility that will lead the fight against hospital infections is to be established at St Andrews University.
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Wales approves £173m hospital plans
Plans for a new £172.7m 225-bed hospital in Caerphilly, Wales were approved by Welsh health minister Edwina Hart today.
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NHS Alliance rallying cry for social enterprise
The NHS Alliance has begun its annual conference in Bournemouth with a call to arms for the social enterprise movement.
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Public LINks hit by delays in networking
Public and patient involvement in health and social care has been seriously set back by widespread delay in establishing local involvement networks, a report claims.
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Kent council launches NHS complaints helpline
A county council has launched a new service to deal with complaints about the health service.
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Long Term Conditions Alliance faces merger
Members of the Long Term Conditions Alliance were this week set to agree to merge with a new patient representation body.
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Annual health check: quality leap sees PCTs drag behind
More than half of NHS organisations are now providing excellent or good services, according to the third annual health check.But the annual assessment scores, published today by the Healthcare Commission, expose a widening gap between the performance of steadily improving trusts and floundering commissioners.The proportion offering excellent services has leapt ...
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City shockwaves threaten NHS budget
Economists are warning this week's£38bn rescue plan for UK banks creates a "structural hole" in public finances that will make NHS funding cuts and claw-backs inevitable.The government has insisted the bank bail-out will not affect public finances. A senior Treasury source said there were no plans to revisit the commitments ...
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Financial turbulence threatens NHS reforms
Question over £550m earmarked for next stage reviewConcerns SHAs will be less able to support financially troubled trustsPotential refocusing on capacity over quality and choiceFears national work to define quality measures and legislate on compulsory quality accounts will be neglectedPossible funding problems for social care reforms
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Annual health check: Johnson thanks top performers
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has written to congratulate chief executives at the 57 NHS organisations that have achieved the most consistent results in yearly assessments.
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Foundations bear brunt of crisis
£7.5m lost in Icelandic banking collapseFears over the safety of surpluses from Treasury claw-backsBut opportunities for vertical integration
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Annual health check: patient safety push fails to raise bar on hygiene
The NHS is failing to improve hygiene standards despite a major quality and patient safety push.
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Annual health check case study: Salford
Salford is the only primary care trust to achieve double excellent scores, having improved its quality rating from good last year.
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Annual health check case study: Dorset healthcare foundation trust
Dorset Healthcare foundation trust reached double excellent with an improvement in its resources rating from good in 2006-07.
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Treasury eyes hidden PCT surpluses
Increased demand for health services as recession bitesTwo-year timetable for service reconfiguration and investmentSurpluses vulnerable
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Healthcare Commission head looks back on a turbulent era
Anna Walker joined the Healthcare Commission with only two months until its launch. As it prepares to merge into a new super-regulator, she reflects on four testing years at the helm. By Charlotte Santry