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Quarterly A&E waiting time data published
The latest accident and emergency statistics for the quarter ending 31 March 2008 have been published by the Department of Health.
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Nicholson sets out challenges for year ahead
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has written his annual report for 2007-08.The report looks at progress made in the NHS in 2007-08 and the challenges ahead.
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Post-operative care: help patients on the road to recovery
The Healthcare Commission's survey of inpatients' experiences, published today, reveals a need for more management focus on the part of the hospital journey that is often neglected - what happens after the operation.
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Darzi review: SHAs must not take over role of centraliser
The wraps are finally coming off - region by region, details are emerging of what the review spearheaded by Lord Darzi will mean for patients and the balance of power in the NHS.
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Latest regional Darzi report aims to boost life expectancy
NHS South West has unveiled ambitious plans to match the best life expectancy rates in Europe in its regional Darzi vision, published today.
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Baroness Young confirmed as Care Quality chair
Health secretary Alan Johnson has confirmed the appointment of Baroness Barbara Young as chair of the new Care Quality Commission.The cross-bench peer will earn £79,014 a year for the three-day-a-week role - more than the advertised £60,780 salary.
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DH issues guidance on preparing for a heatwave
The Department of Health has published an updated plan to help trusts and other health and social care providers prepare for a major heatwave.
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BMA staff vote to strike over pay
The British Medical Association, which threatened to lead a doctors' strike, now faces industrial action by its own staff.
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More radiologists needed, says BMA
Around 1,300 extra radiologists will be needed in England to meet increased demand for emergency scans and screening, say doctors' leaders.
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Hospital food must improve, says minister
Ensuring patients get good-quality hospital food must be a higher priority for health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland, health minister Michael McGimpsey has said.
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Health boards took part in counter-fraud probe
Fraud and errors cost the public sector in Scotland almost £10 million last year, reveals a national probe by Audit Scotland.
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Emma Dent on finding a GP
So 12 primary care trusts are getting additional cash to fund a new GP practice per patch. And my PCT is not among them. (Although a neighbouring London PCT is. Is GP access alone enough of a reason to move to the 'burbs? Hmm.)
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Immigrants 'need psycho-social bridge'
The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, has linked gang violence with the lack of mental healthcare available to immigrants.
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National GP assessment to aid choice
Primary care trusts will be able to assess GP practice performance against a national standard for the first time under a new primary medical care provider accreditation scheme
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Staff payment blunder at United Bristol Healthcare trust
Hundreds of staff at a hospital trust have been left out of pocket after problems introducing the electronic staff record.
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Services failed patients who went on to kill, review finds
Reviews of two killings by people with mental health problems in Wales have found shortcomings in their treatment and care.
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Barbara Young backed as Care Quality Commission chair
Health select committee MPs have backed Baroness Young as a suitable candidate to chair the new Care Quality Commission.
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Poll of hospital patients reveals chasm in care standards
A Healthcare Commission survey of hospital patients in England has revealed ‘striking variations’ in some aspects of basic care.
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Rising fuel prices push up healthcare overheads
Sharp rises in oil and food prices are hitting the NHS hard, with energy and catering bills for big trusts in the millions and the situation likely to get worse. Alison Moore reports
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Polyclinic puff?
Many of London's 6,000 GPs and teams might take exception to NHS London's perception that 'just over half of people support the proposal that almost all GP practices should be part of a polyclinic', writes Sue Broome