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Venomous rhetoric blocks better services
The row in Cornwall over plans to move a cancer service out of the county encapsulates the struggles primary care trust managers face when trying to improve services.
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Patients' views of primary care vary widely - Healthcare Commission
A Healthcare Commission survey has highlighted wide variations in patients' experience of primary care between different PCTs.Striking variations were found in 48-hour access and patient choice, both of which have been prioritised by the Department of Health.
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Solihull care trust appoints interim chair
Jenni Ord has been appointed as interim chairman of Solihull care trust.
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Unemployed are told to kick the benefits habit
In a radical move to cut the benefits bill, the government intends to force drug users into treatment and the long-term sick back to work. What will this mean for the health service, asks Charlotte Santry
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Trusts in the dark on their role in medics' regulation
Trusts are still unclear about their role in doctors' revalidation, 10 years after the idea was first mooted.
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Johnson slams PCT over GP access policy
Health secretary Alan Johnson has attacked the 'disgraceful attitude' of primary care trusts that quibble over the terms of his department's flagship policy to extend access to GPs in under-doctored areas.
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Cancelling cleaning contracts 'will be easier'
The government will look at how to make it easier for trusts to terminate contracted-out cleaning services when they are not satisfied with them.
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Patients report striking variation in choice
A Healthcare Commission survey has highlighted wide variations in patient experiences of primary care between different PCT areas.
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Ruling against 'sexist' bonus
Thousands of female NHS staff will be able to lodge claims for extra pay following a Court of Appeal ruling.
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Campaigners urge Johnson to legislate against obesity
Public health bodies are urging the government to back up its rhetoric on obesity with legislation.
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Cynthia Bower's appointment
The news that Cynthia Bower has been appointed as chief executive of the Care Quality Commission provides reassurance that, together with Baroness Young as chair, there will be strong leadership to take the regulatory agenda forward.
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Private patient earnings
In your article 'Survey finds hidden private income', the placing of the paragraph that names Tameside Hospital suggests that the trust would exceed by 89 per cent its current private patient cap in a scenario in which money recouped from private insurers for treating road accident victims was excluded. This ...
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Healthcare 100 challenge
I was interested to read your leader 'Will you be in the Healthcare 100 club?', but disappointed the challenge is only to be in the health organisation 100.
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NHS60 mistaken identity
I read your recent supplement Sixty Years of the NHS and very much enjoyed it, having started at Central Middlesex Hospital in 1955.
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Unemployed told to kick benefits habit
In a radical move to cut the benefits bill, the government intends to force drug users into treatment and the long-term sick back to work. What will this mean for the health service, asks Charlotte Santry
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Joint appointment smooths way for Kingston merger
Kingston primary care trust and council are consulting on plans to integrate. The PCT and local authority have appointed the first joint director of finance as part of a move to promote greater partnership working.
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West Sussex refers reconfiguration decision to health secretary
Major changes to hospitals in West Sussex have been referred to the health secretary after councillors said there was 'insufficient clarity' about which services would be provided where.
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Cornwall's one-site cancer plans run aground
A primary care trust's aim to centralise specialised cancer services has been derailed by the council's overview and scrutiny committee, which wants a full public consultation.
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Report finds targets boost progress for sexual health
Primary care trusts must undertake five-yearly comprehensive sexual health needs assessments of their area, set local targets and make someone at board level accountable for their strategy, according to a progress report on the national strategy for sexual health and HIV.
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People with learning disabilities let down by trusts
People with learning disabilities are facing unnecessary suffering and even death because existing laws and guidance are not being followed by trusts.