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SHAs: NHS Logistics strike has little impact
Acute and primary care trusts coped well with the first one-day strike by NHS Logistics staff last week, according to strategic health authorities.
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Richards claims improved cancer drug uptake
National uptake of cancer drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has increased, with fewer regional variations in prescribing, according to a review.
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News analysis: At risk - the safety agency that failed to set the world on fire
With the future of the National Patient Safety Agency in the balance, Joanna Lyall looks at its track record and examines the criticism it has attracted from many quarters
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Milburn calls for PCT elections and patient entitlements in law
Former health secretary Alan Milburn broke a three-year conference silence on health by calling for the election of primary care trust boards and the setting down in law of patient entitlements to healthcare.
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Unison to rally against markets
The 'headlong rush' to introduce markets into the NHS must be stopped, delegates were due to hear tomorrow.
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Lib Dem conference delegates queue up to lambast Labour 'interference'
Government ministers' eagerness to interfere in the NHS has left staff overstretched and misdirected money from care to management consultants, according to Liberal Democrats.
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Health secretary agrees to further consultation on critical care site
A row over the location of a new critical care hospital in south London has gone back to square one after NHS London persuaded the health secretary to re-open consultation.
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A&E under threat in shake-up
Plans for a major shake-up of hospital services in Surrey and Sussex are likely to include closing several accident and emergency departments.
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McKinsey 'PCT support' bid sparks conflict-of-interest row
Management consultants McKinsey are bidding for a place on the government's controversial list of approved primary care trust commissioning support suppliers.
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Lib Dems divided on accountability
King's Fund former chief executive Baroness Julia Neuberger has been given 12 months to chair a review of Liberal Democrat health policy.
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Criticised chief secures new NHS post
A trust chief executive whose management style was heavily criticised in a report has found a post as a consultant at the largest teaching hospital in Europe.
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Analyses show under-use of ITC capacity
Independent treatment centres have carried out fewer than three-quarters of the procedures they have been paid for, according to new figures from the Conservatives.
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Mass A&E downgrade predicted
Up to 15 hospitals in one English region alone may need to downgrade to ensure that all accident and emergency units can operate safely, a new study claims.
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RCM calls for talks on midwife-led units
The Royal College of Midwives has demanded an urgent meeting with the health secretary over the future of midwife-led units.
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MP bids to halt A&E closure
A judicial review could hinder a provisional decision to close an accident and emergency department as part of reconfiguration plans.
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Charities fear 'nuisance' penalties will discriminate
Mental health charities have expressed serious concerns about proposals to introduce new penalties for 'nuisance and disturbance behaviour' on NHS premises.
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Chief quits as £23m deficit is forecast for trust
The chief executive of the debt-ridden Hinchingbrooke Health Care trust in Huntingdon has resigned, saying his abrupt departure is 'in the best interests of the trust'.
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Deprived areas score best at smoking cessation
Primary care trusts show wide variations in the implementation of their smoking-cessation services, and many have not consulted with patients and the public, says the Healthcare Commission.
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News analysis: Are paid-up ITC millions being consigned to the scrapheap?
HSJ's ground-breaking analysis of performance by first-wave independent treatment centres indicates that more than 40 per cent of their capacity has gone unused, but the DoH is quick to dispute the figures. Alison Moore sifts through the evidence
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News analysis: Survey returns verdict on government action and priorities
With the party conference season in full swing, HSJ surveyed some of the organisations taking part in the Health Hotel series of fringe events. We asked for their verdict on government action and priorities, as well as how some of the major figures from across the political spectrum are doing.