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DoH seeks input on consent
The Department of Health is asking for opinions on its proposals for research projects involving adults who lack capacity to consent.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Monitor warning over foundation trust mergers
The Department of Health must clarify how failing NHS trusts can be successfully merged with foundation trusts, Monitor's chief operating officer has warned.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: 'Complete transformation' needed to protect environment
Leading environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt told delegates at the NHS Confederation's annual conference that the NHS needed a 'complete transformation' to help protect the environment. .
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Nicholson slams negative unions
The negative comments of medical and staff unions are 'damaging to the public confidence and staff morale,' NHS chief executive David Nicholson told delegates at the NHS Confederation annual conference.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: mental health czar calls for community treatment orders
Community treatment orders must be implemented in mental health to save lives being ruined by mental illness, a mental health czar has said.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Skills shortage in doctors causes concern for managers
Doctors must learn more people skills such as cultural sensitivity but the NHS must also help them cope with service reform, said NHS managers in a survey.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: PBC up and running, says Ricketts
Practice-based commissioning is running and working well, according to the Department of Health's head of demand side reform.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: zero tolerance MRSA call
The MRSA target can be met, says the Department of Health, but the need for a zero tolerance culture is still imperative.
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Scottish health secretary rejects healthcare competition
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon today told the NHS Confederation annual conference that the Scottish government rejects the idea that competition in the healthcare market was the 'route to improvement'.
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Confed chief welcomes plans to give NHS more autonomy
NHS Confederation chief executive Dame Gill Morgan has welcomed Conservative Party plans to give the NHS more autonomy.
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DoH report promotes health partnerships
Partnerships for Better Health, a new Department of Health report, explains how the government can help non-statutory, commercial and not-for-profit organisations promote healthy living and deliver public health goals. The report uses case studies and best practice tips to encourage local partnership working.
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Leaders claim bullies thrive and middle managers are left to fail
The NHS lacks strong leadership and does not develop and support its middle managers, an NHS Confederation report has warned.
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Robinson slams NHS strategy obsession
NHS leaders must learn to lead their organisations on a 'day-to-day basis' and not get confused with a health service 'grand plan', management guru Sir Gerry Robinson has said.
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Think for yourselves, Nicholson tells managers
Local managers should look to the Department of Health less for guidance and 'get on' with their job, NHS chief executive David Nicholson will tell the NHS Confederation's annual conference today.
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ITC plans scrapped: NHS services are 'better value'
Plans for an independent sector treatment centre at Hemel Hempstead Hospital have been dropped because it would have been too expensive.
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Website offers chance to rate NHS
Patients are being asked to rate and comment on NHS services on a website launched this week.
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PCTs ignoring orders on patient group involvement
Primary care trusts do not expect patient groups to influence commissioning as demanded by the Department of Health, a survey has found.
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Health secretary suggests elected PCT boards and a new constitution
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has suggested further reforms for NHS accountability, including directly elected primary care trust boards and a new constitution.
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Exclusive survey: winning over NHS staff could be Brown's first big challenge
He may have thrown money at the NHS, but Gordon Brown looks set for a rough ride from staff, judging by the results of HSJ's survey, writes editor Richard Vize
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Donaldson urges delegates to learn from medical errors
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson paid tribute to the victims of medical errors in his speech on patient safety delivered to the NHS Confederation.