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East Anglian regional health authority is to pioneer white paper proposals on competition between hospitals. 'We have been talking about internal NHS marketing for 18 months. If this is the way the NHS is going to go, East Anglian wants to be at the forefront,' said a spokesman.
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The government has acknowledged it would be impractical to set up an NHS internal market 'overnight', in evidence to the Commons social services select committee. Its strategy was to create 'greater freedom for health authorities to ensure that the resources flow to those providers which attract most patients'.
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'Almost all' NHS organisations met last year's 31 December deadline for safeguarding date-sensitive computers against the millennium bug, according to the NHS Executive. But the Executive is anticipating a drop in the number of trusts reporting 'satisfactory' or 'good' progress due to tougher human resources and emergency planning targets. Public ...
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East Anglian Ambulance trust has ordered £420,000 worth of telephone and radio communications equipment from Securicor for its regional control centre in Norwich. The contract is the first phase of a £2m programme and includes three extra transmitters. In the next stage, after April, all the trust's ambulances will be ...
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Drug firms will have to reveal full cost of new treatments to NICE
Drug companies will be expected to produce evidence of 'the total cost to the NHS' of adopting new treatments under a proposed appraisal process for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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Patel chairs Scots standards board
Obstetrician Sir Naren Patel has been appointed chair of the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland, the Scottish equivalent of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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UKCC faces axe in nursing regulation shake-up
The government is to shake up nurses' regulation after an independent review found existing regulatory bodies 'do not do enough to protect the safety of patients'.
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Protests at low pay offer for managers
Senior managers are to be offered significantly lower pay rises than nurses, NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands has told trusts and health authorities.
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Board vacancies delay North West decisions
Delays in appointing chairs and non-executive directors in North West region are delaying key decisions and putting a heavy burden on 'half- strength boards', according to senior managers.
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Turnberg inspires team share
'Political' considerations have driven two trusts to create a single executive team reporting to two sets of non-executive directors.
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Damning Unison analysis of PFI hospital is 'wrong', claims trust
A scathing analysis of the case for a leading private finance initiative project has concluded that it will deliver poorer service and cost more than a publicly funded scheme.
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Warning on 'hidden needs' of carers
The government has been warned that its national strategy for carers could 'reveal hidden care needs' in community services.
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Falklands hospital seeks NHS staff to replace military team
A Falkland Islands hospital is looking for an NHS partner because of defence cuts.
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Managers beg Blair to act on intensive care
Managers have appealed to prime minister Tony Blair for action to halt a 'crisis' in intensive care in London.
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Confederation's subs go up to prevent 'ruin'
The NHS Confederation is planning a big hike in membership rates at the end of a year in which its chief executive admits it faced 'potential financial ruin'.
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Astronomical problems as services face hordes
Acute services in Devon and Cornwall are drawing up drastic contingency measures to cope with a mass influx of visitors for the solar eclipse in six months' time.
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CJD doubles cost of blood
The cost of blood will double as a result of the 'mad cow disease' crisis, the NHS Executive has confirmed.