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Obese NHS staff criticised in Lords
Obese NHS staff provide a “very poor role model” to patients trying to lose weight, according to a leading doctor.
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Heatherwood and Wexham park FT risks £600,000 contingency gap
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust risks a £600,000 gap between the size of its contingency fund and all possible cost pressures.
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Healthcare at Home partnership introduces cancer home care in Leeds
COMMERCIAL: A new private healthcare service, in partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has opened in the city, offering care at home for cancer patients.
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Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital to be renamed
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is asking staff and its local communities to think of an “innovative” new name for its Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.
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Moorfields consultant awarded £1.7m by NIHR
CLINICAL RESEARCH: A consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has been awarded £1.7m by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme for glaucoma research.
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HSJ Live rolling news 13.11.12
Today’s rolling health news from HSJ, including coverage of the first mandate for the NHS.
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Cambridge could be in ‘significant breach’ Monitor warns
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has warned Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust it may declare it in ‘significant breach’ of its terms of authorisation.
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Unions agree draft plan to modify Agenda for Change
Unions have agreed a draft proposal to reduce terms and conditions for NHS staff under which staff earning more than £54,500 could be removed from the Agenda for Change framework.
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'Substantial' hole in many public health budgets
Many local authorities will inherit a “substantial” hole in their public health budgets when they take over responsibility for the role next year, research by the British Medical Association has revealed.
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Government puts £25m into maternity care
The government has pledged £25m to help improve maternity wards.
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Call for more antenatal depression support
More needs to be done to spot and support women suffering with antenatal depression, experts have warned today.
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Peterborough search for new FD
WORKFORCE: Cash-strapped Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust is looking for a new finance director, the trust has announced.
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More than half of NHS Direct staff could be made redundant
More than half of NHS Direct staff face being made redundant or losing their NHS terms and conditions after a failure to reach agreement on their transfer to non NHS providers of the new 111 urgent phone service.
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Carnall calls for service reconfigurations to be accelerated
The head of NHS London has warned the government risks “stifling the ambition” of clinical commissioning groups if it does not find a way to speed up service reconfigurations.
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'No decision' on Mid Yorks organisational form
STRUCTURE: Strategic health authority papers say that “no decision” has been taken about Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s “future organisational form”.
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals £8.8m behind plan
FINANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust was £8.8m behind plan at month six.
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Ombudsman calls for health staff to listen more to patients
The Health Service Ombudsman has called on health professionals to improve the way they deal with complaints after more dissatisfied people referred their issues to her.
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Government funds trial to boost early detection of dementia
South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust is to lead pioneering work on dementia detection as part of a major government-funded national trial.
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Ipswich auditors raise concerns
FINANCE: Auditors have raised concerns about Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust’s financial plans for 2012-13, according to October board papers.