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Reshuffle 2012 latest: live discussion
Join HSJ’s live online discussion regarding the ministerial reshuffle now.
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North Somerset integration plan hits the rocks
Plans to create a new integrated foundation trust in North Somerset are looking increasingly unlikely to succeed due to the scale of the financial challenge involved, HSJ has learned.
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David Stout leaves NHS Confederation to run commissioning support organisations
NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout has been appointed as managing director of two commissioning support units, covering Hertfordshire and Essex.
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Government rejects BMA's rationing warning
The government has rejected a warning by the new leader of Britain’s doctors that the health of NHS patients was being put at risk because they were being denied access to operations and drugs.
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Anti-reform doctor Kailash Chand elected as BMA deputy chair
Retired GP Kailash Chand - one of the most high profile medical activists against the government’s health reforms - has been elected as deputy chair of the British Medical Association Council.
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Countess of Chester appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: The Countess of Chester has announced the appointment of a replacement for its outgoing chief executive Peter Herring.
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Man charged over hospital fires
A man has been charged by detectives investigating a series of fires at hospitals and other public buildings.
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Hampshire Hospitals pioneers new surgical robot
COMMERCIAL: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is to pioneer a hand held robot for reconstructive surgery at its Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.
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Accuracy of tariff improved, Audit Commission finds
The accuracy of a key component of the payment by results system has improved since 2007-08, according to a report from the Audit Commission.
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Police link suspected arson attacks at hospitals
Detectives investigating fires at two hospitals are investigating whether an arsonist started both blazes after confirming they are linking the offences.
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Harrogate tops Macmillan cancer care table
PERFORMANCE: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust has topped a league table rating cancer patients’ experience across England, compiled by Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Mark Adams named designate accountable officer for three North East CCGs
WORKFORCE: Mark Adams has been appointed as the designate accountable officer for for NHS Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Newcastle North and East CCG and NHS Newcastle West CCG.
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Kidney donations site to launch
A controversial website offering patients the chance to plead for kidney donations will launch in the UK today.
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Nurses warned not to use own phones for work
Nurses should avoid the temptation to use their own mobile phones for work purposes, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals lowest rated for patient satisfaction
PERFORMANCE: The results of a monthly patient satisfaction survey has put Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust in last place out of 46 hospital trusts.
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Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust slips down patient satisfaction table
PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has slipped from joint first to joint eighth in a survey of patient satisfaction with the hospital trusts in the NHS Midlands and East strategic health authority cluster.
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South West trusts sign multimillion-pound imaging contract
COMMERCIAL: Five South West trusts have signed a multimillion-pound contract for a digital imaging system which will allow staff to view images taken in other hospitals.
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Barts reporting £8m deficit at end of June
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust saw “further slippage” on its finances in June, leaving a deficit of £8m at the end of the month, a report said.
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West London Mental Health Trust creates deputy chief executive role
WORKFORCE: West London Mental Health Trust is creating the post of deputy chief executive because of the “significant agenda” facing the trust.
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Mid Yorks reopening Pontefract A&E 24 hours
PERFORMANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has announced the reopening of overnight accident and emergency services at Pontefract Hospital from Monday 3 September.