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Health minister Ann Keen loses seat to Conservatives
Health minister Ann Keen has lost her Brentford and Isleworth seat to the Conservatives.
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Health minister Mike O'Brien loses seat to Conservatives
Health minister Mike O’Brien has lost his Warwickshire North seat to the Conservatives.
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Health minister Gillian Merron loses seat to Conservatives
Health minister Gillian Merron has lost her Lincoln seat to the Conservatives.
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Care minister Phil Hope loses seat to Conservatives
Care services minister Phil Hope has lost his Corby seat to the Conservatives.
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Election 2010: constituency watchlist for the NHS
Election outcomes in these areas could have significant implications for local NHS services
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Election 2010: a candidate watchlist for the NHS
The incoming and outgoing MPs that matter to the health service
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CQC tries to dispel 'live ratings' fears
The Care Quality Commission has attempted to reassure trusts its soon-to-go-live regulation system is “not a rating, not a ranking and not a league table”.
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DH tabled financial aid for ‘controllable’ NHS Employers
The Department of Health was prepared to give NHS Employers up to £1.6m as compensation for not bidding to run the NHS Jobs website, according to documents seen by HSJ.
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NHS managers are not overpaid – but their rewards must reflect results
Health service managers are comfortable with - or at least resigned to - the paradox of rising public expectation and plunging public regard.
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Polls point to a hung parliament
The final opinion polls of the 2010 general election campaign all pointed to a hung parliament.
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NW trust likely to opt out of troubled NHS IT programme
A hospital trust in the North West has said it is likely to be the first in the region to buy a major IT system outside the national programme for IT.
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Monitor discusses clinician business academy
Monitor has been in talks with foundation trusts and the Treasury over funding for a business academy to train clinicians for senior NHS management roles.
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NHS worker suspended over patient data loss
A hospital worker has been suspended in connection with the discovery in a supermarket car park of a computer storage device, which held medical records of patients being treated at a secure hospital.
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Congratulations - you're the new health secretary
You are responsible for a £110bn budget and the health of the nation, but with an average of only two years in the job there is no time to lose. Andy McKeon describes what you should expect in your first days as secretary of state for health
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Election 2010: Halting hospital closures top priority for would-be MPs
NHS managers will face political opposition to their reforms, regardless of the election result on Friday, an HSJ survey of 367 election candidates suggests.
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Patient groups wary of ‘fast track’ NHS reconfigurations
Any moves to “fast track” the reconfiguration of NHS services must give the public a strong voice or will “erode confidence” in change, patient representatives have warned.
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Vindicated paediatrician welcomes child protection guidelines
A consultant paediatrician who won his court battle over being struck off the medical register today welcomed a move to establish new guidelines for doctors in child protection cases.
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Royal College of Midwives warns against NHS cuts
Cuts being planned for the NHS could lead to the emergence of “baby factories”, the disappearance of some hospitals from cities and a general worsening of healthcare in the UK, the Royal College of Midwives trade union has said.
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Curbing public sector pay will be difficult, study claims
The new government will find it difficult to impose a pay freeze in the public sector because of rising inflation and a thaw in wage restraint in private firms, according to a new report.
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David Cameron insists cuts won't hit frontline NHS
David Cameron has denied that “tough” decisions on spending will mean cuts to frontline health services while campaigning in marginal seats he needs to win to secure overall victory.