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Poor performers on MRSA targeted
The trusts with the worst records for cutting cases of MRSA are to be targeted by a new objective from the Department of Health.
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NHS investigates surge in equipment theft
An official probe has been launched into a growing spate of thefts from across the NHS.
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Lib Dems claim £134m funding 'black hole'
Health boards in Scotland could face a £134m funding “black hole”, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.
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Kidney care improvement hampered by insufficient home dialysis, warn charities
The NHS continues to provide insufficient home dialysis facilities, despite overall improvements in kidney care, charities have warned.
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New DH guidance responds to choose and book concerns
The Department of Health has issued new guidance on using choose and book in response to concerns the system is “often unpopular with professionals”.
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NHS operating framework to offer mixed blessings for hospitals
Hospitals will only be paid 30 per cent of the tariff price for emergency procedures they perform over their 2008-09 volume levels, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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Hospital income link to patient satisfaction
Hospitals will have up to 10 per cent of their income based on patient satisfaction, health secretary Andy Burnham announced yesterday.
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Budget cut 'disagreements' revealed
The chancellor wanted to do more to tackle the UK’s ballooning deficit but was overruled by the prime minister, according to reports today.
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Ambulance service efficiency savings halted
Wales’s ambulance service will not be required to make efficiency savings after a report said it was performing worse than services in other parts of the UK, it was announced today.
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Andy Burnham tells local government and NHS not to be 'precious' about funding
Health secretary Andy Burnham has called for health and social care to be more equal partners - and not be “precious” about budgets.
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Andy Burnham offers to guarantee nurses' jobs in return for less pay
Frontline NHS staff could be given a guarantee that they will be able to keep their job if they are prepared to be paid less, health secretary Andy Burnham announced today.
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NHS management costs to be slashed by 30 per cent
Management costs in primary care trusts and strategic health authorities are to be slashed by 30 per cent over the next four years, health secretary Andy Burnham has announced.
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Court rules Monitor unlawful on private patient cap
The High Court has ruled the foundation trust regulator Monitor has been unlawful in its interpretation of the private patient income cap.
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Populist blame culture stifles openness
The introduction of mandatory safety breach reporting has superficial voter appeal, but problems lurk beneath.
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NHS regulatory turmoil distracts from the real business of care
Regulation has become politically dangerous territory for health secretary Andy Burnham. Just at the moment when the recent furore over death rates and patient safety has shaken public confidence in the NHS, the two regulators at the centre of the storm are about to be left leaderless.
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Patients could be offered one to one nursing care
Patients with complex long term conditions could be offered one to one nursing care under plans outlined by health secretary Andy Burnham today.
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Call for NHS role in child detention care
The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health, GPs and Psychiatrists, as well as the UK Faculty of Public Health, have said detention of children and their families in removal centres for failed asylum seekers causes “significant harm” and should be ended without delay.
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Auditors warn on impact of savings
The Scottish NHS will struggle to make £200m of planned “efficiency savings” next year without services being hit, a watchdog report said today.
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Tory pledge on NHS targets might not hit the spot
As the Conservatives promise voters a shift from targets to a service shaped by outcome measures and what patients say about their healthcare experience, Alison Moore looks at why many managers are sceptical about the idea
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Treasury sets £10bn savings target
The Treasury has set the NHS a target of £10bn “value for money” savings a year by 2012-13.