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Sir Liam Donaldson warns of swine flu pressure
The government’s most senior medical adviser has warned that the swine flu pandemic is putting NHS hospitals under a “lot of pressure” in coping with the most seriously ill patients.
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NHS plea for more organ donors
NHS Blood and Transplant has launched a campaign to boost the number of people prepared to help the thousands who face death unless without an organ transplant.
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Call to close gender pay gap
Most people think employers should have to audit their wage rates to help close the gender pay gap, according to a new report.
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Rise in swine flu cases
There were 78,000 new cases of swine flu in England in the past week, up from 53,000 the week before, new estimates show.
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NHS guidance providers win accreditation
NHS Evidence has named the first three organisations to be approved by its new accreditation scheme.
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Better mental healthcare 'may have stopped killing', report finds
The death of a man stabbed by a mental health patient could have been averted if his care had been better, a report has said.
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Bullying review: 'proud' chief executives must be forced to accept help
Reluctance by “proud” chief executives in particularly challenging jobs to ask for help “should be resisted”, an independent review has concluded.
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NHS organisations hit staff numbers to save costs
There has been a big jump in the number of NHS organisations planning to cut staff, an HSJ survey has revealed.
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Andy Burnham stands ground after taking fire on competition rules
Health secretary Andy Burnham has insisted to HSJ that his rewriting of the competition rules will accelerate, not slow, the pace of NHS reform.
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HSJ, 29 October 2009
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Outsourcing service ‘will save NHS millions’ on HR, says NHS Employers
NHS Employers is launching a subscription service it hopes will save the NHS “many millions” of pounds by outsourcing human resources functions.
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Andy Burnham’s flawed NHS regime will stifle commissioning ambitions
The row over NHS competition policy played out over the pages of this week’s HSJ goes to the heart of Labour’s leadership of the NHS.
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Hinchingbrooke opens to bidding for franchise
East of England strategic health authority has advertised for a franchisee to take over deficit-hit Hinchingbrooke hospital.
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CQC will face ‘tricky decisions’ on failing services
The Care Quality Commission has some “tricky decisions” ahead on using its powers to shut down failing services, its chair has admitted.
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Smoking cessation funding safe following furious letter
The NHS will continue to fund the “most effective smoking cessation intervention in the UK” following a furious letter from dozens of public health bodies and royal colleges.
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Mediator to help reconcile FT row staff
A mediator has been called in to a bitter dispute between managers and clinicians at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust, which is applying for foundation status.
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Councils and NHS urged to drive joint funding
Councils and the NHS should examine how joint funding could help improve health and social care outcomes, according to an Audit Commission report.
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DH to challenge Europe on overseas treatment
The Department of Health is preparing itself for a challenge through the European Court of Justice on the rights of UK citizens to be treated abroad at the NHS’s expense.
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Investigation launched after woman demands all-white maternity team
Hospital staff have complained to the Equality and Human Rights Commission after a woman in labour demanded an all-white team to deliver her baby.
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Drug firm to compensate NHS
Scotland’s health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed a settlement being reached with a pharmaceutical company over alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the supply of drugs to the NHS.