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Annual health check - best and worst
Thirty-eight NHS organisations scored excellent in both quality and finance. Figures in brackets show the number of consecutive years the trust has held a double excellent score. Only one trust has scored a double weak this year.
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Stars of the health check ratings must not be eclipsed by failures
The annual health check reveals a stronger performance by primary care trusts, but provides worrying signs that improvement in acute trusts has stalled.
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GP commissioning is turning in its grave
Practice based commissioning is dead. Primary care tsar David Colin-Thomé, unable to find signs of life, has written its death certificate.
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Health check shows NHS is not focusing on quality - Andrew Lansley
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the annual health check showed there was not enough focus on improving quality in the NHS.
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Sally Gainsbury promoted to chief reporter
Sally Gainsbury has been promoted to chief reporter of the HSJ and Nursing Times news desk.
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Stephen Dorrell calls on Andrew Lansley to make his vision clear
The most recent Conservative health secretary has said shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley must articulate a clearer and more inspiring vision of the Conservatives’ plans for the health service.
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Trust admits doctoring A&E waiting time figures
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has apologised after admitting it doctored figures to give the impression it had met government waiting time targets.
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Monitor clashes with foundation chair over safety
Monitor has accused the outgoing chair of a troubled foundation trust of inaccuracy, after he claimed the regulator was neglecting patient safety in favour of cost cutting.
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Top NHS managers urge against pay freeze
A quarter of senior managers have said they think they are underpaid in a survey being used to oppose calls for a pay freeze.
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GP commissioning shows little sign of life - David Colin-Thomé
The government’s primary care tsar has admitted that efforts to “resuscitate” the “corpse” of practice based commissioning have had little effect.
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PCT chiefs are not underpaid, says DH
The pay gap between primary care trust chief executives and their foundation trust peers is overstated, according to the Department of Health.
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Mixed success on mortality rate reductions
There has been mixed success in meeting targets to reduce mortality rates for specific causes, the latest data from the Department of Health shows.
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GP comparison service launched on NHS Choices
The Department of Health has launched an online service that allows patients to rate their GPs.
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Andy Burnham challenged on cancer plans
Andy Burnham has been challenged during Commons question time over the government’s plans to tackle cancer.
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Government backs down from controversial foundation trust proposals
The government has dropped foundation trust proposals that had been criticised by the trusts, their regulator Monitor and former health secretary Patricia Hewitt.
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Mental health FTs allowed to treat private patients, but rules face fundamental review
The government is to launch a rapid review of the foundation trust private patient income cap in the face of a judicial review of the policy by the trade union Unison.
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80pc of carer funds 'go missing'
Up to 80 per cent of funding provided by the government to support carers is not reaching the intended targets, figures from two charities reveal.
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National care service consultation continues
An NHS style state run insurance scheme has been included in government proposals for a national care service that is subject to ongoing public consultations.
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£1.5m spent on private care for NHS staff in three years
The NHS spent £1.5m over the last three years paying for its staff to receive private healthcare, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.