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Swine flu vaccine approved
One of the swine flu vaccines ordered by the government has now been licensed for use in the UK.
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Scottish health inequalities persist despite rise in life expectancy
Scottish public health minister Shona Robison has said there are still “unacceptable inequalities” between different areas of Scotland, despite new figures showing life expectancy in the country has increased.
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NHS hospital equipment 'under-used' - Taxpayers' Alliance
Hospitals are failing to make use of sophisticated and expensive treatment technology, the Taxpayers’ Alliance has claimed.
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Budget shortfall prompts NHS staffing freeze
A £30m budget gap may force one of the biggest NHS trusts in Wales to cut back on beds and reduce the number of agency staff drafted in to fill full-time vacancies.
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NHS job cut warning: a 1 per cent pay increase equals 10,000 jobs
Senior NHS managers have called for a pay freeze from 2011 together with a “fundamental review” of staff terms and conditions in the face of expected financial constraints.
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Half of mental health inpatients feel unsafe
Many mental health patients in England are being let down on central aspects of hospital care, a survey by the Care Quality Commission has revealed.
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Quality accounts: trusts to pick their own performance measures
The Department of Health has proposed that quality accounts will not include any mandatory clinical or performance data.
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Monitor: foundation trust approval process ‘has saved NHS millions’
Foundation trust regulator Monitor claims it has saved the NHS millions of pounds by maintaining its high bar for approving providers for foundation status.
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Andy Burnham speech delivers body blow to NHS competition and choice
The government’s commitment to choice and competition is unravelling.
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Andy Burnham’s preferred bidder pledge questioned
Questions have been raised over the implications for competition and world class commissioning of health secretary Andy Burnham’s statement that the NHS is the “preferred provider” of services.
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NHS competition panel rejects limit on consultants’ work outside their contracts
The co-operation and competition panel has said that restrictions on consultants working for other providers during their non-contractive hours are anti-competitive and against NHS principles.
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Surgery productivity tool could save trusts £1.6m a year
Trusts could save over £1.5m a year by implementing a programme that encourages operating theatre staff to work more productively.
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NHS South Central chief promises organisational change will be 'last resort'
Organisational change will be a “last resort” for those in the South Central region placed “under review” by the Department of Health, the strategic health authority’s new chief executive has pledged.
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Call to link up mental health and substance misuse services for dual diagnosis
Forging stronger partnerships between mental health and substance misuse services could improve services and cut costs, the NHS Confederation has claimed.
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Public spending cuts 'not black and white' - Alistair Darling
Frontline services can be protected despite the need to make “difficult choices” on public spending cuts, the Chancellor has said.
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Nurses urged to show savings
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is to calculate and publish “opportunity savings” in 10 changes to the way nurses work.
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Patient satisfaction guaranteed: the future of payment by results?
The health secretary’s promise of a greater focus on patient experience has the approval of NHS leaders - as long as it is done properly, reports Rebecca Evans
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'Mortality rates rise when new doctors start work'
Death rates for emergency patients jump 6 per cent when newly qualified doctors start work, according to the largest ever study of hospital mortality rates.
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SHAs seek control of senior managers' pay, MiP claims
Some strategic health authorities will try to dictate the pay of senior managers on their patch despite new guidance, their union has warned.