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PCTs say incentives policy fails local commissioners
Primary care trusts have criticised the Department of Health for backing away from plans to allow them to set local incentives in the national GPs’ bonus schemes.
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C difficile outbreak leaves three hospital patients dead
Three patients have died as a direct result of a C difficile outbreak at hospital in the South East.
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NHS staff survey: leaders must make local vision more real to staff
Managers have been called on to demonstrate how they act on staff feedback after a survey found fewer than half of employees felt trusts communicated with them clearly.
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Value of Dr Foster stake is under scrutiny
The NHS Information Centre may write down the value of its controversial £12m share in a joint venture with Dr Foster.
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DH told to take lead on race equality
The Department of Health has been urged to take a stronger lead on race equality after the Healthcare Commission found “immediate action” is needed.
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Mid Staffs was 'off SHA radar'
Cynthia Bower has hit back at criticism that she could have done more to prevent problems at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust in her former role as chief executive of NHS West Midlands.
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Baroness Meacher drops bid to end private patient cap
An amendment to the Health Bill that would have abolished the foundation trust private patient cap has been withdrawn.
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SHAs sign up to investing in NHS Institute services
Strategic health authorities have signed a five year commitment to invest in services offered by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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Nursing and Midwifery Council publishes new guidance on caring for older people
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published guidance on delivering compassionate care for older people.
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Oxford college principal appointed Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals chair
Dame Fiona Caldicott has been appointed chairman of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust.
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Blood service restructure should be stopped - Unite
Plans to restructure the blood transfusion service should be halted, health union Unite has said.
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NHS failing on falls prevention
The Royal College of Physicians has uncovered a discrepancy between what NHS organisations have told the Healthcare Commission about falls prevention and what really goes on.
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Detailed care record legality challenged
The NHS detailed care record and the secondary uses service are among two public sector databases deemed “almost certainly illegal” in a report by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.
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Electronic record opt out made easier
Patients wanting to opt out of the electronic summary care record should be able to do so without making an application in person, the Department of Health has said.
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Learning disabilities services suffer from 'glaring inadequacies'
Improvements in the commissioning of learning disabilities services by councils and primary care trusts need to be quicker and more widespread, a report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, Healthcare Commission and Mental Health Act Commission has found.
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Mid Staffordshire crisis: quality of care sacrificed in FT bid
A trust described as ”appalling” in one of the most critical NHS regulatory reports of recent years ”lost sight of its real priorities” in its desperation to become a foundation.
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Managers must fight to win back the trust of the public
As well as damaging the reputation of the NHS as a whole, the scandal of Mid Staffordshire foundation trust’s emergency services has piled more opprobrium on the reputation of NHS managers.
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Stay of execution will draw out the agony
Strategic health authorities grappling with trusts that will fail to make foundation status face opposition whichever way they turn.
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New unit to oversee delivery of mental health policies
The National Institute for Mental Health in England is being scrapped and replaced with a new agency to oversee the implementation of mental health policies.
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