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DH publishes 18-week data for January 2008
The Department of Health has published referral to treatment data for patients whose 18-week clock stopped in January 2008.
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Most ambulance trusts off course for new target
At least three-quarters of England's ambulance trusts look set to miss a new target for the time taken to respond to life-threatening emergencies.
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PCT threatened with court over fight for information
NHS trusts have been urged to learn from a primary care trust that became the first organisation to be threatened with High Court action for failing to comply with the Freedom of Information Act.
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Corporate manslaughter: you could be in the dock
From 6 April NHS organisations could be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter if someone dies in their care, but different interpretations of the law mean trusts may be unclear about their responsibilities. Ingrid Torjesen attempts to unravel the new actFor more in-depth information about the act, register for HSJ’s free corporate ...
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Rival text services deny duplication
NHS Choices and NHS Direct have both launched SMS text services to help patients find their nearest NHS service providers.
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PCTs dub assurance test tough but useful
Primary care trusts that tried a new test of commissioning abilities say the process was hard but helpful.
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Department to spend £600,000 on choice publicity drive
The Department of Health is to push ahead with the development of clinical quality measures to help patients decide where they want to be treated.
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GPs in poorer areas 'prescribe fewer drugs'
GPs in poorer areas prescribe fewer drugs and spend less on them than GPs in richer areas, research by Suffolk primary care trust has found.
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Media Watch: cigarette sales
'Cigarettes could soon be sold under the counter, just like X-rated magazines once were,' revealed the Daily Star, reporting on Department of Health plans.
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Emergency services get the most calls from deprived areas
Ambulances are four times more likely to be called out to deprived areas than the most affluent areas, a ground-breaking analysis has found.
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Department outlines 18 quality standards
All health organisations will have to comply with a new set of 18 safety and quality standards under proposals unveiled in a Department of Health consultation this week.
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Michael White on service cuts
On the dry pages of Hansard, there are occasionally brief exchanges that shed light on life as eloquently as a short story by Anton Chekhov.
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Jon Restell on valuing all frontline staff
I have had the people who work in general practice on my mind recently. At this time of especially heightened clinical engagement, it is easier than ever to forget that good healthcare is delivered by teams.
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Single room hospital gets go-ahead
The NHS's first all-single-room acute hospital has been given the final go-ahead. The Department of Health announced last week that construction work could start on Pembury Hospital in Kent by the end of the month.
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Managers criticised over reconfiguration plans
Chief executives in North Staffordshire have responded to a scathing report in which senior managers were criticised for failing to collaborate over reconfiguration plans.
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Panel saves services at Horton Hospital
The independent reconfiguration panel has advised the health secretary to reject Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust's proposals to downgrade paediatric, gynaecological and obstetric services at Horton Hospital because it would not provide an accessible or improved service for local people.
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Huge variation in GP practice pay regardless of size of list
Figures obtained by HSJ reveal the extent to which the national GP contract has driven inequity across the country, with huge variations in payments to practices, regardless of the number and need of their patients.
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IPstream
NHS Connecting for Health is this summer set to roll out IPstream across the N3 network at 11,000 GP surgeries and community provider units.N3 programme manager Len Chard told HSJ Intelligence: “This will significantly improve the working capabilities of all the GPs across the network.”During six months of trials with ...
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NHS North West
NHS North West has given backing to a cardiac telemedicine service after two successful pilot projects.Studies byCumbriaand Lancashire SHA and Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network have shown the system has potential for substantially reducing A&E attendance by offering a sophisticated ECG service in primary care.NHS North West says the ...
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Welcome to the latest issue of Intelligence, the quarterly HSJ supplement dedicated to innovation, information and technology.In this issue we look at the issues surrounding data security. Following the revelation by HM Revenue and Customs that it had lost the confidential details of child benefit claimants, there has been increased ...