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London PCT faces investigation
Brent teaching primary care trust is being investigated by NHS London.
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Mental Health Bill is a missed opportunity, says alliance
The Mental Health Alliance has criticised the government for missing a historic opportunity to achieve a modern and humane new Mental Health Act.
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Staff and associate specialist doctor petition
The British Medical Association was due to deliver a petition of nearly 4,500 signatures to the prime minister this morning.
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Unison elects new president
A healthcare assistant for Tees, Esk and Wear Valley trust has been elected president of public sector union Unison. Norma Stephenson was previously vice-president and will hold the position for a year.
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Wales proposes simplified compensation rules
The Welsh Assembly has launched proposals to give NHS patients more equal access to compensation and allow clinical negligence claims to be settled more easily. The NHS Redress Measure will allow lower-value negligence claims to be dealt with without going before a court. It is the first government-proposed measure to ...
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Smoking ban in place
It is now illegal to smoke in virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in England. Health secretary Alan Johnson said the move was the single most important public health legislation for a generation.
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Johnson makes first ministerial visit
Health secretary Alan Johnson and prime minister Gordon Brown have made their first visit to an NHS facility. The pair visited Kingston Hospital in south London with Professor Sir Ara Darzi.
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NICE guidance on interventional procedures
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published a guide on how it will assess interventional procedures.
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Wales calls for international learning partnerships
Welsh first minister Rhodri Morgan has called on health workers in Wales and developing countries to form partnerships to learn from each other.
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'Two Sues' get £500,000 in early retirement pay
The joint chief executives of the National Patient Safety Agency, Sue Osborn and Susan Williams, have been paid almost half a million pounds in early retirement pay, according to figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats.
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Brighton and Sussex chief leaves for DoH
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals trust chief executive Peter Coles is leaving to take up a secondment at the Department of Health.
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BMA elects new chair
East Yorkshire GP Dr Hamish Meldrum has been elected chair of the BMA Council following a three-way contest.
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Sir Ara joins Johnson at Department of Health
Professor Sir Ara Darzi has been appointed parliamentary under-secretary at the Department of Health. Prime minister Gordon Brown has listed Sir Ara as one of the new faces designed to bring in talent from outside government.
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Witness dates announced for NICE inquiry
NHS Confederation chief executive Dame Gill Morgan is to give evidence to the health select committee's inquiry into the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on 12 July.
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Black chief executives in single figures, report reveals
NHS staff from black and minority ethnic groups are under-represented at senior levels, a workforce survey has revealed.
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Selling estate could make trusts more flexible
Hospital and primary care trusts could overcome some of the obstacles of payment by results and private finance initiatives by selling their estate, a report from the Social Market Foundation says.
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Nicholson slams medics over attacks
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has rubbished claims that the financial performance of the NHS was a 'tragedy' or a 'farce' as 'factually incorrect'.
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Cameron pledges end to politically driven targets
Conservative leader David Cameron has pledged that a Conservative government would increase spending on the NHS and scrap 'politically driven central targets'. And he promised it would not push through further reorganisations.
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Controversial and divisive: Whitehall's own Big Brother
Some say the Department of Health's commercial directorate employs questionable methods, while others eulogise over its success in getting best value for patients. As a new chief executive takes over, Daloni Carlisle examines the controversies to date