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In this week's HSJ
NewsAcute trust boards are not taking enough responsibility for controlling infection in their hospitals, the healthcare watchdog has warned. Spot checks on 43 hospitals by the Healthcare Commission have revealed concerns that boards are not regularly discussing opportunities for improvement or ensuring infection control data is analysed effectively.The Conservatives have ...
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Commissioning reforms were 'right thing at the wrong time', admits Britnell
Trusts were asked too early to move care out of hospitals into the community, the Department of Health's director-general of commissioning has said.
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Councils try to grab half a per cent of all NHS funds
Battle lines have been drawn between local government and the NHS in the run-up to the Treasury's next public spending round.
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Final salary pension scheme saved after four years of negotiations
Senior managers' pension contributions will rise by 2.5 per cent as part of a new pensions deal for NHS employees finalised last week.
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Leicester chief resigns after failed PFI project
The chief executive of one of the country's biggest trusts has stepped down from his job amid claims that he was made a scapegoat for an abandoned private finance initiative deal.
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BUPA to help with commissioning at Hillingdon primary care trust
Hillingdon primary care trust has confirmed BUPA as the company that will help it commission services under the Department of Health's external commissioner list.
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Private company to announce 12 new hospital sites
A private healthcare company will announce sites for 12 new hospitals and five 'mini polyclinics' within the next two months.
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Jail deaths probe
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health is investigating the impact of powers allowing judges to lock up prisoners indefinitely.
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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre trust considers merger
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre trust is considering a merger with the neighbouring Royal Berkshire Hospitals Foundation trust, HSJ has learned.
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Outgoing deputy CMO says overseas applications are NHS's biggest problem
The outgoing deputy chief medical officer has called on ministers to make a quick decision on what to do about overseas doctors applying for training posts in 2008.
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Foundation trust performance gets damning verdict
A financial analysis by York University's Centre for Health Economics shows differences in financial performance between foundation trusts and non-foundation trusts did not change when they were created in 2004. It says: 'The foundation trust policy per se has not made a significant difference to their financial management.'
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Government admits £1.7bn GP overspend
The government spent £1.7bn more than planned on general practice between 2003-04 and 2005-06, the latest figures reveal.
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Spot checks on dignity standards welcomed
Unannounced spot checks in acute hospitals have had a cautious welcome from managers after a report exposed failures in patient dignity.
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DoH 'letting down ethnic minorities'
The Department of Health has been found to have failed in its race equality duties and accused of being ‘obstructive’ to a Commission for Racial Equality probe.
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In this week's HSJ
NewsGordon Brown has put patient safety at the top of the government's priorities for the acute sector, promising stronger rules on hospital cleanliness.Improving the morale of staff is not the first aim of Lord Darzi's review of the future of the NHS, health secretary Alan Johnson has admitted - but ...
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Safety first as government gets tough on causes of superbugs
Gordon Brown has put patient safety at the top of the government’s priorities for the acute sector, promising stronger rules on hospital cleanliness.
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Johnson at odds with prime minister over alcohol licensing laws
Health secretary Alan Johnson has publicly dismissed the chief medical officer's concerns about extended licensing hours - a view that now appears to put him at odds with his own prime minister.
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Bradshaw denies 'going cold' on use of private sector firms
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told HSJ he is 'puzzled' by suggestions that Labour is reneging on use of the private sector.
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Public consultation to decide on the NHS's next step
Public 'juries' in 10 cities linked up live last week to kick off a huge consultation to help decide nothing less than the NHS's future. And the prime minister put in a suprise appearance. Helen Mooney reports
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Labour conference: health secretary tackles flagging morale and 24-hour drinking
Improving the morale of staff is not the first aim of Lord Darzi's review of the future of the NHS, health secretary Alan Johnson has admitted - but 'buy-in' by employees will be essential to its success.