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New leadership head to target stereotypes
The new head of the Leadership Centre for Health aims to 'break down the stereotypes' of different professional groups to link leadership development with improved patient care.
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PCGs confident of normal service despite calls for GPs to take action
Primary care organisations are not expecting any significant disruption to GP services next week or in the near future, despite calls for GPs to take action on 1 May and recent campaigning by the British Medical Association to cut GP workload.
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A question of style
Health secretary Alan Milburn was expected to launch theModernisation Agency this week with 'a tough speech on reform'.
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Senior chief quits to escape NHS pressures
One of Scotland's most senior health service managers is the latest to quit the NHS front line in an attempt to get a better work-life balance.
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Fox pledge to banish 'postcode lottery'
Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox has described health authorites as a 'bureaucratic burden' - and promised an end to the 'postcode lottery' of treatment should his party win the election.
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The Department of Health aims to double the number of registered organ donors from 8 million to 16 million by 2010. A set of 'initial targets'out for wider consultation later this year also include increasing the kidney transplant rate by almost 100 per cent by 2005 and boosting heart and ...
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£1bn investment targets 'not achievable'
The government's £1bn investment plans for primary care premises are unworkable and cannot be achieved within the timescale set, according to a national survey of GPs and managers reported exclusively in HSJ.
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Wheels within wheels - the workings of NHS LIFT
The complex structure of the public-private company NHS LIFT became further confused this week when the Department of Health announced that it would form 'a joint-venture company, 'Natco', to deliver investment in the primary healthcare sector through NHS LIFT.
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Deputy's suspension 'linked to court case'
The suspension of the deputy chief executive of Ashworth highsecurity hospital is understood to relate to a forthcoming court case involving a former senior manager at the hospital, according to HSJ sources.
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Last-ditch push for social care bill
The government faces its toughest battle so far in its bid to push controversial measures in the Health and Social Care Bill through the House of Lords this week.
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Carcass incineration sparks notes review
Thousands of doctors' records in North Cumbria are to be examined to discover if there has been any rise in the numbers of patients reporting respiratory illness since the incineration of animals began in the area as a result of foot and mouth disease.
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Alder Hey compensation claim could run to £15m
The Alder Hey organ retention scandal looks set to spark one of the biggest compensation claims in the history of the NHS. Parents of children whose organs were retained are seeking compensation payments from Alder Hey and Liverpool University which could cost the health service £15m. Around 500 parents have ...
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BMA to ballot GPs over mass resignation proposal
All GPs are to be balloted by the British Medical Association on whether they would be prepared to resign from the NHS in a year's time. The decision to ballot was taken by the BMA's GP committee, which wants to know if GPs would be prepared to take action if ...
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Apex urges RCN staff to accept revised pay offer
Royal College of Nursing staff are being advised by their union Apex to accept a revised pay offer of 4. 8 per cent following a dispute over changes to their pay formula. Apex is recommending that the 700 staff agree to the uplift, though the existing pay formula would have ...
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GP charges would be 'bureaucratic nightmare'
A survey suggesting some GPs are in favour of charging patients for appointments in a move to cut time-wasting has been attacked by the NHS Confederation. Published in The Times, the survey was conducted by the doctors'website Medix-UK and attracted some 900 respondents. But it has provoked an angry reaction ...
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NHS Confederation backs better prison healthcare
Calls for action to boost standards in prison healthcare have been backed by the NHS Confederation. The organisation was responding to a report by the British Medical Association, which said the service was in crisis, arguing many doctors and nurses were leaving prisons because working conditions were so poor. Sandy ...
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Trust fears a £4m shortfall in equipment funding
University Hospitals of Leicester trust is predicting a £4m shortfall in funding for medical equipment. Trust medical director Dr Allan Cole told a board meeting that the trust needed £8m 'just to stand still', but has only £4m to spend. 'The funding for emergency medical equipment has always been inadequate. ...
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Helicopter clash chief under fire
The job of Mersey ambulance chief David Todhunter is hanging in the balance after his trust was forced to apologise to the family of a woman who died when her helicopter transfer was delayed because he became embroiled in a personal row.