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Eyebrows raised as matron returns
The government's fanfare last week over its plans to 'bring back matron' was greeted with a mixture of amusement and accusations that it was creating headlines out of a piece of political fluff.
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Government gives in on council care trust board representation
Health minister John Hutton has conceded that local councils can nominate their representatives on care trust boards, after local government organisations last week threatened outright opposition to the trusts being established.
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Scottish boards 'could be used by councillors as political platform'
The first detailed picture of Scotland's new unified NHS boards, announced last year in the Scottish health plan, has begun to emerge. HSJ has learned that the boards, intended to be responsible for all the NHS services in their area, will have what is potentially a strong political element.
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HA failing in attempts to tackle workforce planning
NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp was forced to admit to MPs this week that health authorities'attempts to tackle workforce planning were 'not good enough'. Members of the Commons public accounts committee questioned Mr Crisp on educating and training the future non-medical clinical workforce. Of 99 HAs, 'only two actually fully ...
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Foot and mouth leads HA to issue hazard warnings
Children should not play on agricultural land during the Easter period, Dr Peter Tiplady, director of public health with North Cumbria health authority, has warned. In the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak, the HA has urged people to keep away from carcasses and advised those with respiratory problems ...
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PCT takes over employment of NHS Direct staff
Hillingdon primary care trust has become the first to take over the employment of NHS Direct staff, assuming responsibility for the running of NHS Direct West London from next month. Until now the 180 staff have been employed by Harrow and Hillingdon Healthcare trust, Hillingdon health authority and the local ...
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Leading BMA member admits to being freemason
A former chair of the British Medical Association has admitted to being a member of the freemasons - though he refused to discuss it in 1996, when HSJ asked directly whether or not he was a member. Sir Sandy Macara has admitted he belongs to the 1404 St Vincent lodge. ...
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Care pathways urged for patients with head injuries
Health authorities should be forced to collect data on the incidence of head injury and their plans for dealing with patients who have been affected by it, the Commons health select committee has claimed in a report. With improved medical techniques, many people are surviving these injuries and need long-term ...
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Exercise on prescription - new guidance from DoH
Guidelines on offering exercise on prescription have been drawn up by the Department of Health, setting out the patients most likely to benefit from such help. The guidance suggests they are appropriate for people with coronary heart disease; hypertension, obesity and diabetes; mental health problems; muscolo-skeletal problems; and rehabilitation following ...
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Mental health trusts in England are to receive £30m over two years to be spent improving privacy, dignity and safety on psychiatric wards, health minister John Denham announced last week. The money will be allocated directly to trusts where it will be spent on helping to end mixed-sex toilet and ...
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Black manager wins £80,000 payout in discrimination case
A trust has been forced to pay nearly £80,000 to a black manager who won a race discrimination claim at an employment tribunal.
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London Tube chief set to return to NHS as troubled trust beckons
The managing director of the London Underground is poised to leave his high-profile role and take a pay cut to return to the NHS as chief executive of Hammersmith Hospitals trust, HSJ understands.
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Health head goes as MSF merges with AEEU to create super-union
Health union MSF is to merge with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form a super-union of more than a million members.
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Ex-Bedford boss welcomes post at the sharp end
The chief executive who stood down over the Bedford bodies-inthe-chapel case has been given a two-year post, initially as a secondment, within the region to oversee workforce and training issues.
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The number of GP personal medical services pilot schemes going live from the beginning of the month was 967, down from 1,230 schemes approved last December and representing more than a 20 per cent drop-out rate.Final contract negotiations are continuing with some schemes, while an additional 61 have delayed starting ...
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Milburn puts his name to proposal for 'an end to outpatient' services
The NHS Confederation is pushing for a radical restructuring of the way health services are delivered in a move that would see an 'end to outpatients'.
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Down's syndrome inquiry puts trusts on discrimination alert
All trusts providing paediatric cardiac surgery have been told to consider how to implement 119 recommendations made by the independent inquiries into services at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital.
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Patients' body 'should have broader remit'
The planned new national patients' body should not be restricted to commenting on the NHS but could have a broader remit, a study commissioned by health secretary Alan Milburn has recommended.
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Delays loom for mental health monitoring
Just one in 10 local groups charged with implementing mental health policy believe effective systems to monitor clinical governance are in place.
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Health and Social Care Bill faces Lords battle
The row over controversial measures in the Health and Social Care Bill is set to reach a climax in the next fortnight as it reaches its report stage in the Lords, where the government does not have a majority.Liberal Democrat and Conservative peers have signalled their intention to challenge the ...