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Disgruntled GPs will not be bought off with £100m. . .
. . . but government's long-awaited focus on primary care is welcome
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Scandalously quick to judge
Where's the justice in wielding axe before investigations are complete?
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Poor data hampers child death review
An inquiry into child death rates at Harefield Hospital has shrugged off claims that mortality for patients treated for congenital heart problems increased as a result of 'major clinical failure'.
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'Golden hellos' form part of £56m package to get - and keep - staff
Campaigning by professional organisations for more to be done to improve GP and nurse recruitment and retention paid off this week, when health secretary Alan Milburn announced millions of pounds in 'golden hellos'.
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DoH struggles to find formula for traffic-light fund
The Department of Health is struggling to come up with meaningful measures for allowing access to the £250m performance fund and introducing the traffic-light bandings of trusts and health authorities this summer.
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Modernisation Agency is no longer 'hit squad'
The NHS Modernisation Agency looks set to take a developmental rather than a punitive approach, distancing NHS performance management from the hit-squad approach.
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Warnings of 'changes in style'as new broooms sweep key regions
Acting regional directors John Bacon and Ruth Carnall have been appointed to take up substantive posts in London and the South East.
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the young people's health congress
Catching them early: the young people's health congress, involving more than 100 youngsters from around Scotland, took part in a mock health debate in the Scottish Parliament.
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In Brief
All NHS staff who do not have a professional qualification will have access to an individual learning account of £150 or dedicated training to NVQ levels 2 and 3 from 1 April. Employers are being encouraged to collaborate with local education providers to foster personal and career development for staff.
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Peers in cross-party resolve to force health bill concessions
The government faces almost 250 amendments to its Health and Social Care Bill in the Lords and is under pressure to make concessions on four key policy areas or risk losing the legislation altogether.
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'Bigger is better may be just a myth when it comes to PCG mergers'
Rapid moves to merger by primary care groups may be a mistake as there is no evidence that bigger is better, according to the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre.
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Four step down over breacches of hospital trust wait guarantee
Attempts to conceal breaches of the 18-month waiting-list guarantee at Stoke Mandeville Hospital trust led to the resignation of the chair and three non-executive directors last week.
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King's Fund Millennium Awards
Ife Piankhi from the Black Angels Mothership Community Project and her daughter Kha'mara join Tony Banks MP, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, chief executive of the King's Fund (right), and Isabella Kpobie from the King's Fund (left) at the launch of the King's Fund Millennium Awards, which total £1. 3m and will ...
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Short cuts
Budget warning follows latest NICE drug approvals The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has approved the use of orlistat for obesity and pioglitazone for type-2 diabetes by the NHS in England and Wales. Orlistat may be prescribed to clinically obese adults who also have another serious illness such as high ...
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Internal market is swept away in NI
Health boards and trusts in Northern Ireland have been set tough targets of reducing waiting lists by 48,000 and cutting the number of patients waiting longer than 18 months by half within the next year.