All News articles – Page 1039
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NewsLord Hutton to lead NHS pension probe
NHS pensions are to be scrutinised by an independent commission formed to address the “growing disparity” between provision in the public and private sectors.
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NewsNHS staff seek justice over parking
A solicitor representing doctors and nurses at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust is challenging a ban on staff using an on-site car park between 7.30am and 8pm.
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NewsEaston: 'QIPP and Lansley reform are the same thing'
The government’s NHS reforms must be seen as part of the process of saving £20bn, the NHS quality and productivity tsar has said.
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NewsSir Michael Marmot 'nervous' about health equalities implications of budget
Sir Michael Marmot, author of the “Fair Society, Healthy Lives” report published earlier this year, has told a plenary session of the NHS Confederation conference that the changes to the benefits system made him “nervous about the redistribution” of wealth, and the effects that would have on health.
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NewsMembership model failure has made Confed 'stronger', says chair
The NHS Confederation has emerged from the failure of the NHS Employers’ membership scheme a stronger organisation, according to its chair Sir Keith Pearson.
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NewsPool NHS and social care budgets, says Confed acting chief exec
Pooled health and social care budgets should be considered in order to help get through the public sector spending squeeze, NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards has said.
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NewsTotal Place could improve health and social care integration - Confed
Integrating health and social care services at “neighbourhood” level could deliver tailored care, reducing deprivation and improving value for money, the NHS Confederation says.
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NewsTrusts should be ‘thinking big’ in their savings plans
Organisations making cash-releasing savings must embrace large scale change and “think big”, a myth-busting report by the NHS Confederation warns.
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NewsFlood hit Cumbrian town seeks new community hospital
NHS Cumbria has submitted a planning application for a community hospital in Cockermouth.
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NewsSW Essex community services to integrate with FT
The provider arm of NHS South West Essex is to be vertically integrated with North East London Foundation Trust, under the transforming community services programme.
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NewsAndrew Lansley challenges a decade of NHS spending
Health secretary Andrew Lansley assures HSJ editor Alastair McLellan that funding is still to rise annually - but the scale and rationale for any increases will differ vastly from recent years
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NewsGovernment must heed restructuring lessons, says Confed
The government should be “held accountable” for the results of its plans to restructure the health service, the NHS Confederation has said.
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NewsCounty wide leadership role for Essex chief exec
NHS South West Essex chief executive Pam Court is to lead a county wide programme of service transformation, including preparing for GP commissioning and reducing management costs.
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NewsSir Hugh Taylor resigns from DH
Department of Health permanent secretary Sir Hugh Taylor has told colleagues he is leaving the department to take up the role of chair of Guy’s and St Thomas’s Foundation Trust.
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NewsChanges at trust after patient records lost
Security measures have been tightened at a hospital trust after the physiotherapy records of 2,000 patients were lost or destroyed.
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NewsPatient safety programme hailed
A patient safety programme has played a major role in helping reduce the number of unexpected hospital deaths, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NewsLeeds NHS trust 'may cut 300 jobs'
Bosses at an NHS mental health trust plan to save £11.4m by cutting 300 jobs over the next three years, the Yorkshire Post has reported.
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NewsNICE calls to slash transfat levels
Small changes to people’s diets that make them more healthy could prevent tens of thousands of deaths each year from heart disease and stroke, experts have claimed.
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NewsHealthVault launch highlights IT policy vacuum
Microsoft today launched its personal health information product HealthVault in the UK, highlighting the lack of clarity about the government’s NHS IT policy.
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NewsHSJ survey: How closely do you work with local government?
In light of the new government’s commitment to closer collaboration between NHS organisations and councils, HSJ and our sister title Local Government Chronicle would like to find out how much joint working there is at present.