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David Nicholson warns SHAs not to be defensive over visits
Strategic health authorities have been warned not to “guard the borders” if they want to get the most out of their assurance process.
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CQC to name trusts with highest death rates
Trusts with unusually high mortality rates that have sparked inspections will be named for the first time, plans revealed to HSJ show.
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Czars to focus on cost cutting as well as quality
Reducing costs is becoming an integral part of the role of the Department of Health’s czars.
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Trusts told to 'keep slogging' at infection control
Trusts are being urged to step up the “hard slog” of reducing infections by improving their assurance processes.
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Treasury U-turn on PFI takes pressure off DH capital budget
A Treasury U-turn over accounting rules for hospitals built under the private finance initiative has given the Department of Health’s capital budget a reprieve.
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Few women doctors have board-level responsibilities, says RCP
Few women doctors have management responsibility at board level, a Royal College of Physicians investigation has found.
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Confed urges trusts to open up to avoid FOI deluge
NHS organisations are being urged to become more transparent in light of a steep increase in requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
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David Nicholson warns NHS: 'all bets are off'
David Nicholson has told HSJ “all bets are off”, as the health service prepares itself now for impending spending cuts.
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A decade of the national clinical directors - aka the czars
The NHS’s czars, or national clinical directors, have been hailed as a success.
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Chief was 'misled' over A&E before quitting West Middlesex Hospital trust
A hospital chief executive was “misled” about pressure on its accident and emergency department, which led to her resignation, an internal report has revealed.
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Yorkshire and Humber commissioners accused of grilling gender change patients
Gender equality campaigners have accused Yorkshire and the Humber commissioners of breaching the Human Rights Act in its treatment of patients with gender dysphoria.
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Graham Ramsay named Mid Essex trust's chief executive
West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust deputy chief executive Graham Ramsay is to leave to head up Mid Essex Hospital Services trust.
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Whistleblowing doctors in the dark over safety fears, says BMA
Nearly half of hospital doctors who reported a patient safety, malpractice or bullying concern to trust managers were left in the dark about whether anything had happened as a result, a British Medical Association survey has found.
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Birmingham mental health trust appoints medical director
Birmingham and Solihull mental health foundation trust has appointed a new medical director.
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Trusts with high death rates to be named
Trusts with unusually high mortality rates that have sparked inspections will be named for the first time, plans revealed to HSJ show.
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Unite campaigns against community service reforms
Trade union Unite has launched a campaign against Department of Health plans to separate primary care trust provider arms from commissioning PCTs.
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CQC seeks feedback
The Care Quality Commission has launched a consultation on the registration standards it plans to enforce from April next year.
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Lawyer reprimanded over spat with foundation trust
A lawyer has been reprimanded for bringing his profession into disrepute in a dispute with a foundation trust in the North West.
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NHS South Central sets aside £400,000 for fluoridation review
South Central strategic health authority has set aside £400,000 to cover the costs of a likely judicial review following its board’s decision in February to add fluoride to water supplies in parts of the region.
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Southampton University Hospitals trust names medical director
Southampton University Hospitals trust has appointed paediatric consultant Michael Marsh as its medical director.