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NHS job losses set to continue
The director general of NHS finance, performance and operations David Flory has warned that health service redundancies are likely to continue at their current rate of around 54 a month.
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Connecting for Health loses policy setting role to the DH
Connecting for Health is to be stripped of its policy setting functions and turned into a delivery agent for the national programme for IT.
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Chief executives should publish expenses, says information commissioner
Chief executives and senior officers of NHS bodies should publish their expenses - including hospitality and hotel stays - as a matter of course, according to Scotland’s information commissioner.
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Trust chief 'should resign' over pay row, says union
Trade unionists have called for the resignation of a chief executive at a trust that spent £32,000 fighting a doomed legal battle over pay.
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Risks probe sees children's hospital chief quit
The chief executive of a children’s hospital accused of putting patients at risk has resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report.Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust said Paul O'Connor, who took the job in 2005, was leaving immediately.
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London trusts get research centre nod
London’s three academic health super-trusts should work together to recapture the city’s position as a world leader in health research, Sir Ian Kennedy has said.
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Margaret Edwards quits SHA for central role
NHS Yorkshire and the Humber chief executive Margaret Edwards left her post suddenly last week to take on a new role driving efficiency across the NHS.
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Leading NHS chiefs call for London trust mergers
Competition and collaboration rules should not stand in the way of hospital trust mergers and acquisitions, two major acute trust chief executives have argued.
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Gordon Brown unveils plan to put nurses in charge of NHS services
An expert commission launched by prime minister Gordon Brown is to review the place of nurses in managing and commissioning care.
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Leicester City PCT: how to boost patient safety reporting rates
Leicester City primary care trust reports more patient safety incidents than any other NHS organisation, latest NPSA figures show.
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Trusts fail to act on mortality alerts
Some hospital trust boards are neglecting figures that may highlight serious care failings, leading to patient deaths, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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PwC contests Treasury budget crunch figures
Real terms NHS funding growth would be squeezed to 0.5 - 1 per cent a year from 2011 under the best case scenario for recovering from the recession outlined by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Blackpool chief executive on loan to South Manchester
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals foundation trust chief executive Julian Hartley is to run University Hospital of South Manchester foundation trust for two and a half months.
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GPs offering extended hours in all PCT areas
GP practices in all primary care trust areas are now offering extended hours, the Department of Health's latest figures reveal.
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Alan Johnson names England's five health science centres
England’s five academic health science ‘super trusts’ have been announced by health secretary Alan Johnson, including three in London.
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Sweeping review of nursing announced
Prime minister Gordon Brown has launched a sweeping review of the future of nursing.
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Clinician made London merger trust chief
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the merged trust planned for south east London.Chris Streather, a consultant renal physician, has been Bromley Hospitals trust interim chief executive since December and was previously medical director at St George's Hospital.
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Department of Health told to improve record management
The Information Commissioner's Office is seeking significant improvements in the way the Department of Health manages and retains its records.
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Birmingham chief quits ahead of critical report
The chief executive of Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust has resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report.Paul O'Connor is leaving with immediate effect, chair Joanna Davis announced in a statement.
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Justice secretary drops controversial data sharing proposals
Justice secretary Jack Straw has dropped controversial proposals that medical bodies had warned could see patients' confidential medical records being passed to third parties.