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Non-urgent work called off as snow keeps staff at home
Hospitals across the country cancelled outpatient appointments and non-urgent surgery as they coped with staff absences and increased emergency admissions brought on by heavy snow.
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Huge bill looms for patient choice information
The health service faces a bill of millions for reminding patients of their legal right to choose their own secondary care provider under the terms of the NHS constitution.
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Audit finds Scottish NHS estates in disrepair
The NHS in Scotland should manage its £5bn assets - including land, buildings and equipment - more efficiently, auditors have warned.
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MPs hear Richards review skirted major top-up areas
The government’s decision to allow co-payments for private treatments assumed it is best to make expensive drugs ‘as freely available as possible’, MPs have been told.
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NICE lacks GP input says NHS Alliance
The NHS Alliance has given muted approval to Department of Health proposals to change the quality and outcomes framework GP bonus scheme.
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NHS managers not reaping benefits of Agenda for Change
Managers are still not reaping the benefits promised by Agenda for Change four years after it was introduced, according to the National Audit Office.
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DH drops 'elitist' Top 250 leadership scheme
Plans set out in the next stage review to invest in the top 250 NHS leaders have been scrapped amid charges of 'elitism'.
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Views sought on improving access to dentistry
The team leading an independent probe into variations in access to NHS dentistry is calling for people to come forward with 'thoughts and questions' about the issue.
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NHS links to pharmaceutical industry raise suspicions, RCP warns
The medical profession needs to distance itself from the pharmaceutical industry to restore public confidence in the NHS, doctors have warned.
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Row brews as DH rejects blood clots measure
Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy has written to health secretary Alan Johnson to protest after the Department of Health rejected proposals aimed at reducing deadly blood clots.
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Trust board steps down to make way for FT takeover
The chair and entire non-executive team of a trust have stood down to make way for a takeover by a foundation trust.The Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care Partnership trust board took the decision after agreeing there was no prospect of achieving foundation trust status.
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London acute trusts face shake-up as bosses hand in their notice
London's hospital trusts face a massive management shake-up after the departure of four chief executives.Two of the chief executives - Julian Nettel at Barts and the London trust and Tara Donnelly at West Middlesex University Hospital trust - have resigned amid concerns about the performance of their trusts, which have ...
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New alcohol guidelines aim to protect young people
Guidelines drawn up by the Scottish government and drinks firms body the Alcohol Industry Partnership aim to promote responsible drinking and ensure young people are not targeted.
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Half of all patients aware they have choice
Almost half of all patients are aware they have choice.
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Snow hits non-urgent hospital services
Hospitals across the country cancelled non-urgent surgery as they coped with staff absences and increased emergency admissions brought on by heavy snow.
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Dementia strategy published
Memory clinics will be set up in every town in England, doctors will get extra training to recognise the early signs of dementia and every hospital and care home will have a senior clinician with responsibility for dementia care, as part of a £150m five-year dementia strategy.
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How have today's snowstorms affected your organisation?
Write to dave.west@emap.com with your stories and pictures.
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Trusts 'could opt out of working time directive'
The Department of Health has formally announced it wants trusts to be able to opt out of the European working time directive on behalf of junior doctors.
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Rose Gibb faces agonising wait for court's judgement
Rose Gibb faces an agonising wait to hear if she has won her legal battle with former employer Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust.At the end of four days of complex proceedings, Mr Justice Treacy said he wanted to reserve judgement on the breach of contract case.
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Centre of excellence needs clearer vision, King's Fund warns
The Department of Health's new centre of excellence risks being 'overloaded and ineffective' if it is not given a proper purpose, the King's Fund has said.