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NewsMental health trusts respond to New Horizons
Mental health trusts are pressing the government to look at fresh ways of protecting services given predicted activity increases and the lack of a national tariff.
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NewsNHS trusts told to be more women friendly
Trusts should make committee nominations more “democratic” and hold meetings during child-friendly hours to allow more women to take part, a government commissioned review has urged.
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Mid Staffs pledges to improve data security
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust chief executive Antony Sumara has pledged to adopt a range of security improvements, after the trust breached the Data Protection Act when a member of the HR team transferred personal information about a trust employee to their home computer, including information relating to a previous criminal ...
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NewsTories need clear vision and a stronger message on health
The Conservatives have pronounced themselves the party of reform but are too wedded to the status quo. Andrew Haldenby argues they need to spend more energy advocating change
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NewsCQC chief ‘will not wade in’ on race equalities
Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower has promised not to go “wading in” to trusts that fail to comply with race equality duties.
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NewsJoint chief exec for Manchester PCTs
NHS Salford and NHS Bury have announced Mike Burrows is to become joint chief executive of both organisations for the next six months.
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NewsNHS efficiency tsar: recession is a chance for change
The financial squeeze could finally force the NHS to restructure itself around community services, according to national director for improvement and efficiency Jim Easton.
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NewsDH eyes patient cap for new tariff rules
NHS hospitals face a limit on the number of patients they will be paid to treat next year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTory plan could give GPs interest bonanza
GP practices could earn thousands of pounds a year in interest payments under Conservative plans to turn practice based commissioning budgets into “hard cash”.
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NewsMinority of NHS boards put targets before quality, says DH
A minority of NHS boards have prioritised targets, finance and governance over other aspects of service quality, the Department of Health has admitted.
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NewsAndy Burnham extends preferred provider vow
Non-NHS providers of services will only be contracted as a last resort, the health secretary has assured the general secretary of the TUC.
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NewsWorking time directive reprieve granted to more acute rotas
The European working time directive scrutiny panel has recommended a further 73 acute medical rotas be granted derogation from compliance with the 48 hour week, bringing the total to 273.
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NewsAnnual health check: impact of targets and FTs seen in acute score slide
The stroke target, winter pressures and the increasing number of foundation trusts are being blamed for the slide in acute trusts’ annual health check performance.
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NewsUse of NHS management consultants must be transparent - Mike O'Brien
NHS organisations will have to be more transparent about their use of management consultants in future, health minister Mike O’Brien has said.
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NewsCommunity contraception clinics grow in popularity
A report has shown that the number of people using NHS community contraception clinics rose to 1.3 million in the year to March 2009, an increase of 7 per cent on the previous year.
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NewsNHS to appoint liver disease tsar
The Department of Health is to recruit an NHS national clinical director to lead the development of a strategy to combat liver disease.
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NewsSir Ian Kennedy joins King's Fund inquiry into GP quality
Former Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy is to take over the King’s Fund’s inquiry into the quality of general practice in England, it was announced today.
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NewsControversial hospital reconfiguration cuts death rates
A controversial hospital reconfiguration has cut death rates and the time patients are staying in hospital, early figures suggest.
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NewsDavid Nicholson warns NHS of nightmare winter ahead
A combination of winter pressures and swine flu could lead to delayed ambulances and long waits in accident and emergency, NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned.
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NewsAlcohol admissions could hit one million a year
Alcohol related hospital admissions in England could rise above one million per year in two years’ time, according to the North West Public Health Observatory.