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DH launches children's health survey
The Department of Health has launched its biggest ever survey of children's health.
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Pay-off was not irrationally generous, says Rose Gibb's lawyer
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust was not 'irrationally generous' in giving former chief executive Rose Gibb a £250,000 pay-off, because it took into account all the relevant considerations, a court heard yesterday.Read more on the Rose Gibb case>>
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Dental equipment cleanliness under scrutiny
Primary care trusts are to be asked to help find out from dentists how clean their surgical equipment is.
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Government boosts flu pandemic drug stockpile
The government has awarded contracts to double supplies of antiviral drugs to treat pandemic flu.
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Bart's computer virus incident was entirely avoidable
A review into how a computer virus was able to cripple a hospital's IT network has concluded the incident was 'entirely avoidable'.Bart's and the London trust was forced to declare a major internal incident and divert ambulances when the Mytob virus worm spread across the system last November.
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Rose Gibb’s loss of career was “not a small price to pay”
The government would never have permitted any payment for Rose Gibb beyond her contractual entitlement, her barrister told the High Court today.Oliver Segal was discussing the different options that would have been available to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust if Ms Gibb had not agreed to a negotiated settlement. Among ...
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£250,000 payoff to Rose Gibb was unjustified, court hears
The board of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust acted beyond its powers in agreeing a payoff of £250,000 to former chief executive Rose Gibb, the High Court heard yesterday.
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Drug treatment services performing well
The vast majority of drug treatment services are performing well, according to a national review.
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Edwina Hart steals march on NICE with kidney drug decision
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has angered some local health boards - and stepped further into NHS decision making - by ordering managers to pay for four unapproved drugs for advanced kidney cancer.
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Panel to judge on NHS competition rows
The Co-operation and Competition Panel opens for business tomorrow and both private and NHS organisations are preparing lists of the issues they want it to address in its first year.
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Staff survey delivers Scottish NHS boards a bad review
Only a quarter of health service staff in Scotland think their NHS board handles change effectively, according to a survey published last week.
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Trusts and commissioners argue over pay for quality
The pay-for-quality arrangements set out by Lord Darzi in the next stage review are sparking disagreement between some trusts and commissioners.
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Read more on the Rose Gibb case
£250,000 payoff to Rose Gibb was unjustified, court hears David Flory admits Rose Gibb was ‘unjustly denied’ employment rights Rose Gibb ‘hounded, victimised and demonised’ by Alan Johnson Rose Gibb defends NHS chief executives in witness box Rose Gibb lawyer claims payoff was fair Rose Gibb goes to ...
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Survey reveals NHS executives' neglect of future leaders
Senior managers feel too burdened with paperwork to develop the next generation of leaders, with many spending less than a tenth of their time on succession planning, an HSJ survey has revealed.Department of Health workforce director general Clare Chapman last week toldHSJ all NHS chief executives should be spending a ...
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NHS sets itself difficult targets for greener future
The health service is to set itself up as a trailblazer for public sector sustainability. Ambitious goals ranging from tough carbon-cutting targets to making staff walk and cycle are outlined in the NHS's first carbon reduction strategy, launched on Tuesday by chief executive David Nicholson.
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PCTs failing to involve public in drug decisions
Primary care trusts are failing to effectively involve the public in decisions over drugs not approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, according to a Picker Institute review.
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PCT strategy plans expose the distance to world class
Concerns have been raised over two out of three primary care trusts' strategic plans, the first scores for world class commissioning reveal.
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Emma Dent on the mysteries of maternity care
Standard maternity care is a curious mix, I am discovering. Half is highly medicalised; the other half involves being left to your own devices.
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Monitor faces review over private patient income cap
Trade union Unison is to push ahead with its legal challenge to foundation trust regulator Monitor over its interpretation of the private patient income cap.
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Trusts breached patient data protection rules
Two trusts have been found in breach of the Data Protection Act for losing and failing to secure information about patients.