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DH survey reveals slow progress on patient choice
Results from the Department of Health's patient choice survey have revealed slow progress in increasing choice.The proportion of patients who recalled being offered a choice of hospital for their first outpatient appointment was 45 per cent in May, down from 47 per cent in March but up from 30 per ...
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Harefield heart transplants under review
The Healthcare Commission has begun a review of heart transplant services at Harefield Hospital after the national specialised commissioning team informed it of a rise in mortality rates.
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Wales publishes guide for mental health service users
The Welsh Assembly has published a guide to encourage mental health service users to become more involved in planning and developing services.
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Britain 'faces pharmaceutical industry skills gap'
A report by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry says a lack of skills will threaten the long-term future of biomedicine in the country.
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Annual health check results due this week
Annual health check results for 2007-08 will be published on Thursday, the Healthcare Commission has announced.
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Feedback: are you listening?
How do you react to feedback? HR consultant Sheila Williams suggests how to receive it
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PCT must provide more funds for GPs
As a GP with a special interest in diabetes and who is studying for an MSc in the disease, I read your article 'Eat all that and you'll be sick' with interest.
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NHS could be sued under free market
Plans to create a European Union free market in public healthcare could open the health service to legal challenges from patients demanding treatments that are not available in the UK.
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Maidstone report focuses on non-execs
Strategic health authorities and the Appointments Commission should work together to ensure new non-executive directors understand what is expected of them, a report into the management of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust has concluded.
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Political fear frustrates local socialism
It is clear from discussions at the Labour Party conference that ministers are not willing to commit in any meaningful way to accountability to patients and the public. They feel that patient and public involvement will result in a postcode lottery followed by assassination by the press.
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Report highlights faster emergency response
The Healthcare Commission's review of emergency and urgent care rightly recognises significant improvements in access and response times, including for ambulances.
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PCTs failing to decommission services
Two out of three primary care trusts failed to decommission any services last year, showing the extent of the challenge they face to become world class commissioners.
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Trust merger derails controversial reconfiguration plan
A controversial reconfiguration plan has been put on hold - because two of the trusts affected are likely to merge. The boards of Royal West Sussex trust - based in Chichester - and Worthing and Southlands Hospitals trust have agreed the merger in principle and are now doing detailed work.
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Killer health conditions go unseen by GPs
Only half of all patients with some killer conditions have been diagnosed and treated by their doctor.
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Emma Dent on an early coughs and colds season
Is it me or has the sniffles season started early this year? Autumn has barely begun but already my unfortunate colleagues have been laid low by a variety of bad colds, respiratory infections and various as yet unidentified viruses.
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Hospital chief suspended for poor record
The chief executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust John Watkinson has been suspended.
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Edwina Hart takes charge in Wales
Under plans announced last week, Welsh health minister Edwina Hart is to take direct control of the country's NHS. Dave West asks if a politician can be trusted with such a sensitive job
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Picker Institute demands clarity for exceptional case decisions
Primary care trusts must communicate with patients more clearly about exceptional case decisions, the Picker Institute is demanding.
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Cambridgeshire trust leads way on franchising model
Private companies and foundation trusts will be invited to bid to manage a failing hospital trust.
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PCTs call for continuing care help
Strategic health authorities are having to rescue primary care trusts flooded with 'continuing care' cases, a year after the government made it easier for service users to claim NHS funding.