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NewsNHS North Lancashire appoints new chief
Former NHS North Yorkshire and York chief executive Janet Soo-Chung is to take up the reins at NHS North Lancashire.
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NewsAsylum seekers to get free NHS treatment
Free NHS treatment is to be given to thousands of failed asylum seekers in Britain, it has been revealed. Currently immigrants who fail to gain refugee status are not entitled to free care, but ministers are set to extend the benefits to those who cannot leave the country “through no ...
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NewsNICE issues guidance to help spot child abuse
Doctors and nurses will be given guidance to help them recognise children who are at risk of physical or sexual abuse, it has been announced.
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NewsAndy Burnham dismisses Mid Staffs inquiry as 'too distracting'
Health secretary Andy Burnham has defended his decision to stop short of launching a full public inquiry into failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, telling HSJ he thought it would be “distracting to managers”.
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NewsNHS Tameside and Glossop appoints board chair
NHS Tameside and Glossop has unveiled Dr Kailash Chand as the new chair of its board.
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NewsNHS care indicators on new website
Two hundred care quality indicators are to be made available on a single NHS website with the enthusiastic backing of outgoing health minister Lord Darzi.
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NewsNational service to ease swine flu pressures
Attempts to ease the pressures on GPs caused by swine flu have been welcomed by British Medical Association GPs committee chairman Dr Laurence Buckman.
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NewsSocial care council chief suspended
General Social Care Council chief executive Mike Wardle has been suspended over claims that social workers are being employed who pose a risk to the public.
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NewsTrust chief moves to SHA before critical report
A chief executive at a trust that “tolerated poor and mediocre practices” and failed to properly investigate serious incidents has been given a job at NHS London.
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NewsLondon agrees stroke and trauma overhaul
Plans to overhaul stroke and major trauma care in London have been approved by a committee of the city’s primary care trusts.
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Bradford hospitals facing £50m cuts
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS foundation trust has said it is looking for ways to save £50 million over the next three years.
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NewsTrust chief seconded to swine flu task force
Marie Burnham, chief executive of East Lancashire Hospitals trust, has been granted 12 months leave of absence to head an NHS North West swine flu task force.
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NewsEuropean cancer specialists to increase online collaboration
Cancer care experts in Europe are to make more use of the internet to improve the flow of information between scientists, NHS doctors, drug companies and patients.
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NewsNHS budget pledges will squeeze Whitehall
Protecting the NHS budget will mean tax rises and/or spending cuts in other departments, according to the King’s Fund and Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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NewsHospital's threatened out of hours services saved
A hospital in West Dunbartonshire is to continue its out of hours “unscheduled care” despite fears it would be cancelled.
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NewsNew chief for Royal Free Hospital
David Sloman has been named as the new chief executive of the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London. He will take up the position in September.
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NewsSwine flu to hit 12 per cent of NHS staff at one time
The health service has been told to prepare for up to 8 per cent of the population suffering from swine flu at any one time - and up to 12 per cent of the NHS workforce.
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NewsData protection warning as more trusts lose patient records
Hospital trusts have been told of the importance of data security after the Information Commissioner’s Office found five more organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act.
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NewsTrust foots bill for private ward
A failed private health venture has left a London NHS trust with a multi-million pound bill and no way to pay it.
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NewsTrusts offer A&E doctors generous paid leave
Trusts are offering middle grade doctors jobs with additional paid hours and generous study leave to keep their accident and emergency departments running.