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NewsMarriage counselling to be offered as part of talking therapies scheme
Marriage counselling will be offered as part of the government’s talking therapies programme, health secretary Andy Burnham is to announce this week.
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NewsTrust may halt weekend surgery to cut costs
A Scottish hospital may close its surgical ward on Saturdays and Sundays to cut costs, although NHS managers stressed its emergency surgery service would continue.
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NewsGovernment to accept NHS staff sickness plan
The government is set to accept a range of recommendations to drive down staff sickness and absence in the NHS.
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NewsTories pledge rapid emergency budget
The Conservatives would hold an “emergency budget” within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron has said.
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NewsUnder-fives to receive swine flu jab
The NHS is to begin vaccinating healthy children under the age of five against swine flu, it has been confirmed.
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NewsHospital cleaning firm managers arrested in blackmail probe
Police have raided the office of an NHS hospital cleaning company in south west London, arresting three senior managers on suspicion of blackmailing foreign members of staff.
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NewsEx-NHS boss backs Tory reforms
A Conservative policy to free the health service from Department of Health control is being backed by former NHS boss Lord Crisp.
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NewsNHS London suspends private care service
Out of hospital services run by the independent company Clinicenta have been suspended by NHS London following concerns over the company’s performance.
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NewsSwine flu could lead to shortage of children's intensive care beds
The number of children suffering from swine flu and other respiratory infections this winter might cause a shortage of NHS intensive care beds.
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NewsWide variations in A&E treatment speed
There are significant regional variations in the speed at which patients are dealt with by their local accident and emergency department, according to a report from the NHS Information Centre.
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NewsClinical improvements could save NHS £9bn a year
The NHS could save more than £9bn in a year if trusts improved their performance in just eight “high impact” clinical areas, the chief nursing officer for England has said.
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NewsLondon PCT support agency under review
London’s commissioning support body is reviewing its management structure and its chief executive is on “extended leave” - less than 10 months after it was established.
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NewsStroke care gets better since health check
Latest figures from the Department of Health indicate hospital trusts have improved stroke care since the Care Quality Commission undertook the 2008-09 annual health check.
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NewsNo link found between FT chiefs’ pay rises and performance
There is no link between pay increases awarded to foundation trust chief executives and how much performance improves at their organisations, an analysis of public data claims to reveal.
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One in five PCTs overspent as SHAs predict cash freeze
There has been a significant deterioration in the NHS’s finances, with more than a fifth of primary care trusts reporting overspending.
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NewsInformation Centre may sell Dr Foster Intelligence share
The NHS Information Centre is considering selling its £12m share in its controversial joint venture with Dr Foster.
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NewsTension as a Monitor chair still not named
Foundation trusts and the Monitor board have raised concerns that the government has not yet appointed a chair for the regulator, with less than three months until its current executive chair leaves the organisation.
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NewsEquality lead lodges discrimination claim
A foundation trust faces two tribunal battles after the manager overseeing its equality strategy complained of an 18 month race discrimination ordeal.
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Essex PCT shortlists FTs to take over community services
A primary care trust in Essex has shortlisted four foundation trusts to take over its provider arm in the first such service transfer of its type.
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NewsCould a swine flu surge see a slump in targets?
A sustained outbreak of swine flu will put any region’s critical care services under pressure and a pandemic could have national consequences on workforce and resources. Will normal targets survive the winter unscathed? Alison Moore reports