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Team up to control costs of chlamydia campaigns
Chlamydia screening campaigns should use a “single marketing approach” to control costs, a sexual health charity is urging.
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NewsNHS Confederation chair to be paid and not elected
The role of NHS Confederation chair is to become an appointed, paid post after a radical shake-up of the organisation’s governance.
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NewsMid Staffs refuses to publish report on chief executive
Mid Staffordshire foundation trust has defied ministers by refusing to publish an independent report on its former chief executive.
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NewsFoundation trust compliance with core standards tails off
The proportion of foundation trusts admitting that they are failing on core standards has risen year on year for the first time.
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NewsRegions told to re-examine Darzi visions
Every strategic health authority region will be told to re-examine its Darzi strategy to take account of the toughening financial regime.
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NewsDavid Nicholson gives leaders a license to experiment
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has pledged that managers will not risk their jobs if they experiment with new ways of delivering services.
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NewsLocalism takes flight as managers seize the day
When Lord Darzi asked the NHS to come up with regional plans, managers found themselves in uncharted territory. A year on, HSJ has looked around the country to see how they fared
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NewsMRSA figures reveal patchy success
Nearly a third of trusts have failed to halve their MRSA rates a year after the deadline for the NHS to cut infection levels by 50 per cent.
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NewsNHS Top Leaders list gets under way
A scheme to identify the most important NHS leaders will name regulators, civil servants and quango chiefs.
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NewsGovernment misses own invoice payment target
The government’s target to pay invoices within 10 days is being missed by its own departments and agencies.
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NewsConfusion fears over choose and book upgrade
Department of Health officials are warning of widespread confusion next week when the choose and book system is automatically upgraded.
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NewsCare trust chair steps down
The chair of Northumberland care trust is leaving the post after nearly five years.
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NewsOrgan donations to strangers increase
More than 20 people in the UK have donated a kidney to a stranger, according to the Human Tissue Authority.
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Monitor has ‘effectively cancelled’ PFI contracts
Monitor has been accused of “effectively cancelling” the remaining NHS private finance initiative schemes.
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NewsBowel cancer survival rates improve
Bowel cancer need not be a death sentence, say experts at the National Cancer Intelligence Network and the Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service.
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NewsChildren's mental health needs 'neglected'
Scottish MPs claim young children suffering from mental health problems are being “neglected” because of a drop in health visitor numbers.
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NewsNHS dentistry shake-up on the cards
Linking dentists’ pay to how many people are on their books will see them rewarded for registering new patients, plans aimed at boosting access to NHS services explain.
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NewsChief executive of £3.6m deficit trust resigns
The resignation of the chief executive of the Northern Health trust Norma Evans has been announced by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.
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NewsDH to set up social enterprise support framework
The Department of Health has launched a procurement drive to set up a framework of organisations to help primary care trust provider arms become social enterprises.
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NewsMental health trusts ignore smoking ban
Most mental health trusts are not fully adhering to the smoking ban, nearly a year after it came into effect, according to a survey by the Mental Health Foundation.