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New King's College Hospital chief
I was interested to read Tim Smart's comment with reference to his work at BT and his intentions for King's College Hospital foundation trust, where he has been appointed chief executive, writes Jane Molloy
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King's Fund urges polyclinic caution
Primary care trusts should consider polyclinic models that do not centralise GP services under one roof, the King's Fund has urged.
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King's Fund bursts the polyclinic plan bubble
Lord Darzi's proposals for a shake-up of primary care polarised opinion. This week the King's Fund attempts to clarify the terms of debate and set out what will work - and what won't, writes Helen Crump
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Governors want more contact with the board
A review by foundation trust regulator Monitor reveals the trusts have some way to go before they are fully accountable organisations.
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Trusts face green targets in bid to cut carbon footprint
The NHS will lead the way in tackling climate change by shrinking its carbon footprint by 60 per cent by 2050, the government has proposed.
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Inspector backtracks over deaneries decision
A government agency has backtracked after advising doctors that deaneries could be classed as employment agencies.
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Sizewell B outage halts Wycombe operations
Wycombe Hospital in High Wycombe was forced to cancel operations after it was hit a by a power cut.
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Auditors query PCT attempts to reduce last year's surplus
Auditors are querying NHS organisations' attempts to minimise the surpluses they have reported in their 2007-08 accounts.Analysis by HSJ suggests new accountancy policies and provisions allowed NHS organisations to deflate their surpluses by up to £1.3bn.
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Inexperience affects sexual health services
A lack of expertise and experience in sexual health commissioning is harming efforts to improve services, sexual health organisations claim.
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Doctors plan industrial action vote
Doctors are set to vote on industrial action at the British Medical Association's annual GP conference next week.
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Academics slam two-tier corporate manslaughter legislation
The exclusion of sectioned patients from a new law aimed at protecting people from dangerous management practices is being condemned as 'scandalous'.
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Fujitsu IT deal for e-records abandoned
The NHS's troubled IT programme has been dealt a further blow after negotiations with a key supplier broke down.
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Wales to debate single body for mental health services
Welsh health and social services minister Edwina Hart has called for a debate on the delivery and oversight of mental health services after an independent review recommended establishing a single statutory body to plan and deliver mental health services in Wales across organisational and regional boundaries.
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DH outlines world class commissioning test
The Department of Health has published the framework for the world class commissioning assurance programme, but primary care trusts must wait until the summer publication of health minister Lord Darzi's next stage review to learn what incentives and rewards will be earned by the highest achievers.
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Social care charges hit elderly and disabled
Almost a third of elderly and disabled people who use council care services say they have been forced to cut back on essential spending related to their health condition or disability due to rising care charges.
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Monitor report highlights role of governors
Foundation trust governors are making local accountability in the NHS a reality, but they need more support from foundation executive boards, independent regulator Monitor says in a report published today.
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Failing managers to be axed under new NHS regime
Managers at failing trusts will be replaced with teams from the private sector or other NHS organisations under a tough new performance regime.
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Ugandans suffer record levels of post-traumatic stress
People displaced by the 20-year war in northern Uganda have the highest ever recorded rate of post-traumatic stress and depression, a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Gulu University has found.
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Ashford and St Peter's appoints new chief executive
Paul Bentley has been appointed as chief executive of Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals trust.