All News articles – Page 1165
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NHS 'will hit waiting time targets'
The government insisted the NHS was firmly on track to meet waiting times targets after new figures were published today.Many trusts have already met goals set for the end of this year to ensure all patients are treated within 18 weeks of being referred by a GP.
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Patient records neglect
We are not surprised to learn of the wide disparities between trusts when it comes to the availability of patient records revealed by your investigation, writes Tracy Steadman
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NHS sixties memories
Your photos of people who worked in healthcare in the 1950s and 1960s on your NHS60 website (www.nhs60.co.uk) have brought memories flooding back, writes Susan Bethell
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SHA releases psychiatric killers' reports
Two reports into psychiatric patients who killed have been released by NHS East of England - more than five years after the incidents.
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End of postcode lottery could put PCTs in a spin
The Primary Care Commissioning Network will pool PCTs' expertise to help them make decisions on using new treatments while they wait for NICE guidance. But trusts that choose to ignore the network's advice could find themselves facing a media storm. By Alison Moore
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Fuel disaster looming
Your news analysis on rising fuel prices and its impact on hospitals was timely but it only scratched the surface, writes Stuart Jeffery
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Emma Dent on GPs and drinking habits
So I registered with a new GP. Once I had finally found one it was a pleasantly pain-free experience.
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Independent sector still struggling on data
The independent sector is still struggling to provide good quality data on its NHS activities, the NHS Information Centre has revealed.
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Darzi review: North East sets targets for 'region of paradox'
Eight-month targets designed to eliminate health service 'paradoxes' are the cornerstone of NHS North East's Darzi vision.
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Safer culture is taking root
Your cover story identified a disparity between where NHS staff and leaders feel patient safety is on boards' priorities, writes Martin Fletcher
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Share rising mental health costs, says King's Fund
The cost of mental health services is expected to rise by 45 per cent over the next 20 years, the King’s Fund has predicted.But in its long-awaited report on the future funding of mental health services, it says the NHS should not be expected to fund the increased cost alone.
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Councils could lose social care funds to DWP
Local councils could be stripped of their control over the 7bn adult social care budget under proposals being explored for the forthcoming social care green paper.
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Bruce Keogh speaks at Patient Safety Congress
Managers are still treating patient safety as 'subordinate' to money despite the health service's £1.8bn underspend, according to the NHS medical director.
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BMA muddled over polyclinics
Our independent patient-interest social enterprise has consultated on the complex issue of GPs and polyclinics. The British Medical Association's campaign to persuade patients to oppose them is ill-judged and muddled, writes Elizabeth Manero
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BMA pay hypocrisy
The hypocrisy of the British Medical Association's contrasting pay policy for staff and doctors is no surprise, writes Joyce Robins
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Johnson pledges better care for minority ethnic groups
Black and minority ethnic people are not getting the primary healthcare they need, a government report has shown.
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Baroness Young is right for new regulator
We welcome the appointment of Baroness Young as the shadow chair of the Care Quality Commission, writes John Dixon
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Alcohol and public health
The Health is Wealth Commission's recommendation that local authorities use the planning process to reduce the harm done to public health by easily available alcohol is bound to provoke a stormy debate, writes Frank Soodeen
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Commercial directorate's future in the air
The future of the Department of Health's commercial directorate is in doubt following the resignation of its director general Channing Wheeler.
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Stephen Ramsden addresses Patient Safety Congress
NHS managers have been urged to pressurise chief executives to make patient safety their organisation's top priority.