All News articles – Page 1170
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Quality and outcomes framework 'distracts GPs'
The quality and outcomes framework has been criticised as offering 'inappropriate financial incentives' to GPs that can 'distract' them from offering the best care.
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PCTs may face bill for top-up refunds
Primary care trusts could come under pressure to refund tens of thousands of pounds to patients who have paid for top-up treatment.
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Mental health trusts win contracts to treat defence personnel
Seven NHS mental health trusts have been awarded contracts to provide inpatient mental health services to serving defence personnel.
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More to do on Scottish cancer waiting targets, says minister
Most Scottish NHS boards are meeting or exceeding the target of 95 per cent of patients with cancer going from referral to treatment within 62 days, but more needs to be done to ensure all boards are meeting the target, Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NHS Evidence advisory committee established
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has announced it is setting up an independent advisory committee for NHS Evidence.
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DH sets out framework for improving quality of care
The Department of Health has set out how NHS organisations should move towards measuring and improving quality of care.Chief executive David Nicholson and medical director Sir Bruce Keogh have written to managers with a framework describing the role different organisations will play.
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Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence appoints new chair
A former chief executive of the National Council for Carers is to be the next chair of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence.
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Maternity services 'account for half of NHS negligence claims'
Maternity services have accounted for nearly half of the value of clinical negligence claims against the NHS since 1995.
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Unite plans industrial action over NHS pay deal
Unite is planning a day of action against the three-year NHS pay deal.
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Task force rejects presumed consent for organ donation
Presumed consent for organ donation has been rejected by an expert government advisory committee.The UK organ donation task force said the risks of moving to the system outweighed the potential benefits.
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Management styles: could you be a bully?
Who, me? If it comes as a shock that your team finds your style too forceful, it is time to reflect, says coach Sheila Williams
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London reconfiguration plans face legal challenge
Reconfiguration plans in London backed by health secretary Alan Johnson will be challenged in court by campaigners.
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Health ministers 'warned about Haringey child protection processes'
Health ministers were warned about Haringey council's child protection processes just months before the death of a baby at the centre of an abuse scandal.
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NHS managers hit back at European healthcare rankings
NHS managers have hit back at a report that ranks the UK 13th for healthcare out of 31 European countries.The Euro Health Consumer Index 2008 puts the Netherlands in first place, with the UK trailing behind countries including Estonia, France and Germany.
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HSJ50 2008 unveiled
HSJ’s ranking of the 50 most powerful people in NHS management policy and practice in England has been revealed.
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Unite members vote to strike over NHS pay
Members of trade union Unite yesterday voted in favour of strike action over the government's three-year NHS pay deal.
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Retirement rights
'If you are male and 40, you will be able to recall the registration numbers of every car you have ever owned'. True, but I should warn Ali Mohammed that when he reaches 50, he may still remember the numbers of every car he owned up to 40, but not ...
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Media Watch: top-ups
Now that government policy on co-payments has become clearer, it's interesting to learn that MPs have been benefiting from 'top-ups' of their own.
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Readmissions not driven by incentives
Shorter stays in hospital do not appear to have led to an increase in avoidable readmissions, Department of Health research has found.
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Job evaluation could open door for market pay rates
The Department of Health has opened the door to more flexibility in very senior managers’ salaries, in response to growing concern that pay rules are being fudged and gamed.