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Trafford Healthcare trust urged to restore confidence
A trust that withdrew the offer of a chief executive's job two weeks after announcing the appointment has been told it should be open about the reasons.
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Jon Restell on the NHS constitution
After a warm welcome earlier in the summer, the NHS constitution is now the subject of some sustained chuntering. This is wrong.
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Healthcare IT debate
The recent report from the King's Fund on healthcare IT doesn't reflect reality. It believes the NHS should learn from banks and even travel firms about innovating with IT but ignores the huge movement required in the public's acceptance of healthcare security.
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Edwina Hart delays reform schedule in Wales
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has accepted that the wholesale overhaul of the NHS in Wales will not be complete until next October.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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NHS Direct chief executive to step down
NHS Direct chief executive Matt Tee is leaving the service to take up the most senior communications role in the civil service.
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Racism in the NHS
Your report on racism in the NHS provides powerful statistical support to the view that racism is not simply about recruitment.
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Department of Health and Capita sign website contract
The Department of Health and Capita have finally signed a contract that will see the outsourcing specialists run the 'front door' to the NHS through the website www.nhs.uk.
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Baby dies after NHS misses eight chances to stop abuse
NHS professionals had eight opportunities in just one month to spot that a 17-month-old baby was being seriously abused.
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Chemotherapy may be overused
Chemotherapy is being provided to cancer patients near the end of their life in cases where it is inappropriate, research has suggested.
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Healthcare Commission longed for government's embrace
Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy has sent a frank message to staff revealing how the government failed to embrace the regulator and left it 'handicapped'.
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Teenage girl wins right to die after PCT drops court case
Herefordshire primary care trust has dropped High Court legal proceedings to place a 13-year-old patient who refuses to have a heart transplant under a child protection order.
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Department of Health launches 'lifestyle revolution'
Thousands of national and local organisations have joined forces to launch a Department of Health-led 'lifestyle revolution' to eat well, get more exercise and live longer.
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Give asylum seekers access to NHS care, BMA urges
Restricting asylum seekers' access to primary care results in costly treatment having to be accessed later, MPs have been told.
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Scottish hospitals to face surprise hygiene inspections
All hospitals in Scotland face unannounced inspections to check they are clean and preventing the spread of infection.Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon announced the measure as part of a consultation on infection control.
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Healthcare Commission to investigate Birmingham Children's Hospital
The Healthcare Commission today said it would investigate serious concerns about care and management at Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust.Clinicians at the hospital and at University Hospitals Birmingham foundation trust reported problems including a perception of 'poor and disorganised management processes and lack of confidence in managers at all levels'.