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NHS Direct ups its in-house response after referrals criticism
NHS Direct is planning to set itself a higher target for the proportion of calls it deals with 'in-house'.
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Welsh Assembly announces health transition directors
The managers who will oversee the creation of new health organisations in Wales have been announced by the Assembly government.
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London PCTs pin hopes on debt plan to avert mergers
London's primary care trusts are hoping a high profile bailout of the capital's historic debt will demonstrate they can work together - and avert the threat of mergers.
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Comply with NICE or pay, Care Quality Commission tells trusts
Healthcare providers could be shut down for failing to comply with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance under plans to make adherence a requirement of the Care Quality Commission's registration scheme.
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Huge leadership challenge to implement Darzi review
Managers have been warned to expect a 'huge leadership challenge' in an operating framework devoted to implementing the next stage review.
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Child safety is a double whammy for NHS managers
The death of Baby P has been a stark wake-up call for trusts - both in terms of whether children in their care are safe and whether staff on the front line are properly supported. Charlotte Santry reports
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Healthcare Commission warns NHS has some way to go on patient safety
NHS boards are devolving vital decisions on safety and failing to report serious incidents such as radiation overdoses, preliminary Healthcare Commission findings have revealed.
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PCTs struggle to cope with cost of increased referrals
Primary care trusts are struggling to cope with the financial fallout of increased referrals, with some now expecting the extra costs to drive them into deficit.
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PCTs get green light for CQUIN
Primary care trusts have the green light to link payment to local quality improvement goals with the unveiling of the methodology for the commissioning for quality and innovation framework (CQUIN).
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DH urges work on NHS informatics
NHS commissioners have been told to step up work on informatics as part of a renewed drive to boost information use in service redesign.
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NHS operating framework: winners and losers
PCTs whose funding targets have increased most and least under the new formula
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Managers' responses to the NHS operating framework
Adrian Roberts, director of finance, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals trust"If the new tariff does what it says on the tin, specialist and tertiary acutes will be protected by it which would help us, but the efficiency savings will be even harder for district general hospitals."Denise McLellan, director ...
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What the operating framework means for PCTs, providers and SHAs
PCTsContracts with PCT provider services by AprilPreparing for legal right to choiceUpgrading and increasing GP premisesReductions in mixed-sex accommodation"Pricing framework" for community servicesProvidersNew MRSA minimum standardPayments linked to qualityMeeting safeguarding children duties"Least restrictive environment possible" for mental healthcareSHAsProducing talent and leadership plansEnsuring providers use funds to improve trainingWorkforce plans for ...
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Cancer survival rates vary widely, statistics show
Cancer survival rates in England have remained static, new figures reveal. But wide variations still exist between five-year survival rates for different types of cancer, according to Office for National Statistics data for 2005 - the latest available.
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Norovirus outbreaks hit beds and waiting times
A growing number of hospitals were last week facing pressure on waiting time targets as they dealt with norovirus outbreaks.
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DH looks to PCT property sales to balance its books
The sale of up to 6.5bn of primary care trust property will help the Department of Health out of the looming 16bn hole in its capital spending limit.The limit imposed on the DH and NHS by the Treasury will be jeopardised next April when new accountancy rules mean private finance ...
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Former race equality leader complains of inaction
The former head of the Commission for Racial Equality, Lord Ouseley, has accused the new human rights watchdog of failing to fight discrimination in the health service.
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More GP practices offering extended hours
The number of GP practices offering extended hours has reached 5,380 or 65 per cent of 8,263 practices. This is an increase from 58.9 per cent in October.
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Commission on future of public services launched
Former Audit Commission chief executive and NHS deputy chief executive Sir Andrew Foster is to chair a commission on the future of public services. The Commission on 2020 Public Services said it is to define the principles of a post-Beveridge framework for public services in an era of “hard fiscal ...
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More emergency consultants needed, says college
The number of emergency medicine consultant posts needs to increase from 740 to 1,500 by 2012, according to the College of Emergency Medicine.