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DH seeks Granger replacement
The Department of Health is recruiting a chief information officer following the departure of Richard Granger from his post as director general of IT for the NHS.
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DH seeks Granger replacement
The Department of Health is recruiting a chief information officer following the departure of Richard Granger from his post as director general of IT for the NHS.
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Dental regulator takes company to court
The General Dental Council has launched legal proceedings against a company it claims has been illegally operating a dental business.Community First for Treatment is accused of receiving payment for dental work in two practices in Peterborough and Boston. The GDC claims that, contrary to the law, the majority of the ...
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Connecting for Health unveils new IT training programme
NHS Connecting for Health will introduce a new IT skills training programme on 3 March, replacing its European Computer Driving Licence programme, which will close later that month.
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New health and social care complaints system
Councils and the NHS are to trial a new health and social care complaints system, the DH announced today.
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Migrant medical training applications curtailed
Temporary changes to immigration rules will reduce the potential pool of migrants applying to UK postgraduate medical training from 5,000 to 3,000 in 2009, the Department of Health has said.
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DH appoints interim information chief
The Department of Health has appointed Matthew Swindells as interim chief information officer, replacing Richard Granger who left the department last week.
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Regulator told to include public in its work
The National Consumer Council has called on the Healthcare Commission to move beyond the 'rhetoric' of public engagement to ensure services meet patients' needs rather than those of regulators.
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Sharp rise in untreated hypertension
The annual health survey for England has revealed that 2006 saw a large rise in the number of people with high blood pressure going untreated.
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New target regime should give trusts local freedom
The Department of Health has released delayed guidance on new 'vital signs' performance indicators which aim to give trusts more freedom to set local goals with less interference from the top.Under the new operating framework, trusts will be judged on three tiers of 'vital signs' - and can set local ...
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Focus on targets instead of patients led to health scandals
NHS managers implicated in serious care failings are too often focused on targets and mergers instead of patients, the Healthcare Commission has warned.
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Don't get hooked on Polish workers, professor warns
Workforce planners have been warned not to get 'hooked' on eastern European labour because the supply of foreign workers is likely to dwindle.
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'Pay for performance' could be next, says NHS medical director
The NHS medical director has warned managers of the national clinical audit programme that they 'must deliver' or they could lose their contract.
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UnitedHealth wins more GP deals
UnitedHealth has been awarded a second contract to run a GP surgery in Derbyshire and contracts to run three surgeries in north London.
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Council opposes East Sussex maternity plans
Changes to maternity services in East Sussex have been put on hold after the county council's health scrutiny committee referred the plans to the health secretary.
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DH vows to right chaos in IT strategy management
No one is taking responsibility for the NHS's information strategy, the Department of Health's informatics review has been told.
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Scotland's personal care policy questioned
Scotland's flagship free personal care policy needs to be better funded and managed if it is to work in the future, the public spending watchdog warned last week. A report from Audit Scotland reveals budget shortfalls and ambiguities in the way the policy was implemented.
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Unison takes Monitor to court in wake of income cap silence
Unison has launched judicial review proceedings against foundation trust regulator Monitor in a bid to stop trusts using arm's-length organisations to expand private patient work.
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BUPA wins first deal to support commissioners
Hillingdon primary care trust has signed a three-year deal with BUPA to help it commission services.
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Bromley Hospitals trust fails cleanliness spot check
Bromley Hospitals trust has been rapped for breaching the hygiene code after a Healthcare Commission spot check.