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Sacked nurse begins claim for unfair dismissal
A nurse who was sacked for speaking out about spending cuts takes her case for unfair dismissal to a tribunal today.
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Pressure group warns on nurse shortage
Pressure group Health Emergency warned today that London is facing a looming shortage of qualified nursing staff in key areas, after in emerged that £39m was diverted from the NHS London training budget in 2007-08 to meet a government demand to declare a financial surplus at the end of the ...
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NICE guidance could revolutionise diabetes care
New guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence looks set to revolutionise the way children manage their diabetes by offering greater access to insulin pump therapy, says drugs firm Roche.
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IT plans 'hopelessly flawed', says shadow health secretary
The £12.7bn national IT programme is a 'hopelessly flawed, centrally imposed project that has not been properly thought through from the start and was never subjected to a proper cost benefit analysis,' Liberal Democrat shadow health secretary Norman Lamb has said.He was responding to reports that the NHS is facing ...
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Lansley boosts councils' role in public health
Public health directors would have to report to local authorities under plans announced by the shadow health secretary last week.Andrew Lansley told an audience at the think tank Reform that the Conservatives now envisaged councils having an even greater role in improving public health.Outlining conclusions from the party's consultation on ...
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Hull trust buys private hospital
Hulland East Yorkshire Hospitals trust has bought a private Nuffield hospital to avoid contracting out services to the independent sector.The trust said the new building, which will cost£10m to buy and make immediate improvements to, would save it money.Chief executive Stephen Greep said: "The major element will be that it ...
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DH publishes latest performance statistics
Latest statistics on waiting times, cancelled operations and practice-based commissioning have been published by the Department of Health.
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Anti-psychosis drugs may increase risk of stroke, study finds
All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, a study published on www.bmj.com has shown.
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Hull trust to buy Nuffield hospital
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals trust is buying the private Nuffield hospital at Cottingham to improve facilities for ear nose and throat and breast surgery patients.
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£1m for dementia research in Scotland
A new dementia clinical research network for Scotland is being created with £1m funding from the Scottish government.
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NHS Employers elects new policy board members
NHS Employers has elected 10 new members to its policy board, along with a new chair and two new vice chairs.
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Audit Commission report highlights clinical coding errors
Errors in payment by results coding are throwing off payments by around 5 per cent.
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£1.75bn surplus down to strong financial management, says DH
The Department of Health says its predicted surplus of £1.75bn in 2008-09 shows strong financial management by the NHS.
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World Health Organisation warning on health inequalities
Social injustice 'is killing people on a grand scale', according to the World Health Organisation.
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30 per cent of consultant vacancies are in London - Information Centre
Vacancy rates among consultants in London now account for nearly 30 per cent of all consultant vacancies in England.The figures are part of the NHS vacancy survey published by the NHS Information Centre.
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Medics may lose out on job agency rights
Civil servants are trying to amend a legal 'technicality' that grants junior doctors the same rights as employment agency workers.
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Surrey is first to agree its integrated care proposals
The first primary care trust to unveil its plans for an integrated care pilot has warned that commissioners will have to overcome existing 'anomalies' to make the initiative work.
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Monitor rejection highlights areas for improvement
While Monitor did turn down our foundation trust application, this should not detract from the fact that we are already one of the best-performing mental health trusts in the country. We hold 'excellent' and 'good' Healthcare Commission ratings and have a track record of delivery against our targets.
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Hospitals hold back choose and book slots
A senior Department of Health official has criticised 'significant numbers' of hospital trusts for holding appointments back from the choose and book system.
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Drug treatment link to benefits is concerning
Bravo, Paul Hayes, for declaring the direct interest of the National Treatment Agency in the green paper on welfare 'reform'.