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Cancelling cleaning contracts 'will be easier'
The government will look at how to make it easier for trusts to terminate contracted-out cleaning services when they are not satisfied with them.
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Patients report striking variation in choice
A Healthcare Commission survey has highlighted wide variations in patient experiences of primary care between different PCT areas.
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Trusts in the dark on their role in medics' regulation
Trusts are still unclear about their role in doctors' revalidation, 10 years after the idea was first mooted.
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West Sussex refers reconfiguration decision to health secretary
Major changes to hospitals in West Sussex have been referred to the health secretary after councillors said there was 'insufficient clarity' about which services would be provided where.
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People with learning disabilities let down by trusts
People with learning disabilities are facing unnecessary suffering and even death because existing laws and guidance are not being followed by trusts.
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Private patient earnings
In your article 'Survey finds hidden private income', the placing of the paragraph that names Tameside Hospital suggests that the trust would exceed by 89 per cent its current private patient cap in a scenario in which money recouped from private insurers for treating road accident victims was excluded. This ...
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Equal at the end of life
The first national strategy for end of life care is welcome and I am quietly confident we will see improvements.
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SHAs and trusts lock horns over future shape of workforce
The government’s NHS workforce strategy is sidelining trusts and fuelling rows with strategic health authorities, managers have told HSJ.Health minister Lord Darzi’s next stage review is being criticised for granting SHAs extra workforce planning powers and saying little about non-clinical managers.
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No prosecutions over Maidstone deaths
No-one will face prosecution over the deaths of 90 patients from C difficile at a Kent trust, it was announced today.Kent police and the Health and Safety Executive said they would take no further action after a review prompted by the critical Healthcare Commission report into Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells ...
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People with learning disabilities let down by NHS, inquiry finds
The independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities has published its findings and its recommendations have been welcomed by the NHS Confederation.Healthcare For All says people with learning disabilities have higher levels of unmet need and receive less effective treatment, despite the Disability Discrimination Act and ...
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Wales publishes report on organ donation
The Welsh Assembly's health, well-being and local government committee has published a report on organ donation.
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Welsh trust told to review its performance
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has told Cardiff and Vale trust to undertake reviews of its processes, leadership and governance, as well as its waiting list management.
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Hospital malnutrition doubles in two years
The number of serious incidents related to poor nutritional care of hospital patients has almost doubled, figures show.
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Appeal court ruling on discriminatory pay
Trusts may be forced to compensate thousands of female workers who missed out on pay protection schemes awarded to their male colleagues.
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National director for learning disabilities appointed
Anne Williams has been appointed as national director for learning disabilities at the Department of Health.Her role will be to drive forward policies to ensure people with learning disabilities have equal access to healthcare and other services.
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Scottish breast screening standards all being met
Statistics from the NHS Scotland breast screening programme show that all 11 of its performance standards are being met for the first time.
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Sexually transmitted infections on rise in Scotland
The workload of Scottish genitourinary medicine clinics and the number of acute sexually transmitted infections being diagnosed in them continue to rise, according to figures from NHS Scotland.
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Continence care suffering, survey claims
Waiting times for assessment and provision of continence care products are increasing and around half of primary care trusts exclude some patient groups from receiving any, a survey by the Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association has said.
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Athletes take caffeine to enhance performance - BMJ
A third of UK track and field athletes and 60 per cent of competitive cyclists take caffeine to enhance performance, according to a study published in BMJ Clinical Evidence.
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Patientline goes into administration
NHS bedside telephone and entertainment provider Patientline has gone into administration and has suspended trading on the stock exchange.