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NHS reforms need more time to deliver, report claims
NHS system reforms have improved management of the health service but need more time to deliver significant benefits for patients.A report published today by the Audit Commission and the Healthcare Commission says reforms such as payment by results and foundation trusts are beginning to work. But patient-focused changes such as ...
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Hospital cleanliness is patients' first priority
Hospital cleanliness and low infection rates are the most important factors for patients choosing an elective care provider, new government statistics show.
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Unite to ballot on strike
Members of Unite, the third largest NHS union, have rejected the government's 7.99 per cent three-year pay deal and voted for a ballot on industrial action.
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Over a million sign BMA polyclinic petition
More than 1.1 million people have signed a British Medical Association petition calling on the government to halt the development of polyclinics.
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Safety records
Regarding 'Those in Peril', I am pleased you report that 'enabling patients to check the accuracy of their own medical records... increases patient safety'.
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PCTs under fire on new GP scheme
Independent providers have slammed primary care trusts' attempts to procure new services under a flagship Department of Health scheme. They say the equitable access to primary medical care scheme is 'appallingly poorly managed'.
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Trust financial forecasts prove wide of mark
Scores of NHS organisations reported end-of-year financial surpluses that were at least 25 per cent wide of their initial forecasts.
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Familiar ring to private takeover talk
I am staggered at the fuss over the announcement that failing hospitals may be handed over to private sector management teams or taken over by successful trusts.
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Failed, fired but not yet fixed: the new realities
Shape up or we'll find someone else to do your job - that's the new, tough message from the Department of Health. But how attractive will the 'someone else' role prove to be, asks Charlotte Santry
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Labour's NHS vision let down by reforms
New Labour's reforms have failed to deliver its vision to transform the health service, a major report has concluded.The joint Audit Commission and Healthcare Commission report finds the overhaul of the health service under the 2000 NHS Plan has, in many areas, fallen well short of expectations.
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UK health services differ widely
An analysis of differences between the UK's four health services has revealed wide variations in costs and waiting times.
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Emma Dent on Scottish drinking habits
I read the following recent story with interest: 'Recalculated figures from the 2003 Scottish Health Survey show 40 per cent of men and 33 per cent of women are binge drinking at least double the recommended daily intake on their heaviest drinking day.'
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County council tries to wrest control of PCT
A county council has launched an audacious bid to take over its local primary care trust.
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Workforce contracts under fire
NHS workforce contracts represent a 'missed opportunity' for change, today's joint report from the Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission concludes.
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Confed warns of globalisation risks
The long-term sustainability of the NHS faces multiple threats from globalisation, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Managers will need same support as clinicians, says Wanless
The government must give strong support and guidance to managers to ensure wide-ranging plans to improve the NHS really work, says Sir Derek Wanless.
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GP incentives are not needed, 'inverse care' doctor tells MPs
The GP who developed the 'inverse care law' - which says those most in need of healthcare are least likely to receive it - has told MPs he objects to giving family doctors financial incentives to do their job.
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Integrated care pilots tipped for Darzi review
Significant changes to how primary care trusts commission services are being considered as part of Lord Darzi's next stage review.Sources have revealed to HSJ that pilots for integrated care schemes are strongly tipped to feature in the report due out in two weeks.
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Prostate cancer protest
We wholeheartedly welcome Adrian Masters' assertion that quality has to bind the Darzi recipe for reform through better and effective commissioning, but we are disappointed the director of strategy at Monitor should make misguided comments on survival rates of prostate cancer in the UK as compared with those in the ...
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Report proposes a single Welsh mental health body
Mental health services across Wales should be overseen by a single body to plan and deliver mental health provision, including hospital and community-based services and social services, says a report for ministers.