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PCTs will not take on escort and bedwatch roles from Prison Service until April
Primary care trusts will commission prison healthcare security services a year later than planned because of behind-the-scenes wrangling over costs.
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All non-executives resign from infection-hit Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
All the non-executives of a trust at the centre of an infection control scandal have left.
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A&E shake-up plans face clinical opposition
Plans to radically change hospital services in West Sussex - including downgrading two out of three accident and emergency departments - are facing competition from new options favoured by clinicians.
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DoH may wipe financial slate clean for 17 struggling trusts
The Department of Health is considering wiping out historical debts of at least some of the 17 trusts it has classified as 'financially challenged'.
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3,000 staff to get performance bonus
Staff from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital foundation trust have each been awarded a £100 bonus to celebrate the organisation's excellent performance.
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ISTC programme slashed
Only three out of 16 independent sector treatment and diagnostic schemes have been given the final go ahead following a review of phase 2 of the programme by the Department of Health.
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Intelligence NIBS
London ITAs part of the NHS London Programme for IT six of the capital's mental health trusts are now using computerised patient record systems, installed by BT in its capacity of local service provider for London. New systems have been installed in North East London, West London, South West London ...
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Progress reported at infection-hit Stoke Mandeville
Stoke Mandeville Hospital has made 'substantial progress' to prevent and manage healthcare-associated infections, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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Obesity drugs do not work, study shows
Anti-obesity drugs lead to only a 'modest' weight loss and many patients who take them remain significantly obese or overweight, research published by the British Medical Journal has found.
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'Incompetence' over junior doctors
The Conservatives have accused the government of incompetence following news that there will be three applications for every training place for junior doctors this year.
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News rules for pharamaceutical companies
UK-based pharmaceutical companies will have to make explicit their relationship with patient organisations following the publication of new European rules.Pharmaceutical companies operating in the UK must abide by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry's code of conduct, but that will now need to be changed to reflect to new ...
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news & opinion
CommentWelcome to the latest issue of Intelligence, the quarterly HSJ supplement dedicated to innovation, information and technology.In this issue we look at how new health portals are helping drive the choice agenda and improve health outcomes. A number of recent website launches are offering up easy to access information and ...
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Mixed response to plans for pharmacy funding
Plans to transfer central funding for pharmacies to primary care trust budgets are backed by the NHS but opposed by many pharmacies.
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DoH releases diagnostic waiting times for September
Diagnostics waiting times and activity data for September has been published by the Department of Health.
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North West signs contract with private mental health provider
North West commissioners have contracted an independent provider to fill a gap in secure mental health services for men in Cheshireand Merseyside.
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Welsh MPs quiz health minister on budget
The Welsh Assembly's health, well-being and local government committee will today question health and social services minister Edwina Hart on the government's draft budget.
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£31m for children's mental health services
The government has announced it is spending £31m on increasing bed capacity and improving facilities in child and adolescent mental health services.The funding has been split between 17 projects designed to help eliminate the inappropriate use of adult psychiatric wards for children and young people.
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patient records
The government is investigating whether patient information used by medical researchers is safe. Arrangements for keeping electronic data used in health research confidential varies ‘considerably’ from those used for immigration and counter-terrorism purposes, the government’s response to the health select committee’s report on electronic patient records states. The new national ...
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Government should tackle excessive drinking
The government should implement tougher measures to tackle excessive drinking, and alcohol producers, sellers and advertisers should take more responsibility for preventing harm to health, says a report on public health ethics published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
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Doncaster
A hospital’s refusal to adopt a national pay agreement has raised questions over the limits of foundation trusts’ independence. Maintenance workers atDoncasterand Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust, where the chairman of the pay negotiating council Joe Brayford is human resources director, are striking every Monday for the next four weeks after ...