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Health check: IT problems limit patient choice
The government's patient choice target is proving too tough for many trusts, the health check reveals.
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Former Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells chair was 'hung out to dry'
The chair of the hospital trust at the centre of an infection control scandal has attacked centralised control of the NHS as he stepped down.
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Health check case study: Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust praises staff
Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust has praised the efforts of staff in turning around a double 'weak' rating to a double 'good' assessment.
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Long-term care reforms will seek fairer system
The government's review of long-term care could shift the balance of payment between the individual and the state.
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MRSA target has built-in 'wiggle room'
The government has given trusts some 'wiggle room' to maintain the new MRSA public service agreement beyond the target date of 2008.
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More HSJ coverage of the annual health check
Follow the links below to read more about this year’s health check
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Health check: commission promises to intervene in 33 worst-performing trusts
Annual performance ratings have revealed a persistent gap between high-flying trusts and those languishing in the bottom half of the tables.
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Midwives reject government pay offer
The Royal College of Midwives has voted to reject the government's staged pay offer 'as a matter of principle', saying that it amounts to a below inflation pay award.
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One in four hospital trusts not hitting infection control targets
A quarter of hospital trusts in England are failingto meet new standards on infection control, according the Healthcare Commission's annual health check.Forty-four trusts were not complying with one or all aspects of the hygiene code, standards seen as key after the recent deaths from hospital infections.
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NHS Employers issues pay circular
NHS Employers has published a pay circular designed to provide trusts with the information they need to implement the 2007 pay award for staff on Agenda for Change, following the NHS trade unions' acceptance of the revised proposal made in August.
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Ambulance staff wages posted on web
A union has taken legal advice after ambulance managers posted details of the salaries of call-centre staff on the internet.
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500 more school nurses needed, says Unite
The union Unite has called for 500 more school nurses to fight the obesity crisis.
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Latest diagnostic waiting times
The Department of Health today published statistics showing the NHS's progress in tackling waiting times for diagnostic tests such as scans.
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Older people get poor deal on care homes
Older people paying as much as £30,000 a year for a room in a care home often do not know how that money is spent, reveals a new report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection.A fair contract with older people? also found that sometimes people paying for their own ...
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Annual performance ratings due
Trusts are steeling themselves for the publication of the results of the annual health check tomorrow.
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Unison anger over infection 'slur'
Unison today demanded an apology from the former chair of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust over claims nurses' actions had contributed to a fatal outbreak of the superbug Clostridium difficile.
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30 years to tackle obesity trend
It will take at least 30 years to reverse the trend of spiralling obesity, according to a new report by government think tank Foresight.
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Upcoming Productive Ward events
HSJ and sister title Nursing Times have teamed up with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement to hold events at each of the four Productive Ward test sites.
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Figures show gains in NHS efficiency
The NHS is working smarter to improve productivity, according to new figures published by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. The Better Care, Better Value indicators show increased productivity on a trust-by-trust basis across a number of key efficiency and productivity indicators. The indicators show that in the past ...
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LMCs don't want polyclinics
GPs are set to challenge Lord Darzi’s blueprint for the NHS inLondon.BMA local medical committees inLondonhave called in doctors from the Royal College of GPs and the London Deanery in a bid to commission research that challenges what they say are assumptions in the plan.GPs are particularly anxious about the ...