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DoH considering 'tolerance levels' on waiting-time target
Trusts have welcomed plans to allow leeway on the government's flagship 18-week waiting-time target as proof that the NHS has 'grown up'.
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Franchise plan for primary care draws fire from GPs
A primary care trust is planning an innovative strategy to franchise out 'branded' primary care centres.
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Call to reward patients using cheaper care
NHS patients should be given financial incentives to choose the most cost-efficient providers or treatments, a leading US academic has told officials.
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Infection control: C difficile measures improve at Stoke Mandeville
Buckinghamshire Hospitals trust has made 'significant progress' on infection control a year on from a Clostridium difficile outbreak that killed 33 people, says the Healthcare Commission. But the regulator highlighted doctors' poor hand hygiene as a serious concern in a follow-up report published today.
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Plea to trust bosses to boost organ donation
The head of the NHS transplant agency has called on trust managers to play a greater role in boosting organ donation and improving transplant services.
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Systems blamed as North Bristol trust workers overpaid
A hospital trust that overpaid staff by £160,000 has blamed teething problems with the new NHS-wide electronic staff record system.
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Unions fear precedent in FT pay battle
A hospital's refusal to adopt a national pay agreement has raised questions over the limits of foundation trusts' independence.
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Banks threaten to hit FTs with rate hike over debt guarantees
Banks have threatened to hike up the interest rates they charge foundation trusts in the absence of a guarantee that the government will underwrite their debts.
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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 ...