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Fewer patients offered choice for outpatient appointments
The number of patients who recall being offered a choice for their first outpatient appointment fell in the three months to May 2007, the latest National Patient Choice Survey shows.
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NHS Together gears up for day of action
NHS Together, the umbrella health service trade union group, has launched an 'I ♥ NHS' campaign, with a day of action scheduled for 3 November.
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Talking therapy training plea
Mental health campaigners are urging the government to invest in voluntary providers as part of a £170m spending boost for talking therapies.
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Welsh trust mergers get green light
The Welsh government is set to go ahead with its reconfiguration of acute services across south east and west Wales.
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In-house HR may have no future in the NHS
In-house human resources may have no future in the NHS, a management expert has claimed.
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PCTs will be empowered to set 'stretch' targets locally
The government has spelled out its long-awaited move from central, top-down targets to local flexibility in the public service agreements that accompanied last week's comprehensive spending review.
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PCTs raid public health funds to pay debts
Primary care trusts will spend less than a third of their Choosing Health funding on the public health problems it was intended to tackle, a survey has revealed.
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Is Darling's spending review a good deal for the NHS?
At first glance, the NHS appears to have done well from chancellor Alistair Darling's comprehensive spending review, but a closer look suggests it falls short of Sir Derek Wanless's recommendations and on the future costs of adult social care, argues John Appleby
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PCTs in race to improve commissioning
Primary care trusts have been told that ministers could strip them of their commissioning role unless they show a marked improvement in performance.
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NHS chief executive moots royal college to groom future leaders
The quality of managers is the biggest potential barrier to creating a world-leading health service, the chief executive of the NHS has warned.
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Health check: trusts miss hygiene goals
Trusts have failed to hit targets for reducing MRSA and many are not meeting basic standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
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Health check: PCTs struggle to improve
Primary care trusts are struggling to improve as quickly as other sectors and have seen a decline in the quality of their services.
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Health check: trusts set to hit flagship waiting time target
Waiting times for operations and treatment have improved over the last year, the health check reveals.
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Health check: Cornwall trust weak on quality and resources
Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust was one of four trusts to score weak on both quality of services and use of resources for the second year running.
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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