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Healthcare Commission lists a catalogue of failings in handling of C difficile outbreaks
A Kent trust has been slated by the Healthcare Commission for failing to protect patients against infection.
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Report questions strategic health authorities' role in junior doctor 'crisis'
An independent inquiry into the junior doctors' recruitment 'crisis' has called for a national committee to scrutinise strategic health authorities' workforce planning.
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Diagnostics firm Atos found inadequate
A private provider has been slammed in an internal Department of Health report for its management of an NHS diagnostics deal - but local trusts were also criticised.
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SHAs warned over weak foundation trust applications
The Department of Health has issued a stark warning to strategic health authority chiefs to send 'only the strongest' trusts to Monitor to be assessed for foundation status.
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Managers stuck in the middle feel pressure from all sides
Middle managers feel stressed. Constant firefighting and balancing conflicting demands of senior management and junior staff are just two of the reasons - but most still enjoy their jobs. Nigel Edwards and Claire Mallett analyse an HSJ and NHS Confederation survey
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BMA dubious about screening every patient
The British Medical Association has called for 'hard data' on the effectiveness of screening all hospital admissions for MRSA.
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Boots could host 150 walk-in centres in its stores
Private companies are lining up to provide the extended access to family doctors called for by Lord Darzi in the interim report of his review into the future of the NHS.
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sexual health services
Primary care trusts' management of sexual health services in general practice is 'erratic, uncoordinated and poorly planned', according to new report.The report 'Delivery of Sexual Health in General Practices' published today by the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Choice and Sexual Health Group found only 5 per cent of general practices in the ...
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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.
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C difficile outbreaks a 'scandal', says Johnson
Health secretary Alan Johnson said he was shocked by the findings of the report into Clostridium difficile outbreaks at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, which he called 'a scandal'.
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Stressed middle managers want better-defined roles
Middle managers feel anxious at work and are unclear what their employers expect of them, a joint HSJ/NHS Confederation survey has revealed.
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Baby units stretched, claims charity
Services for sick and premature babies are being stretched to the limit, according to a leading charity.
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£170m funding boost for therapy
The Department of Health has announced a £170m expansion of psychological therapies in an attempt to provide better support for people with mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
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Spending review: Darling surpasses expectations with a 4 per cent funding boost
The NHS has been given a major boost with a higher than expected funding increase of 4 per cent a year over the next three years.Chancellor Alistair Darling said in the comprehensive spending review on Tuesday that spending on health will increase from £90bn this year to £110bn by 2010-11.
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Wales to launch physiotherapy programme
Chief medical officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell has announced a new drive to tackle Wales' most common chronic disease.
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World Health Organisation unveils structural changes
The head of the World Health Organisation has announced structural changes.
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Call to end racism in the NHS
On World Mental Health Day, black and minority ethnic leaders have called for service reconfiguration and training to end racism in the NHS.Mental health charity Mind polled 49 stakeholders from the BME Network on the state of mental health services for BME communities today.
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Joint Medical Consultative Council appoints chairman
The Joint Medical Consultative Council has appointed a new chairman.
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Whipps Cross should remain acute hospital, says emergency czar
The national emergency access director has recommended that Whipps Cross University Hospital trust should remain a full acute hospital.
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Patient Safety
Winner Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS TrustFacing the Challenge - Healthcare Acquired InfectionsThe dramatic improvements seen at a trust that once had some of the worst MRSA bacteraemia reduction figures in the country is ultimately the result of one overarching theme - making infection prevention rather than infection control the ...