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Rise in 13-week waits
More than 180,000 patients were waiting for more than 13 weeks for hospital treatment in England at the end of December, an increase of more than 15,000, according to government statistics.The number of patients waiting more than 20 weeks also rose, by 2,000, last month to 46,000.See the full figures ...
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Burnham announces engagement plans
Health minister Andy Burnham has published proposals for better NHS staff engagement, based on his experience shadowing frontline workers last year.The report also proposes a review of Agenda for Changeand piloting of a 'graduate guarantee' scheme for newly qualified health professionals.Read the report here
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Cuts in mental health services force rise in benefit dependency
The numbers of people claiming incapacity benefit because they have a mental disorder has risen by nearly 300,000 to top one million, the government has revealed in a parliamentary answer. Shadow welfare minister David Ruffley blamed cuts in mental health services.See the parliamentary answer here
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NHS urged to learn from mistakes
NHS trusts should do more to learn from patients' complaints and to handle the issues raised quickly, efficiently and locally, says a report from the Healthcare Commission today. It looked at the recurring themes in 16,000 complaints it was asked to independently review last year.Download the report ...
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Controlled drug management strengthened
Details of strengthened measures to make sure controlled drugs are managed safely have been published by the Department of Health. These governance arrangements need to be implemented in a way that supports professionals and encourages good practice around the management and use of these important medicines when clinically required by ...
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Report on migrant workers published
The Audit Commission has published a report to help local authorities and their partners manage changes brought about by migrant workers moving to an area. Partners such as health services will need to gain a better understanding of what is happening locally and develop appropriate strategies and services, it says.Download ...
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RCN: nurses 'ready to talk'
Nurses are being held back in the boardroom by insufficient skills and the attitudes of senior managers, the Royal College of Nursing has claimed.
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Insurance windfall for NHS
The NHS will be able to claim the insurance costs of victims of injuries in the workplace, as well as road traffic accidents, from next year.
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Managers left 'to flounder'
A catalogue of failures including appalling planning, rows, and lukewarm support from the Department of Health led to the collapse of London's Paddington health campus scheme, according to a Commons public accounts committee report.
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New model contract threatens survival, foundations warn
Commissioners will not have to pay for any type of hospital treatment they have not authorised, or for activity which exceeds agreed limits, under the new model contract.
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Select committee challenges Hunt over planning 'mess'
The workforce woes plaguing many trusts are 'one-off issues' that will fade next year, health minister Lord Hunt has insisted.
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In or out: contractors braced for a domestic over cleaning
Andy Burnham is expected to tell the prime minister that hospital cleaners should be part of the 'NHS family', but the companies providing services complain that poor trust management and contracting are to blame for low standards. Alison Moore digs the dirt
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PCTs fail to reach halfway point on choose and book
No strategic health authority is on track to hit the government target to make 90 per cent of outpatient bookings through choose and book by the end of March.
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PbR to become 'payment for performance' in NHS North West
Payment by results is set to become payment for performance in the North West of England, under a US model that rewards hospitals for the quality of their care.
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PCT could slash 90 per cent of staff
A troubleshooter chief executive plans to strip an ailing primary care trust down to its core functions and reduce the number of staff from 300 to 30.
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C difficile cases up 5pc on last year, says HPA
Cases of the infection Clostridium difficile have risen by over 5 per cent in the past year, according to figures published this week by the Health Protection Agency.
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Hewitt to take part in live web chat
Next week you will be able to quiz the health secretary about the future of the NHS in a live webchat on the Number 10 website.It will take place on Thursday 8 February from 10.45am and last for an hour. The webchat is the first in a series addressing the ...
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New chair of NHS Litigation Authority
Professor Dame Joan Higgins has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Litigation Authority.Dame Joan is Emeritus Professor of Health Policy at the University of Manchester and outgoing chair of the Christie Hospital Trust. She is also chair of the patient information advisory group at the Department of ...
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Monitor authorises four new foundation trusts
Four more trusts have been given foundation status by Monitor, taking the total to 58.The newly authorised trusts are: Birmingham Children's Hospital; Country Durham and Darlington Acute hospitals; The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital; and Sherwood Forest Hospitals.Monitor chair Bill Moyes said: 'These authorisations continue the progress towards establishing the majority of ...
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5 per cent rise in C difficile cases
Cases of the infection Clostridium difficilehave risen by over 5 per cent in the past year, according to figures published by the Health Protection Agency.The figures show 42,625 cases of C difficilefor the first three-quarters of 2006, showing ...