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The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has recommended that Gloucestershire Partnership foundation trust, Gloucestershire primary care trust and Gloucestershire County Council work closely to strengthen older people 's community mental health services and community mental health teams.Chair of the IRP, Dr Peter Barrett said: 'The issue of the location of inpatient services ...
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Temp manager sentenced for £300k fraud conviction
A manager who stole more than£300,000 from the health service was last week sentenced to a year in prison.The news comes as the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service annual performance report this week revealed that fraud cost the NHS over£7m in 2006-07.Michael Buckley was working for a temporary ...
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A new chief executive has been appointed to NHS South Central. Jim Easton joins the strategic health authority from York hospitals foundation trust and replaces Mark Britnell who moved to the Department of Health in July.Mr Easton said: 'There is a real ambition across the NHS and its partners ...
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Patients should be a given a personal budget to pay for their healthcare directly, according to a report from the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre.The paper suggests personalised budgets would empower NHS patients to take control of their care, similar to direct payments for social care. Our ...
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Five trusts have been judged compliant with the Hygiene Code, as part of the latest round of spot checks by the Healthcare Commission. Two were compliant with no recommendations for improvement:Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust andNorth Teesand Hartlepool NHS Trust.Trusts with recommendations were: Sherwood Forest NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital Birmingham ...
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The Royal College of Nursing has launched a consultation to gauge NHS members' views on the government's improved pay offer. The results of its indicative ballot have also been released, showing more than 95% of nurses wanted a ballot on strike action against the original staged pay award. The new ...
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2,000 in move to own homes
Nearly 2,000 people with learning disabilities are to be moved into their own homes after the DH announced £175m in funding for primary care trusts to close NHS institutions.
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A&E 'downgrade' forces trust to trash 10,000 magazines
West Kent primary care trust has had to destroy nearly 10,000 copies of a free patients' magazine because of an embarrassing listings error that has reignited fears over reconfiguration plans.
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Cases of invasive pneumococcal disease down
The number of cases of invasive pneumococcal disease in children has fallen since the introduction of a new vaccine a year ago, figures show.
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Darzi to host webchat
Health minister Lord Darzi is to host a webchat to answer questions about the Our NHS, Our Future consultation.The Department of Health is inviting questions for the webchat, to be broadcast at 10am on 27 September.
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Call to redirect NHS funds to councils
The NHS should lose 0.5 per cent of its next cash settlement from government to councils to pay for preventative services for the elderly, the Local Government Association has said.
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Guidance sets out who should pay for patient care
Guidance on when primary care trusts are legally obliged to pay for patient care has been published by the Department of Health.
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Vaccine could cut cases of cervical cancer
A new vaccine could reduce cases of cervical cancer and genital warts if introduced into the national immunisation programme, the Health Protection Agency has said.
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Nuffield Trust appoints interim director
Healthcare policy charity the Nuffield Trust has appointed Neil Goodwin as interim director.
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Johnson and Darzi start public engagement events
Health secretary Alan Johnson and junior health minister Lord Darzi have begun meeting the public in what the Department of Health has called 'one of the largest engagementeventsin the history of the NHS'.
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Consultant physician numbers stall
The rise in consultant physician numbers over the last year is the smallest since the annual census of posts began, according to the Royal College of Physicians.
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New deputy chairman for BMA
A new deputy chairman has been appointed to the council of the British Medical Association. Dr Kate Bullen is an associate specialist anaesthetist who works at the North Bristol trust's Frenchay Hospital.
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Open up primary care, says CBI
New commercial providers such as supermarkets and pharmacies should be brought in to challenge existing poor provision in primary care, according to the Confederation of British Industry.