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Berkshire West Atos deal
Berkshire West is the latest primary care trust to agree a contract with a private provider for GP services.Atos Healthcare, a division of Atos Origin, is to supply all services at a new health centre in Shinfield.And in line with Prime Minster Gordon Brown's pledge to make access a priority, ...
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BMA survey
The British Medical Association has launched a survey of staff grade and associate specialist doctors on new contract proposals.In August negotiators representing the doctors formally withdrew from further talks with the government over their stalled contract (HSJ, news, 30 August).The preliminary results from survey will be discussed at a special ...
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Smokers who can't quit
The Royal College of Physicians has been accused of sending out mixed messages on smoking in its report Harm reduction in Nicotine Addiction: Helping people who can't quit.The report called for a new approach, it said smokers who can't quit should be given nicotine products that will satisfy their addiction ...
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TB drug collaboration launched
The Stop TB Partnership global drug facility and HIV/AIDS treatment initiative Unitaid have announced a collaboration with 19 countries to address serious shortages of anti-tuberculosis drugs.
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Complaints
Patients are being let down by the way NHS trusts inEnglandhandle complaints, according to the Healthcare Commission.The commission found wide variation in the way complaints were dealt with - and a failure to act on any problems they threw up.The audit focused on 32 trusts where concerns had been raised ...
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Trusts told to improve complaints handling
The quality of complaints handling varies considerably across the NHS, a Healthcare Commission report has found.It says trusts should make it easier to make complaints, ensure that the care of those complaining is not adversely affected as a result and strengthen procedures for investigating problems after little evidence emerged that ...
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Urgent improvement not needed, Confederation says
Surveys show that patients are generally very happy with the NHS services they receive and 'urgent improvement' is not needed, according to the NHS Confederation.
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Tooke reports on doctors' training
Modernising Medical Careers does not provide doctors with enough broad experience by encouraging them to specialise early in their careers, according to an independent report on the system.The Tooke report says it does not allow for enough flexibility to meet the system's needs and calls for it to undergo fundamental ...
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Road-testing tariff published
The Department of Health has published the 2008-09 payment by results tariff for road-testing. Feedback on the tariffs is invited by 9 November.
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Paper addresses quality adjusted healthcare output
A Department of Health paper explores different methods of incorporating quality adjustments when measuring NHS output.
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Leicester interim chief
An interim chief executive is to be paid£33,000 a month to run a hospital trust – thought to be one of the highest salaries the NHS has ever offered.Consultant Derek Smith, brought in at University Hospital of Leicester trust following the resignation of Peter Reading last month, is to be ...
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Doctors' contract survey launched
The British Medical Association has launched a survey to seek the opinions of staff grade and associate specialist doctors on new contract proposals.
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Latest referral times data released
The latest referral to treatment times for patients whose 18-week clock stopped in July have been released.
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Give smokers nicotine products, says RCP
The UK is failing to help heavily addicted smokers give up the habit, the Royal College of Physicians has said.Launching the report Harm Reduction in Nicotine Addiction: helping people who can't quit, Professor John Britton, chair of the RCP's tobacco advisory group, said nicotine products could help smokers kick the ...
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Guide on measuring hospital output
A review of data sources and methodology for calculating hospital output in the NHS has been published by the Department of Health.
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wales violence
The Welsh Assembly has set up a task force to tackle violence and aggression against NHS staff.Its remit is to improve information sharing, incident reporting and the way the service works with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.The taskforce, to include union representatives, will also look at what guidance ...
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DoH names 14 firms that will support PCTs
Fourteen private firms have been appointed by the Department of Health to help primary care trusts commission services, HSJ can reveal.
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Academic health science centre launched
Imperial College Healthcare trust, the UK's first academic health science centre, was launched on Monday.
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BMA says more funds are key to boosting GP access
The chairman of the British Medical Association has told a government minister that more money and staff will be needed to improve GP access.
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Healthcare Commission finds hygiene code is 'not hitting the headlines' in acute trusts
Acute trust boards are not taking enough responsibility for controlling infection in their hospitals, the healthcare watchdog has warned.Spot checks on 43 hospitals by the Healthcare Commission have revealed concerns that boards are not regularly discussing opportunities for improvement or ensuring infection control data is analysed effectively.