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Tories claim government has lost faith in SHAs' control of the workforce
The shadow health secretary has accused the government of losing confidence in the ability of strategic health authorities to manage workforce planning.
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Safety changes 'neglected by GPs'
Reforms to improve the quality and safety of NHS care are not hitting home in GP surgeries, says a report from the National Audit Office.It says many GPs have not implemented 'clinical governance' systems found elsewhere in the health service.While the report found that primary care trusts had made substantial ...
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Exclusive: Minister calls for in-house cleaners
Health minister Andy Burnham is to urge the prime minister to encourage trusts to bring cleaning services back in-house.
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C. difficile 'endemic in health service'
The infection Clostridium difficile is now 'endemic throughout the health service, with virtually all trusts reporting cases', a leaked Department of Health memo has warned.
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Proper workforce planning needed, says BMA chair
British Medical Association chair James Johnson has called on the government to reinstate proper workforce planning - or risk wasting millions of pounds of public money.Speaking at the BMA's 'State of the NHS' briefing, Mr Johnson said: 'In 2008 the year-on-year significant rise in additional NHS resources will fall back ...
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London PCTs fear provider role is being overlooked
Directors of London primary care trusts lack confidence in the future development of and investment in community health services, according to a survey.
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Clinical governance at old PCTs was patchy, finds National Audit Office
Almost all the old primary care trusts had put in place clinical governance structures and processes but fewer had actually made sure they were working, a report from the National Audit Office says today.
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Non-executives 'hurt and devalued' by appointments process
A large number of chairs and non-executive directors have left the NHS feeling 'bruised, hurt and devalued', a report from the NHS Alliance reveals.
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News Analysis: Is it new hope for 'No Hope' as cliffhanger reaches final reel?
Birmingham's Good Hope Hospital trust might at last put its troubles behind it if its acquisition by a neighbouring foundation trust goes ahead. Helen Mooney chronicles the hurdles that have stood in the way and asks if the move is likely to be replicated
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Two years after deadline, over half of crisis teams not ready
Fewer than half of England's crisis resolution teams are fully set up, according to a leaked Department of Health report.
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Government to 'galvanise action' on MRSA
The Department of Health has vowed to 'galvanise action' to ensure the NHS can meet its 2008 MRSA target.
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War on fraud saves £800m
The Department of Health says that an extra £811m has been saved by tackling fraud in the NHS over the last seven years.The NHS Counter Fraud Service performance statistics for 1999-2006 show that fraud committed by patients has fallen by 55 per cent from £171m in 1998 to £76m in ...
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New deputy for World Health Organisation
Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah has been appointed deputy director-general at the World Health Organisation.Dr Asamoa-Baah, has held senior positions at the organisation since 1998, beginning his career at WHO as a senior policy adviser to the director-general.Since then, he has been widely respected for his leadership in HIV, tuberculosis and malaria,communicable ...
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GP contract negotiations stall
An agreement on the general medical services contract is unlikely to be reached in time for the April deadline, NHS Employers has reported.NHS Employers GMS negotiating team chair Dr Barbara Hakin said that she had told the Department of Health that the British Medical Association's GPs committee had made it ...
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DoH launches comprehensive IT plan
The Department of Health has launched a comprehensive information management and technology plan. The document provides detailed supplementary guidance for NHS organisations to use when preparing IM&T plans ahead of the deadline of the end of March 2007.The NHS operating framework for 2007-08 identified the need for sustained focus on ...
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Latest CJD figures published
The Department of Health has released the latest information about Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. It includes cases of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease - the form of the disease thought to be linked to BSE.Get the CJD figures here
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More families paying for their own social care
Individuals and families are increasingly having to find and pay for their own care, says the Commission for Social Care Inspection in a report published today.The State of Social Careaims to provide a complete picture of social care for children and adults across the public, voluntary and private sectors.It found ...
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Poultry workers to be protected against flu
The Department of Health is offering flu vaccination this winter to those who work in close contact with poultry.The DoH insisted that the move is a precautionary public health measure and does not mean that workers are at any higher risk of getting flu this winter than usual.It added: 'Nor ...
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Leaked DoH report
Predicting workforce requirements accurately always presents huge challenges but it appears the AHP/scientist estimates are crude in the extreme
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SHAs told they must plug shortfall of 14,000 nurses
It is outrageous that there are still significant cuts in education budgets and educational training for our community nurses