All News articles – Page 1332
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Care UK buys rival provider
Private healthcare firm Care UK has boosted its position as an NHS care provider by buying rival Mercury Health for £77m.
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Burns claims political pressure over PCTs
A long-standing senior NHS leader has spoken out to challenge government decisions on new primary care trust boundaries.
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Marketing code is 'overly bureaucratic'
The proposed NHS code of marketing has come under fire from the advertising industry and NHS communications professionals.
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'Sliding scale' for misconduct burden of proof
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson looks set to modify controversial proposals to reduce the burden of proof in cases of medical misconduct and instead introduce a 'sliding scale' based on the seriousness of allegations.
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Bupa pulls out of South East diagnostics deal
Bupa has pulled out of a contract with the Department of Health to provide NHS diagnostic services across the South East, HSJ has learned.
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The SHA interviews, Candy Morris: 'You need to help others build capacity and capability'
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of South East Coastal SHA
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How Buckinghamshire is moving opthalmology closer to home
There is a lot of rhetoric about moving care closer to home but how easy is it and can quality be maintained?
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Broken pledge to cut red tape
NHS bureaucracy is increasing with a 'staggering' 56 bodies now in place to inspect, monitor and assess the service, a new report from the NHS Confederation says.
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The SHA interviews,Mark Britnell: 'I didn't leave a good trust to be a performance management monkey
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of South Central SHA
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Data briefing: prescribing variations by PCT
In 2004-05, prescribing cost nearly £8bn in England - over 681 million items at an average of nearly 13 per GP list patient and £150 per year.
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The SHA interviews, Cynthia Bowers: 'I'm clear and I'm rigorous'
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of West Midlands SHA
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Richard Bourne on rethinking the role of local government
'Local government may not be brilliant at commissioning but they are better than the NHS. They have been at it longer, they have already embraced provider plurality, commissioning, market management, best value, overview and scrutiny and public engagement'
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Chronic disease management: Welsh framework will cut through boundaries
With evidence mounting that chronic illness represents the principal burden on health and social care services, effective management of long-term conditions is a priority. Helen Howson and colleagues explain
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It's the Richard list as IT boss tops survey
The man in charge of the review of the health service's IT systems is the highest-paid person in the NHS.
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Boost for social firms
Twenty-four local social enterprise schemes have been given £1.4m of national funding to deliver community health and social care services.
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NHS vs independents: the book
For the first time patients will be able to compare NHS services to those offered by independent providers in an updated choice manual to be published this week.
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Comms failure hampered London bombing response
London Ambulance Service trust has accepted that the breakdown of the mobile network and the configuration of its radio system led to 'communications difficulties' that hampered the NHS response to the bombings in London on 7 July last year.