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NHS Confederation rolling news: Skills shortage in doctors causes concern for managers
Doctors must learn more people skills such as cultural sensitivity but the NHS must also help them cope with service reform, said NHS managers in a survey.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: PBC up and running, says Ricketts
Practice-based commissioning is running and working well, according to the Department of Health's head of demand side reform.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: zero tolerance MRSA call
The MRSA target can be met, says the Department of Health, but the need for a zero tolerance culture is still imperative.
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PCTs accused of contracts 'witch hunts'
Primary care trusts are carrying out 'witch hunts' on practices on the personal medical services contract, the British Medical Association's GP leader has claimed.
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Confed chief welcomes plans to give NHS more autonomy
NHS Confederation chief executive Dame Gill Morgan has welcomed Conservative Party plans to give the NHS more autonomy.
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ITC plans scrapped: NHS services are 'better value'
Plans for an independent sector treatment centre at Hemel Hempstead Hospital have been dropped because it would have been too expensive.
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Exclusive survey: winning over NHS staff could be Brown's first big challenge
He may have thrown money at the NHS, but Gordon Brown looks set for a rough ride from staff, judging by the results of HSJ's survey, writes editor Richard Vize
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Health secretary suggests elected PCT boards and a new constitution
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has suggested further reforms for NHS accountability, including directly elected primary care trust boards and a new constitution.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Knowsley bucks smoking trend
Ditching the NHS logo has helped Knowsley Health and Social Care buck the national trend of falling quit rates of those stopping smoking.
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Leaders claim bullies thrive and middle managers are left to fail
The NHS lacks strong leadership and does not develop and support its middle managers, an NHS Confederation report has warned.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Cameron pledges to enshrine NHS principles
David Cameron said a Conservative government would increase spending on the NHS and scrap 'politically-driven central targets' - but not push through further reorganisations.
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Cervical cancer jab will save thousands of lives, says charity
Cancer Research UK says it is 'delighted' that government vaccination experts have recommended a cervical cancer vaccination programme for all girls aged 12 and 13.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: QOF is improving care, says research centre
There is clear evidence that the programme to incentivise GPs to provide better quality care has brought improvements, according to the results of a study announced at the NHS Confederation conference.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: staff quality challenged
Managers have been told to take more responsibility for the quality of their staff.
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Website offers chance to rate NHS
Patients are being asked to rate and comment on NHS services on a website launched this week.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: chief exec's practice-based commissioning plea
An NHS Confederation seminar on system reform heard of the need to embrace practice-based commissioning as a key element of change.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Healthcare Commission in superbug crackdown
The Healthcare Commission is clamping down on superbugs after one in four hospitals admitted they were failing to meet national standards.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: external commissioning could be optional for PCTs
Primary care trusts will not be forced to use the Department of Health's framework for procuring external support commissioning to strengthen their commissioning function, according to the commercial directorate's FESC lead.
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Scottish health secretary rejects healthcare competition
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon today told the NHS Confederation annual conference that the Scottish government rejects the idea that competition in the healthcare market was the 'route to improvement'.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: SNP stance on reconfiguration condemned
One of the architects of the modernisation of Scotland's health service has attacked the Scottish National Party's opposition to reconfiguring services.