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Safety probe at 999 trust
Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust has landed in controversy again with an investigation launched into possible patient safety breaches.
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Welsh 999 boss hails progress
Welsh Ambulance Services trust chief executive Alan Murray has defended his trust against official figures showing it is missing response targets. He claims the service is exceeding its target of 60 per cent of services meeting life-threatening calls in eight minutes.
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Scarborough to axe 600 jobs in bid for foundation status
An NHS trust is axing a third of its workforce in a bid to avoid having its finances scrutinised by the health secretary.
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60 acute and mental health trusts 'won't make foundations'
About 60 acute and mental health trusts will not reach foundation status by December 2008 and are likely to be closed, taken over or reconfigured, a senior Department of Health official has predicted.
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Nottingham University Hospitals trust to lose 450 posts
About 450 whole-time equivalent posts are to be cut at one of the UK's largest hospital trusts.
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NHS Blood and Transplant to cut 400 jobs
Four hundred staff are set to be cut following the closure of three of the country's 10 blood centres and the sale of the only government-owned bio products laboratory.
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Year of 'real change' is 2008, says DoH's Cash
The NHS can look forward to a 'relatively stable' 2007-08 before moving into a 'transformational year' in 2008-09, according to Department of Health director of provider development Andrew Cash.
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Will it be Independence Day 5 July 2008?
You cannot expect to get the politician off your back while keeping the consumer at arm's length
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Surrey and Sussex acute plans delayed till 2007
Plans to reshape acute services in Surrey and Sussex will not be revealed until after Christmas amid claims that current plans will not save enough money to bring local health economies back into balance.
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Barometer: acute trusts jan 2007
Confidence in achieving the 18-week target was high among our panel of acute trust chief executives, with the average figure rising from 6.2 to 6.72 since October 2006.
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HSJ barometer: public health June 2006
Directors of public health tended to be less confident about hitting their local targets for 2006-07 than they were for last year, with scores falling against drug treatment and alcohol dependency, although scores for smoking cessation rose slightly.
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HSJ Barometer: PCTs Oct 2006
There were significant rises in a number of key indicators in the latest Barometer survey of primary care trust chief executives. Faith in the national IT programme has continued to rise, and there has been a big boost in optimism on keeping a grip on elective activity. The only noticeable ...
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Barometer: mental health September 2006
Mental health chief executives surveyed for Barometer report high levels of confidence on recruitment of medical, nursing and therapy staff.
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Labour to take 18-week wait over border
Labour has pledged to halve maximum waiting times to 18 weeks from referral to treatment by 2011. Its Scottish election manifesto, launched on Tuesday, also commits to cut waiting times to see physiotherapists, clinical psychologists and chiropodists to nine weeks.
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Patients treated in 18 weeks on the increase
Referral to treatment times for April show that the number of patients being treated in 18 weeks is rising.
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Foundation concern over £28m in unpaid bills
Nine foundation trusts have 'significant concerns' over whether outstanding bills will be paid by primary care trusts. The trusts are warning that £28m might have to be written off.
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UCLH sells hospital for £170m
A London foundation trust says it has used its commercial freedoms to raise millions of extra pounds by selling off a former hospital building, which will help pay off its debts and may help improve services.
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Blair asked to intervene as PCT slashes budget by £25m
A council leader has called on the prime minister to stop a primary care trust cutting its budget by £25m. Mr Blair was dragged into the row after the leader of Brent London borough council threatened to refuse to accept any attempt to shift work from healthcare to social services.
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£30m available to boost women's ward safety
Up to £30m is to be spent this financial year on single-sex facilities for mental health wards to improve women's safety, mental health director Professor Louis Appleby has promised.
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Government launches media offensive amid £500m deficit
The government has embarked on a media offensive promoting the importance of reform as it posted year-end figures showing a net deficit for the NHS of just over £500m.