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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.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Donaldson urges delegates to learn from medical errors
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson paid tribute to the victims of medical errors in his speech on patient safety delivered to the NHS Confederation.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: good staff management 'saves lives'
Good staff management can have a significant impact on the number of lives saved, research has shown.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: minister promises local focus in Scotland
Scotland's cabinet secretary for health and well-being has committed to providing services as locally as possible, saying there should be 'an assumption against centralisation of services'.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: McKinsey research finds gaps in NHS management
The NHS needs to build more clinical leadership to drive improvement in productivity and quality, according to research from McKinsey that also found gaps in current management performances in acute care.
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DoH report promotes health partnerships
Partnerships for Better Health, a new Department of Health report, explains how the government can help non-statutory, commercial and not-for-profit organisations promote healthy living and deliver public health goals. The report uses case studies and best practice tips to encourage local partnership working.
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Investment needed to tackle drug resistance
Deaths from previously treatable infections such as tuberculosis, meningitis and pneumonia will become more common unless there is investment in the science needed to tackle antibiotic resistance, the Royal Society has warned in a report published today.
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PCTs ignoring orders on patient group involvement
Primary care trusts do not expect patient groups to influence commissioning as demanded by the Department of Health, a survey has found.
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Think for yourselves, Nicholson tells managers
Local managers should look to the Department of Health less for guidance and 'get on' with their job, NHS chief executive David Nicholson will tell the NHS Confederation's annual conference today.
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Robinson slams NHS strategy obsession
NHS leaders must learn to lead their organisations on a 'day-to-day basis' and not get confused with a health service 'grand plan', management guru Sir Gerry Robinson has said.
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Abortion is on the rise, new data reveals
Statistics released by the Department of Health have shown abortion is on the increase.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Flint - we must act now on public health
The NHS must address health inequalities in order to reap the financial rewards further down the line, health minister Caroline Flint has warned.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Morgan 'ashamed' of public disputes
Public slanging-matches are damaging the health service, the NHS Confederation chief executive has warned.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: warning over female board representation
The representation of women on health service boards is falling, Appointments Commission chair Anne Watts warned delegates.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Sir William calls for PCT pragmatism
Primary care trust boards must become more 'adept and fleet of foot' in order to respond to an increasingly volatile NHS market, former NHS Appointments Commission chair Sir William Wells has warned.
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Northern Ireland CMO urges public to live healthily
Northern Ireland's chief medical officer has said that people must be encouraged to lead healthier lifestyles over the next decade.