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Specialist trusts lobby ministers for change in tariff
Britain's five specialist orthopaedic hospitals say they will be forced to cancel operations and cut services unless the government adjusts the way they are paid.
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MP hits out over Hartlepool service changes
The MP who resigned from his government health brief amid a reconfiguration row has spoken of his 'disappointment' over the latest ruling.
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Health select committee: NHS charges 'a complete mess'
NHS charges are in a 'complete mess', the Commons health select committee warned this week.
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Warks scales down charges
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire trust has drawn back from wholesale changes to hospitals - but is likely to centralise more services at the new University Hospital in Coventry, built by private finance initiative.
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Charity should be 'hard-wired' to reform
Charities and not-for-profit healthcare organisations need to be 'hard-wired' to the government's 'ongoing reform programmes', a government taskforce has said.
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Cheeky petition pre-empts Hewitt's webchat
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt's live 'webchat' on the 10 Downing Street website will provide an opportunity for the government to demonstrate putting the average voter at the heart of policy debate.
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Shortlist drawn up for NHS chief executive job
Shortlisting for the post of chief executive of the NHS is due to take place today.
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New IHM chief pledges support to managers
The new chief executive of the Institute of Healthcare Management has pledged to make the organisation a strong voice for managers once again.
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Protect equity says RCN chief
The patient choice programme must not be promoted at the expense of equity, Peter Carter, the Royal College of Nursing's new general secretary, has warned.
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PCT chief to double up in housing role
The new chief executive of Swindon primary care trust is one of the first to take on a joint local authority role that includes housing.
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Nottingham PCT chief starts Pfizer secondment-
Nottingham City primary care trust chief executive Samantha Milbank has joined Pfizer Health Solutions on secondment as head of business development.
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Workforce chief to tackle past failures
Many of the NHS's biggest personnel problems should have been tackled years ago, the Department of Health head of workforce has admitted.
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Thelma Holland, South West: From nurse to chief exec - via South India
In many ways, the role given to Thelma Holland is the most interim of all the interim posts.
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Hurt as chiefs fail to make the grade
NHS Employers has moved to defend the selection process for primary care trust chief executives after rumours of upset circulated in the service last week.
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How the push for local choice in childbirth is foundering
Despite national pledges to provide women with a range of local options, choice in maternity services has largely failed to materialise. Alison Moore investigates how local organisations? decisions to close units are flying in the face of national policy
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GPs close to winning choice on IT
Deal aims to end two-year dispute with doctors and boost clinical engagement
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Choice: too little data for patients
Patients want to choose hospitals on the basis of quality of care but there is too little data to help them come to a conclusion, a report has found.
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Publlic doubts on choice
More than half the people interviewed in a British Medical Association survey on patient choice in the health service said it was not offered by the NHS. Four-firths of the 1,000 people interviewed had had some contact with the NHS over the past year, with seven out of 10 in ...