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Western Isles health board chief executive quits
The chair of the troubled Western Isles health board has resigned and a trouble-shooting team sent in 'to assist' managers and clinicians, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Booking system in crash chaos
Staff in hospitals and primary care trusts across the Midlands and the North West have had to record patient movement using pens and paper following a 48-hour blackout of their booking system.
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Strategy overhaul for end-of-life care
Choice at the end of life, funding for hospices and palliative care, improved quality of care and better cross-agency working for those with terminal illness could be overhauled following a high-level review.
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Cash-strapped Pennine trust to sell off HQ in financial recovery drive
Pennine Acute Hospitals trust is set to sell off its headquarters in a bid to slash a £21m debt.The trust has brought in a financial recovery programme which will also see the loss of over 300 posts and 250 beds. Managers are hoping to raise 'significant capital' from the sale ...
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Chief dental officer named
The Department of Health has confirmed Barry Cockroft as the new chief dental officer for England.
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NICE issues training guidance for parents of children with 'conduct disorders'
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has unveiled joint guidelines on training programmes for parents of children with 'conduct disorders'.
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Procurement deals in danger in key pilot sites as PCT financial pressures take their toll
Emergency discussions are due to take place today over the viability of a key part of the £3.8m national procurement programme for under-doctored areas as rumours circulate that half the scheme could be scrapped.
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David Nicholson: the service insider who puts taxpayers first
The man appointed to lead the NHS was the only public sector candidate on the shortlist. But as Laura Donnelly reports, he believes the market is the route to equity equity
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Rural GP vacancies increase despite improving recruitment
Vacancy rates for GPs in rural areas of England and Wales have increased despite improving rates of recruitment of GPs overall, figures released by the NHS information centre for health and social care reveal.
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Prime minister outlines limits of state intervention in healthcare
The hall of the Djanogly City Academy in Nottingham is a perfect Blairite space - a postmodern steel-framed rectangle built by local philanthropist Harry Djanogly, who made his fortune in the textile industry.
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Blair interview: 'A pound wasted is one not spent on NHS values'
System reform and good management are the only ways to deliver the NHS's values in the modern world, the prime minister tells Nick Edwards in an exclusive interview
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Committee slams 'dithering' obesity push
The government has been accused of doing too little too late to tackle the rise in childhood obesity.