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No-star trust chair quits as workload pressures mount
The chair of a no-star trust has resigned half way through the three-month probation period it had been given to sort its problems out, with workload pressures likely to have influenced her decision to go.
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Career view mirror
doctors in management : The NHS plan makes a point of strong clinical and managerial leadership.Robert Palmer and colleagues conducted a survey to see how training should be tailored to reach this goal
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DoH and Macmillan in tandem to deliver cancer care networks
In a bid to help deliver the NHS cancer plan, the Department of Health has teamed up with Macmillan Cancer Relief under a three-year partnership to place cancer lead clinicians at every primary care organisation. So far, 279 have been nominated.
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Transfer snags blight PFI pilots
Unions and contractors have warned that the private finance initiative pilots - working on a model for transferring NHS staff to private companies - still face huge problems in agreeing contractual arrangements, despite Unison's acceptance that the pilots can proceed.
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Hospital choice widens in bid to cut waiting time
The government is expected to announce by Christmas that patients who have been waiting the longest for operations will be able to get treatment outside their own area, in a further effort to ensure the 15-month waitingtime target is met by next March.
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De Brun reveals huge spending disparities between Northern Ireland's community trusts
Expenditure per head of population varies by more than £200 between Northern Ireland's community trusts, health minister Bairbre de Brun revealed last week.
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PFI cleared of blame for bed shortages
Delayed discharges and not the private finance initiative lie behind bed shortages at Cumbria's flagship hospital, the Cumberland Infirmary, according to a report.
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Audit Commission and NICE invest to boost profile
The Audit Commission and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence are investing significant resources in communications in an attempt to boost their profiles.
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NHS agency reveals plans to provide locum doctors
The NHS in-house employment agency is to expand its services to cover locum doctors in a bid to cut the £100m bill for recruiting doctors through private agencies.Doctors using NHS Professionals will be entitled to NHS pensions, annual leave and training opportunities.A £12m initiative to encourage flexible careers for medical ...
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NICE goes ahead with advisory 'citizens council'
A new 'citizens council' is being set up to offer advice to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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Private contractors urge managers to join them to learn more about PFI
Public service managers involved in private finance initiative schemes should be seconded to the private sector to learn more about the workings of commercial organisations, according to a National Audit Office survey.
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Brown's £1bn 'will not yield quick returns'
The NHS budget is set to rise significantly over the next few years after the Treasury review of longterm trends in healthcare, chaired by former National Westminster Bank group chief executive Derek Wanless, showed that major increases in funding were needed to keep pace with an ageing population and advances ...
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What if. . .. . . what then?
Comment : Will yet more money make a difference - and make it in time?