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MPs put new health ministers on hold to launch inquiry into soaring drug costs
The Commons health select committee has delayed plans to question the new Department of Health ministerial team so it can launch an inquiry into the soaring cost of generic drugs.
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Social climbers
How effective are links between primary care groups and social services? Bob Hudson and Helen Lewis report on a national survey
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Finance chief retires during inquiry
A senior Scottish Ambulance Service executive has retired during an inquiry into allegations that he hid a criminal conviction from his employers.
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Short Cuts: MP says trust chief executive should forego pay-off
An MP has called for a trust chief executive who resigned following a critical NHS Executive report into the death of two patients to forego a £76,000 pay-off. In a House of Commons motion calling for the payment to Clive Uren, former chief executive of Eastbourne Hospitals trust, to be ...
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Denham snub to CHC's plea
Health minister John Denham has rejected a plea by Coventry community health council for a £200m private finance initiative hospital in the city centre.
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'No precedent' for scale of Wales changes
The health service in Wales has faced unprecedented change over the past year, director of NHS Wales Peter Gregory told managers last week.
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Short Cuts: Elderly people put their case to Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament has been urged to encourage closer integration of local government and health authorities in an action plan drawn up under three Better Government for Older People projects. Sixty elderly people presented their plan to the ministers responsible for transport and the environment, communities and community care at ...
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Greater focus on cancer as czar signs up
Health secretary Alan Milburn announced he was 'making cancer treatment a personal priority'as he appointed a cancer 'czar' this week.
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Envelope of Bristol data passed to DoH
A senior Department of Health official was given a sealed envelope containing data about surgical outcomes at the Bristol Royal Infirmary during a taxi ride with 'whistleblower' Dr Stephen Bolsin, the inquiry into baby deaths at the hospital heard this week.
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Ship-shape, not Bristol fashion
The Royal Brompton Hospital was exonerated after an inquiry into its paediatric surgery, but dealing with the allegations was costly. Thelma Agnew reports
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In Brief: Maximum compensation rise
Maximum compensation for unfairly dismissed staff rose from £12,000 to £50,000 on Monday, but there will be no upper limit on compensation for whistleblowers who lose their jobs. The changes were welcomed by Roger Kline, national health secretary of the MSF union as 'good news for NHS staff ' and ...
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In Brief: South West regional office has completed investigation
South West regional office has completed an investigation into the allegations of financial mismanagement at Cornwall and Isles of Scilly health authority made by the HA's own finance director. Roger Silvester was suspended in May following his comments at a board meeting where he refused to accept the HA's financial ...
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In Brief: Reformed framework for services for mentally ill patients in the community
Health minister John Hutton has launched a reformed framework for services for mentally ill patients in the community. The simplified care programme approach will operate at only two levels, standard or enhanced.
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In Brief: NHS Direct Essex
A team from Essex social services has moved into NHS Direct Essex's call centre in Chelmsford as part of a pilot project to allow access to social services through the nurse led telephone helpline. NHS Direct Essex will also pilot a scheme allowing nurses to refer callers to pharmacies for ...