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GPs stand firm on board boycott
Leicestershire health authority has failed to persuade GPs to end their boycott of a primary care group board.
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Drug prices targeted in Health Bill reforms
Sweeping powers to curb the cost of drugs to the NHS and 'modernise' professional self-regulation have been laid out in the government's Health Bill.
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Private health firms in bid for state regulation
Private healthcare providers are lobbying to come under the remit of the Commission for Health Improvement and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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Consultants query intensive care bed figures
The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association has claimed that official figures on the availability of intensive care beds may 'grossly under-represent' pressure on bed space. It cites a case in which patients being ventilated in cardiac beds were not included in NHS Executive figures. Former HCSA president Robin Loveday, a ...
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Broad welcome for pay awards - if fully funded
The NHS pay settlement received a broad welcome from managers this week, although finance and human resources directors voiced doubts about the government's commitment to fund it fully.
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Three-year audit plan
The Audit Commission has published a strategy for the next three years, following a comprehensive review of its work and consultation with more than 250 organisations.
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In brief: British Medical Association in Scotland
The British Medical Association in Scotland has called for reform of the medical compensation system and a 'serious debate' on no-fault claims. The BMA has called for the Scottish parliament to examine compensation processes which would 'leave the question of fault down to the profession's disciplinary bodies'.
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Arousing debate
The government's plans to limit prescribing of Viagra have raised questions about the powers of the new National Institute for Clinical Excellence, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Failure to appoint chief blamed on 'low' salary
Members of one of England's smallest primary care groups are protesting that they have been unable to appoint a chief executive because the health authority is insisting on a salary of just £26,000.
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We ain't seen nothing yet
If the government insists on 3 per cent efficiency savings in hospital costs, next winter will be disastrous, says Simon Walford
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HA aims to collect data on patients struck off by GPs
Wigan and Bolton health authority is currently 'in the embryonic stages' of establishing a database to look for trends in cases where patients are struck off GP lists. It is also extending an existing conciliation service to patients who are removed without being given a reason. The moves follow a ...
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Denham agrees consultation on trust mergers
Health minister John Denham has given the go-ahead for public consultation on proposals to merge five trusts. Consultation on plans to merge East Yorkshire Hospitals trust and Royal Hull Hospitals trust starts tomorrow. Public consultation on proposals to create a single acute trust for Leicestershire from Glenfield Hospital trust, Leicester ...
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Ministers armed to enforce those voluntary agreements
Health Bill gives government a trump card should push come to shove
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Medical Defence Union issues advice on IT bug
The Medical Defence Union has written to members to reinforce advice on dealing with the millennium computer bug. It says doctors should 'assume that anything electronic they use in their practice could become date sensitive on 1 January' and other flashpoints, including 9 September this year and 29 February next ...