All News articles – Page 773
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NewsWinterbourne View commissioners under fire
“Out of sight, out of mind” commissioning contributed to the abuse of patients at Winterbourne View Hospital going unchecked for more than four years, a serious case review has found.
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NewsPCTs begin new wave of redundancies
Eight hundred primary care trust staff are likely to lose their jobs in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester, HSJ has learned, heralding the start of a final round of job cuts in the transition to the new NHS structure.
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NewsSpending on mental health falls for first time in 10 years
Overall spending on adult mental health services has fallen in real terms for the first time in a decade.
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NewsOldham: Tackle problem GPs to improve primary care in poor areas
Under-resourced primary care in poor areas could be improved by tackling practices currently providing a bad service, a senior GP adviser has said.
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NewsFTs with heavy PFI burdens could face ratings downgrade
Foundation trusts could in future have their financial risk rating downgraded if their private finance initiative payments amount to more than 10 per cent of income, NHS sector regulator Monitor has mooted.
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NewsGovernment called on to prevent fresh care home scandal
Another care home scandal like Winterbourne View could happen again unless the government takes action, campaigners warned today.
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NewsCall to target kidney care costs
Kidney disease costs the NHS more than breast, lung, colon and skin cancer combined, yet too many cases remain undiagnosed and untreated.
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NewsNine directors appointed to NHS property company
The Department of Health has recruited nine directors to the independent property company it is setting up to manage NHS estate, all of whom are currently working in the NHS.
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NewsTrusts face higher pension costs so frontline staff can retire early
NHS trusts could have to pay higher pension contributions for some staff groups so they can retire earlier, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLeaders of aspiring FTs receive confidential help to improve
More than 20 hospital trust boards have signed up to a leadership training programme which they hope will help them make efficiency savings and achieve foundation status, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNorth Staffordshire trust fined again over waiting time failures
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has been fined £2.5m by commissioners for its continued failure to hit a key accident and emergency target.
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NewsCommissioning board encourages CCG contract and risk sharing
The NHS Commissioning Board has published guidance highlighting the benefits of - and options for - clinical commissioning groups collaborating to share contracts with providers and pool financial risk.
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NewsSurgeon calls for obesity surgery to be prioritised over end of life cancer drugs
A surgeon has suggested that it might be better to spend NHS funds on surgery for obese patients than on palliative care for the terminally ill.
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NewsSutton GPs oppose downgrade of local hospital
GPs are opposing a proposed downgrade of accident and emergency and maternity services at St Helier Hospital in south London, it has emerged.
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NewsNICE proposes indicators for holding CCGs to account
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has suggested 44 indicators which could be used to monitor the success of clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsPost Polio Syndrome awareness urged
Greater awareness has been urged among family doctors of a debilitating neurological condition almost as common as Parkinson’s.
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NewsLife expectancy linked to jobless rate
A greater risk of premature death is faced by people living in areas of England with long-term low employment, new research has claimed.
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NewsMonitor installs new chairman at Bolton as major failings uncovered
Foundation trust regulator Monitor this afternoon moved to install a new chairman of Bolton FT after a major hole was uncovered in the finances of the troubled hospital trust.
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NewsLoss-making Hinchingbrooke may require loan
Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust made a £2.3m loss in the three months to the end of June and may need a cash injection later this financial year if it does not deliver on cost improvement plans.
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NewsLeeds trust ordered to pay £1.2m over tumour
A woman who says she feels like a freak because of the effect on her growth of an undiagnosed tumour has won £1.3m damages after bringing proceedings against Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust