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Cameron criticised over test wait rise
The prime minister has come under fire from Labour after figures emerged showing the number of patients waiting over six weeks for diagnostic tests had risen.
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Centralising blood services could help trusts achieve huge savings
The number of full service transfusion laboratories in England could be cut from 220 to just 30 if a system about to be piloted by NHS Blood and Transplant in partnership with NHS trusts proves successful.
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PFI 'barriers' to FT status affecting fewer than 10 trusts
Claims by more than half of the trusts that argued private finance initiatives were a barrier to their obtaining foundation trust status cannot be justified, an insider has revealed to HSJ.
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Public Health England 'will not be trusted' as part of the DH
Leading public health experts have called for Public Health England to be independent of the Department of Health in order to maintain public confidence.
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Exclusive: dozens of trusts missed savings targets in 2010-11
Trusts missed 2010-11’s efficiency targets by nearly 10 per cent before even tougher demands came into force this year, an HSJ analysis reveals.
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Royal College commissioning school receiving nearly £2m for GPs' training
The Royal College of GPs – which has heavily criticised the government’s NHS reform programme – has already been paid £1.5m to help teach GPs how to commission.
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Exclusive: FT income busts target as pay drives costs over plan
Foundation trusts took more than half a billion over-plan in income in 2010-11, a Monitor report seen by HSJ reveals.
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Ministers warned over blood service changes
Health ministers have been warned that people could stop giving blood if they believe private firms will profit from their goodwill.
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Independent inquiry into care home abuse possible
The abuse of residents at a care home for people with learning disabilities exposed on television may receive an independent inquiry, the government has admitted.
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Cameron handling of NHS a 'catalogue of broken promises' - Healey
David Cameron was accused of breaking his promises on the NHS as he announced changes to the controversial package of reforms.
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Commissioning board to constrain consortia powers if 'not ready'
The NHS Commissioning Board is likely to place extensive restrictions on the powers of commissioning consortia in cases where it believes they are “not ready” to take on their new role, HSJ understands.
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Exclusive: Future Forum to suggest 'pragmatic' solutions to deaneries crisis
The NHS Future Forum is due to recommend that interim measures are put in place quickly to prevent the quality of training from suffering as strategic health authorities wind down.
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Monitor duty to support integration of care
Monitor will be given a new duty to consider integration within the NHS and with social care, as part of the government’s changes to the Health Bill.
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Exclusive: GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse
David Cameron has announced a radical reworking of the government’s NHS reform plans which will give hospital doctors and nurses mandated places on GP commissioning consortium boards.
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PM pledge means no change on 18 week target
The Department of Health has confirmed that there will be no reintroduction of national performance management for the 18 week referral to treatment target, after prime minister David Cameron pledged to retain the limit.
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Health secretary sets sights on improved dementia care
Improving care for older people and support for those with dementia is a “personal priority” for the Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon, she has told a conference.
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Cameron to outline 'personal guarantees' on NHS
The prime minister will set out to reassure patients and healthcare professionals that the NHS remains safe in his hands by offering five personal “guarantees” at a keynote speech later today.
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Central reform principles are 'not controversial'
The principles at the centre of the proposed NHS reforms are not the cause of continued controversy and opposition.
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Neurology care criticised by RCP
The standard of care for UK patients with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease is inadequate to support patient needs, according to a new report.
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GP commissioning 'poses new data risks'
The ability of GP commissioning consortia to manage information has been called into question by a Department of Health regulator.