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NewsNHS satisfaction at 'all-time high'
More than 60 per cent of people in the UK are “very or quite happy” with the NHS, meaning patient satisfaction is at an all-time high, an expert has claimed.
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NewsPublic health transition 'road map' underway
A “mapping exercise” is underway to indicate how the public health workforce will be moved over to local authorities, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsCost of locum doctors expected to rise
The cost of locum doctors in the Scottish NHS has almost doubled over the past four years to more than £36m, according to Scottish government figures.
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NewsPublic sector workers unhappy, survey reveals
More than half of public sector workers would consider taking industrial action, according to a study released as activists prepare for an anti-cuts protest in London.
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NewsNHS 'must publish performance data'
The NHS should undergo a culture change and improve services to patients by publishing performance data, according to a report.
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NewsFormer Blair health adviser returns to Cameron's number 10
A consultant who led the health targets and finances team of Tony Blair’s delivery unit has been appointed as the new health adviser to 10 Downing Street.
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NewsReport into C diff deaths at hospital delayed
The results of an inquiry into a hospital bug outbreak that claimed 18 lives will be delayed by more than a year.
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NewsGP appointment frustrations revealed
Hundreds of thousands of people cannot book GP appointments because none are available, or struggle to get through to their surgery on the phone, according to a new survey.
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NewsGPs 'to become change agents' - Lord Warner
The government’s planned reforms will “throw down the gauntlet to clinicians and give them their head to produce significant change”, according to the coalition-appointed chair of the Social Care Funding Commission.
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NewsWest Midlands cluster chiefs announced
NHS West Midlands has announced who will be leading the region’s five primary care trust clusters.
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NewsMidwife numbers to be reviewed
The Department of Health has said it will prioritise a review of nurse and midwife numbers.
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NewsPerformance linked pay for managers labelled a 'distraction'
Linking the stay of senior staff to national objectives would be an “unhelpful distraction”, according to the NHS managers’ union.
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NewsMonitor 'happy' with Mid Staffs death toll
A former board director at Mid Staffordshire has spoken of his “amazement” that Monitor did not pick up on the hospital’s problems during its authorisation process to become a foundation trust.
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NewsDon't simply cut posts to deliver QIPP savings, Easton warns trusts
The Department of Health will be “increasingly discriminating” between trusts that find genuine efficiencies and those that simply cut posts, national director for improvement Jim Easton has warned.
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Pace of consortia handovers varying widely
A quarter of primary care trusts are racing ahead to hand over commissioning budgets while a third have no clear plans to “let go”.
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NewsFT severance payouts to come under scrutiny
The NHS chief executive has promised MPs to do all he can to provide details of severance payouts made by foundation trusts.
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NewsKing's Fund calls to unite health and social care budgets
The government must adopt a single budget for £121bn of health and social care funding to stop the two systems fighting against each other, the King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsMPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
Providers could face financial difficulties if commissioning consortia decide to topslice their budgets to create risk pools, the Commons health committee has heard.
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NewsChallenged hospitals funds used to bail out PCTs
Nearly 40 per cent of a £392m fund set up to pay off the historic debts of London’s financially challenged organisations has been used to bail out commissioners.
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NewsManagers back calls for top earners to pay more towards pensions
The vast majority of managers responding to a snap online HSJ survey think higher earners should pay more towards their NHS pensions.