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NewsStem cell services project launched
A life could be saved every month thanks to a new project to improve NHS stem cell services, it has been claimed.
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NewsFT delays will create near impossible challenge, Monitor warns
Authorising aspirant foundation trusts by 2014 will be an “almost impossible challenge” if the Department of Health decides to “backload” applications, Monitor’s chair has warned.
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NewsCommissioning Board will get funds from public health budget
The NHS Commissioning Board will have access to funding from the public health budget to commission “appropriate” programmes, the government has said.
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NewsSir David made colonel in Territorial Army
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has been made honorary colonel in the 306 Hospital Support Medical Regiment (Volunteers).
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NewsSHA clustering arrangements announced
Clustering arrangements for strategic health authorities will see the country divided into the South, the Midlands, London and the North, it has been announced.
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NewsPHE chief exec to be appointed by April 2012
The government says it expects to have a Public Health England chief executive in post by next April.
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NewsPublic health directors 'expected' to report directly to council chief execs, says DH
The government has confirmed that it “expects” directors of public health to be directly accountable to council chief executives when public health functions transfer to local authorities.
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NewsFour in 10 will get cancer - Macmillian
Rising cancer rates mean that more than four in 10 Britons will be diagnosed with the disease at some point in their lives, according to a study by a leading health charity.
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NewsMaternity services need radical reform - RCOG
Maternity services should be radically reformed so that women receive the best care in the right place, according to a group of leading health experts.
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NewsHSJ scoops Medical Publication of the Year Award
HSJ has been named Medical Publication of the Year at the prestigious Medical Journalists’ Association Summer Awards.
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NewsCommissioning brain drain ‘stripping assets’
HSJ research reveals for the first time the extent of the brain drain caused in the past year by paying off primary care trust managers - half of whom were either clinicians or experts in commissioning and finance.
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NewsMore NHS complaints upheld by ombudsman
Significantly more patient complaints about the NHS were upheld last year by the health service ombudsman, despite there being only a slight increase in complaints received overall.
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NewsMental health strategy needs plan, say managers
Mental health managers have demanded the Department of Health reveals how the mental health strategy would be implemented, amid warnings of growing “frustration” and government cuts hitting services.
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NewsHSJ launches improved jobs site for managers
HSJ has this week launched an improved jobs site for managers and health professionals looking to develop their career in the healthcare sector.
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NewsMinister sets out OFT's role in hospital mergers
The Office of Fair Trading will consider most foundation trust mergers under the terms of the Health Bill, it has emerged.
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NewsSir David sets out single commissioning vision
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has jump-started development of the reformed commissioning system, publishing details of his emerging national board and telling primary care trust clusters to follow a “single operating model” for the next two years.
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NewsLansley heralds change in size and role of acutes
Andrew Lansley has used an HSJ interview to signal significant changes in the size and role of acute hospitals, although he insisted there was no certainty that hospitals would close.
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NewsEaston: no quality in many savings plans
The man responsible for driving the NHS’s £20bn quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings plan has warned that some schemes being pursued under its banner have “no semblance of quality in them at all”.
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NewsPatients paying premium for surgery calls, say MPs
MPs have raised concerns that patients are facing “additional charges” to call GP surgeries, despite the practice being banned by the government.