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NewsGPs urged to improve patient choice
Bigger catchment areas are needed to give people more choice when it comes to choosing a GP practice in Scotland, according to a think-tank.
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NewsCall to scrap regional pay 'to rescue economy'
Scrapping national pay bargaining in the public sector would save more than £6 billion a year that should be used to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, an influential think-tank has urged.
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Countess of Chester appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: The Countess of Chester has announced the appointment of a replacement for its outgoing chief executive Peter Herring.
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NewsDavid Stout leaves NHS Confederation to run commissioning support organisations
NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout has been appointed as managing director of two commissioning support units, covering Hertfordshire and Essex.
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NewsAnti-reform doctor Kailash Chand elected as BMA deputy chair
Retired GP Kailash Chand - one of the most high profile medical activists against the government’s health reforms - has been elected as deputy chair of the British Medical Association Council.
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Hampshire Hospitals pioneers new surgical robot
COMMERCIAL: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is to pioneer a hand held robot for reconstructive surgery at its Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.
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NewsNorth Somerset integration plan hits the rocks
Plans to create a new integrated foundation trust in North Somerset are looking increasingly unlikely to succeed due to the scale of the financial challenge involved, HSJ has learned.
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Man charged over hospital fires
A man has been charged by detectives investigating a series of fires at hospitals and other public buildings.
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NewsGovernment rejects BMA's rationing warning
The government has rejected a warning by the new leader of Britain’s doctors that the health of NHS patients was being put at risk because they were being denied access to operations and drugs.
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Harrogate tops Macmillan cancer care table
PERFORMANCE: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust has topped a league table rating cancer patients’ experience across England, compiled by Macmillan Cancer Support.
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West London Mental Health Trust creates deputy chief executive role
WORKFORCE: West London Mental Health Trust is creating the post of deputy chief executive because of the “significant agenda” facing the trust.
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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals lowest rated for patient satisfaction
PERFORMANCE: The results of a monthly patient satisfaction survey has put Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust in last place out of 46 hospital trusts.
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Mid Yorks reopening Pontefract A&E 24 hours
PERFORMANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has announced the reopening of overnight accident and emergency services at Pontefract Hospital from Monday 3 September.
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RDASH training Kent MH trust in nutrition service
COMMERCIAL: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health Foundation Trust has been commissioned to deliver training in nutrition for young people who have experienced their first episode of psychosis to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
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Mark Adams named designate accountable officer for three North East CCGs
WORKFORCE: Mark Adams has been appointed as the designate accountable officer for for NHS Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Newcastle North and East CCG and NHS Newcastle West CCG.
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Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust slips down patient satisfaction table
PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has slipped from joint first to joint eighth in a survey of patient satisfaction with the hospital trusts in the NHS Midlands and East strategic health authority cluster.
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Mental health trust pursues Feltham YOI bid with Care UK
COMMERCIAL: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust is submitting a joint bid with Care UK to run health services at Feltham Young Offenders Institute.
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South West trusts sign multimillion-pound imaging contract
COMMERCIAL: Five South West trusts have signed a multimillion-pound contract for a digital imaging system which will allow staff to view images taken in other hospitals.
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South London and Maudsley £1m behind on savings at month three
FINANCE: South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust was nearly £1m behind on its £3.7m savings plan at month three, a finance report revealed.
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South London and Maudsley sets aside £300k for lost employment tribunal
FINANCE: The south London mental health trust’s most recent board papers revealed it was setting aside £300,000 “for the financial impact” of an employment tribunal case that had gone against the organisation.