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NewsNew BMA chair elected as future strike decision is put off
A decision on future strike action by the BMA has been deferred until next month as newly elected chair Dr Mark Porter will seek an urgent meeting with the Health Secretary.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: The troubled east London trust has appointed Mike Gill, from Newham University Hospital, as its new medical director.
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Doctors mull over further industrial action
Doctors will today debate whether to call for another day of industrial action over the government’s controversial pension reforms.
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Tribute paid to former North Staffordshire PCT chair
WORKFORCE: Tributes have been paid to former North Staffordshire PCT chairman George Wiskin, who died suddenly last week.
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NewsMortality rate for mental illness is three times the population average
People who suffer with a serious mental illness have a mortality rate three times as high as those in the general population, according to new research.
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CQC finds serious failings at independent hospital
PERFORMANCE: A Hampshire hospital looking after adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities was failing to protect patients from the risk of abuse, a health watchdog has said.
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NewsLansley: I'll back commissioners leading the case for change
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said care settings will only “rarely” have to be closed but insisted he will back commissioners who show leadership and take difficult decisions on reconfiguration.
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NewsCommissioning board admits shortage of interest in CSS director jobs
There is a shortage of applicants to run commissioning support services, HSJ has learned, sparking fears that the jobs are proving unattractive to senior NHS managers.
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NewsQuarter of CQC inspections reveal essential standards not met
Fewer than three out of four of the 14,000 health and social care sites inspected by the Care Quality Commission met all essential standards around quality and safety.
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NewsResearch casts doubt on value of 'friends and family test'
Research commissioned by the Department of Health has raised doubts about use of the “friends and family” test as a single indicator of patient experience.
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NewsNicholson shuns localism to keep grip on NHS cash
Chief ‘doesn’t apologise’ for central control.
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NewsVascular services set for major reconfiguration
A major shake-up in vascular services is planned for the East of England, with several hospitals set to lose work.
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Monitor: patient costs could inform national prices
Monitor could use the cost of individual patients to set national prices for NHS acute care as early as 2016-17.
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NewsWould-be candidates excluded from top commissioning board clinical posts
National clinical directors and other likely candidates are being excluded from applying to key posts in the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsExclusive: FT earned £450m from armed forces work in Germany
A foundation trust which could face a bill for underpaid tax from the German authorities was paid £454m for providing services to the Ministry of Defence, HSJ can disclose.
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NewsGovernment action on South London Healthcare a 'signal of intent'
The government has been praised for beginning to “grasp the nettle” on downgrading hospital services in troubled health economies.
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NewsConfederation reveals commercial innovation fund
The NHS Confederation has announced the creation of a fund that matches cash put up by teaching trusts with backing from institutional investors to spread innovation across the NHS.
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East Lancashire eyes ‘new market’ as result of Manchester maternity reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: The reconfiguration of maternity services across Greater Manchester may open up a “new market” for East Lancashire’s Burnley General Hospital, trust board papers state.
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Mid Yorks begins talks on reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has begun talks on major service change with its local commissioners, stakeholder and community.
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Mid Yorks plans £26m deficit
FINANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is planning a £26m end of year deficit for 2012-13.