News – Page 1373
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals signs pharmacy deal with Lloyds
Commercial: Lloydspharmacy has been awarded a contract to provide dispensing services for outpatients of the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
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West London Mental Health Trust appoints safeguarding director
WORKFORCE: West London Mental Health NHS Trust has appointed consultant psychiatrist Dr Johan Redelinghuys as director of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
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Work begins on £4.4m ward upgrade at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole
STRUCTURE: WORK has commenced on a new £4.4m scheme to redevelop the oncology haematology and rheumatology wards at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby.
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New chemo unit to open at South Tees Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: A new chemotherapy day unit at The James Cook University Hospital will officially open on Monday 20 June 2011.
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New community hospital to open its doors in North Yorkshire
STRUCTURE: The New Selby War Memorial Hospital is to open its doors to patients this week, according to the primary care trust.
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NewsMore workplace bullying since spending cuts, union claims
Government spending cuts are fuelling workplace bullying and “silencing” people worried about losing their jobs, a union claimed today.
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NewsGP-private healthcare link raises conflict of interest concerns
The government’s reforms have raised fears about the risk of financial conflicts of interest after a survey suggested that large numbers of the doctors on new commissioning boards will have links with private healthcare companies.
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NewsBrakes on competition draw private sector complaints
Private sector players have accused the government of “very significantly” putting the brakes on its plans to extend competition from “any qualified provider” to new areas of the NHS.
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NewsGovernment to set up new arm's length body
Plans to set up a new arm’s length body to house Public Health England may not go far enough to ensure its independence and could cost the government lost income, experts have warned.
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NewsNHS Confederation warns over centralised commissioning power
NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar has welcomed the government’s response to the Future Forum report, but warns that commissioning at a local level must be realised sooner rather than later.
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NHS Partners Network criticises independent sector support in government response
NHS Partners Network director David Worskett has criticised today’s government response to the Future Forum report published yesterday.
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NewsGovernment introduces string of requirements for new-look consortia
New local commissioning groups – where established – will be subject to a list of new requirements and conditions, under revised government reform plans.
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NewsClinical senates to advise commissioners
“Clinical senates” will be established to advise on commissioning in the NHS and will play a role in the authorisation of commissioning groups, the government has announced.
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New chair for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
WORKFORCE: Professor David Chiddick CBE appointed as chair of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
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NewsCameron backs Lansley's handling of reforms
Prime minister David Cameron has endorsed his health secretary Andrew Lansley as they announced major changes to the Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsCall for spot checks to improve elderly care
The Welsh government has called for spot checks to make sure health boards are treating vulnerable patients with dignity.
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NewsCoalition reform agreement sees deadlines extended and relaxed
The government has ducked a self-imposed deadline for creating an all-foundation trust provider sector, and scrapped its proposals for safeguarding specific services.
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NewsGovernment to scrap 2014 'drop dead' deadline for foundation trust status
NHS trusts will no longer be required to reach foundation status by a deadline of April 2014, according to the government policy statement issued this morning.
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West Midlands major trauma centre review begins
STRUCTURE: A review of major trauma centres in the West Midlands has been launched, with one of the options under consideration being a single unit serving the whole region.
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NewsLocal authorities to have 'formal role' in authorising Clinical Commissioning Groups
Local authority health and wellbeing boards will have a formal role in authorising consortia, the coalition response to the Future Forum has said.