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Dr Foster chief executive stands down
Dr Foster Intelligence chief executive Tom Moloney has stood down and been replaced by Tim Baker, who previously led Dr Foster Research, the company has announced.
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Epsom and St Helier will not hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The Surrey borders trust admitted in a board paper that it cannot now hit the 2010-11 target percentage for A&E waits of less than four hours.
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PCT clusters should have guarantee of existence beyond 2013, says Nuffield Trust
Primary care trust clusters should be given a guarantee that they will continue to exist after 2013 and could become regional outposts of the NHS Commissioning Board, according to experts at the Nuffield Trust.
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Sickness absence rises at Derby City amid reforms
WORKFORCE: Increased sickness absence rates for the commissioning arm of NHS Derby City could be related to the NHS reforms, according to board papers.
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Derby City agrees cluster arrangements
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City and NHS Derbyshire County have had their proposed cluster arrangements agreed by NHS East Midlands.
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Milburn rejects offer to join Commissioning Board chair competition
Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn has rejected a government offer to become a candidate for the chair of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Contaminated blood inquiry to hear evidence
An inquiry into how people were infected with hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood will begin hearing evidence on Tuesday.
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Lib Dem MPs oppose health reforms
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have piled pressure on health secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS shake-up plans by backing a Commons motion urging caution against how the reforms are implemented.
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Hospital worker held over alleged sexual assaults
A worker at Luton and Dunstable Hospital has been arrested by detectives investigating allegations that patients were sexually assaulted, police have confirmed.
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Hull GPs refuse pathfinder 'political football'
GPs in a primary care trust area known for its strong commissioning performance are refusing to form a pathfinder consortium as they do not wish to become a “political football”.
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Reforms 'will turn clock back to the 1930s'
Plans to reform the NHS could return healthcare provision to the days of the 1930s and ’40s, one of Britain’s leading doctors have warned.
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£775m for medical outcomes research
Government funding of up to £775m has been earmarked for “translational” medical research aimed at taking new discoveries from the lab bench to the hospital bed.
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Book balancing managers' 'biggest challenge'
The need to save cash and balance the books is the biggest challenge facing NHS managers, according to a survey.
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CQC warning over safety of maternity services at trust
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has been warned after inspectors found it was not ensuring the safety of women in its maternity unit.
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GPs demand hike in pay
GPs in Scotland deserve a pay increase of more than 20 per cent to bring them parity with the UK, according to doctors in north east Scotland.
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MP warns of 'huge gap' in heart care provision
The closure of a children’s heart surgery unit in Leeds would lead to a “huge gap in provision”, an MP has said.
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Home Office vows fair deal on equality
The government has pledged to ensure everyone gets a fair deal on the provision of healthcare when new legislation banning age discrimination is introduced.
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Sally Davies appointed chief medical officer
Dame Sally Davies has been appointed as chief medical officer for England, the first woman to hold the post.
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Lansley fights back on competition
Andrew Lansley has replied to shadow health secretary John Healey attacking Labour’s record on competition and saying amendments to his bill would be tabled to make clear that there will be no price competition.
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Government amends Health Bill
*** UPDATED*** The government has laid an amendment to its Health and Social Care bill removing the previous reference to the tariff being the “maximum” price.