News – Page 1559
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NewsNHS budget 'should not be protected'
NHS spending should not escape the impending budget cuts that will affect the rest of the public sector, a think tank has said.
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NewsMore than 100 candidates stand in first two health board elections
Twenty two people were directly elected onto two Scottish regional NHS boards last night in an experiment to test the impact of democratisation.
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NewsPCTs, councils and firms 'will commission for GPs'
GP consortia will be able to pick between primary care trusts, local authorities and independent organisations for commissioning support, Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsFormer manager jailed for funding private stud farm with NHS money
A former NHS manager who bought horse semen, thoroughbred horses and numerous other goods and services for her private stud business with NHS funds has been jailed for two years and nine months.
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NewsDorrell elected health committee chair
Stephen Dorrell has been elected chair of the Commons health select committee in the first ever election for the post.
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NewsNHS online database launched
The NHS Knowledge Network, an online database that improves the access of health and social care staff to information, has been launched in Scotland.
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NewsA&E waiting time targets face axe
The government has pledged to scrap the four-hour waiting time target at accident and emergency departments.
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NewsHSJ survey: Will you still be in your job in two years' time?
HSJ is interested in learning what health service leaders are planning for their careers, following government plans to scale back PCT functions and replace SHAs with an independent board by 2012.
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NewsPCTs to lose responsibility for GPs
Primary care trusts will have their responsibilities radically stripped back under plans being developed by health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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NewsPCTs falling out of love with management consultants
More than half of primary care trusts feel they “rarely” or “only sometimes” get an acceptable return on their investment in commissioning advice from management consultants.
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NewsRisk linked to surgery volume
Mortality rates can be up to three times higher for a common operations at smaller, low volume acute trusts than at their larger neighbours in the same region, research published by NHS London suggests.
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NewsChair steps down at PCT with £12.8m overspend
A primary care trust under pressure to save £20m this year has lost two members of its board.
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NewsFirst ISTCs lose activity guarantees
Care UK looks set to secure a 25 year deal on one of its independent sector treatment centres. It plans to operate the centre without a guaranteed activity contract.
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NewsNHS arm’s length bodies in rush to cut spending
Arm’s length bodies, such as the NHS Information Centre, are reducing costs as uncertainty hangs over their future.
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NewsNHS drugs accidents highlighted
A medical director and respected patient safety expert have criticised the NHS for failing to use its purchasing power to influence safer drugs labelling.
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NewsData security fears hold up trusts' IT upgrades
Concern over the security of patient data stored outside of the UK has left IT upgrades at seven trusts in limbo since February, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSpearhead PCTs achieve limited success on cancer survival
GPs should receive incentive payments to help improve cancer survival rates in deprived areas, according to a think tank close to the Conservatives.
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NewsTrusts warned over instrument checks
Trusts not performing quality assurance checks on surgical instruments before use could risk litigation and endanger patients’ lives, HSJ has been told.
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NewsDH launches release of weekly infection rates
The Department of Health has asked the Health Protection Agency to publish weekly figures for MRSA and C difficile infections.
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NewsBMA consultants committee chairman over-ruled on revalidation plans
Doctors have over-ruled a senior member of the British Medical Association by rejecting plans to introduce regular competency tests for medics.