News – Page 1611
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NewsNew bid to reduce A&E admissions
NHS managers in Scotland have been given until 2010-11 to reduce the number patients attending accident and emergency.
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NewsHospitals given nuisance powers
Causing a nuisance or disturbance at an NHS hospital and refusing to leave is now a criminal offence for anyone not seeking medical advice, treatment or care.
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NewsAndy Burnham defends NHS targets
The health secretary has defended the government’s targets for the NHS in the wake of failings at several hospitals.
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NewsAction urged over cancer death rates
A cancer charity has called for action after it was revealed cancer sufferers in some parts of the country have significantly less chance of survival than those living elsewhere.
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NewsNICE highlights guidance to save NHS money
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has collected together evidence it believes could save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds.
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NewsStephen Ramsden to leave Luton and Dunstable
Stephen Ramsden, chief executive of Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust, has announced he will be leaving the trust in the spring of 2010 after 12 years in the post.
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NewsHSJ Awards 2009 recognise the best in healthcare
The winners of the HSJ Awards 2009 were recognised at a dinner at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel last night
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NewsSteve Bundred to leave Audit Commission
Audit Commission chief executive Steve Bundred says he will step down from the post next year
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NewsCall to overhaul primary cancer care
Up to 10,000 people die of cancer every year because their condition is diagnosed too late, research from the government’s cancer services chief has revealed.
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NewsTrusts 'want better VTE management'
Most NHS trusts think the government should set minimum targets for venous thromboembolism prevention and management, according to the parliamentary thrombosis group.
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NewsMike O'Brien defends Care Quality Commission
The government has defended the Care Quality Commission after a report found a raft of underperforming hospitals and high death rates.
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NewsCQC 'sees no need to intervene'
The Care Quality Commission has said it sees no need to intervene in more hospitals despite new research suggesting 12 acute trusts are significantly underperforming.
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NewsFT chief to take up strategic health authority post
The chief executive of a foundation trust has left to take up a senior post with his local strategic health authority.
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NewsKing’s Fund names chief executive
Birmingham University professor of health policy and management Chris Ham is to succeed Niall Dickson as chief executive of the King’s Fund.
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NewsMonitor sacks Colchester chair
The chair of Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has been sacked by Monitor.
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NewsBasildon responds to CQC report
The Essex foundation trust at the centre of the latest round of criticism over care failings says it has already begun to tackle the problems uncovered by Care Quality Commission inspectors.
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NewsPublic sector waste 'costs £60bn'
Waste in public services, including the NHS, is costing the taxpayer £60bn a year, shadow Treasury minister Philip Hammond is to tell the Policy Exchange think tank.
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NewsIndependent provider arms 'nonsense', David Nicholson says
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has described the idea of many primary care trust provider arms becoming independent as “nonsense”.
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NewsReport calls for urgent action at Essex trust
A damning report on the state of care at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has prompted the Care Quality Commission to seek urgent remedial action.
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Community wound scheme yields savings
A Merseyside trust has significantly reduced its costs for treating complex wounds by developing a new discharge pathway with local primary care trusts.