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NHS management consultancy spend to be revealed
The amount of money spent by the NHS on external management consultancy will be published next summer after the Department of Health gave in to pressure from MPs.
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CQC calls for better information sharing on patient medications
The Care Quality Commission has urged all hospitals and GP practices to ensure they are sharing “timely, complete” information on changes to patient medication.
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Bristol trust appoints chairman
North Bristol Trust has appointed a former senior partner at the Bristol office of consultancy KPMG as its new chairman.
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Talks begin on direct payment personal health budgets
Care services minister Phil Hope has announced consultations with primary care trusts to consider schemes for direct payment personal health budgets.
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Welsh hospitals prepare for swine flu
Hospitals in Wales are preparing for an increase in cases of swine flu by buying in ventilators, according to the Welsh Assembly.
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Barts faces fine over IT failures
St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London faces being fined £400,000 a month for missing patient care targets as a result of the troubled NHS IT programme, MPs have heard.
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NHS to outlaw age discrimination by 2012
Health secretary Andy Burnham has told the national children and adult services conference that age discrimination will be outlawed in the NHS and social care in England, Wales and Scotland from 2012, following a review of the treatment of older people.
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Concern as swine flu cases double
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has spoken of his concern over the doubling of swine flu cases.
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Study reveals NHS Scotland's CO2 emissions
Fresh targets requiring the NHS in Scotland to boost its energy efficiency and slash greenhouse gas emissions are expected, following the latest health service CO2 emissions study.
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MP calls for greater PCT accountability
Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh has called for an end to the “democratic deficit” that sees unelected health chiefs making crucial decisions on healthcare.
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DH eyes patient cap for new tariff rules
NHS hospitals face a limit on the number of patients they will be paid to treat next year, HSJ has learned.
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Tory plan could give GPs interest bonanza
GP practices could earn thousands of pounds a year in interest payments under Conservative plans to turn practice based commissioning budgets into “hard cash”.
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Annual health check: impact of targets and FTs seen in acute score slide
The stroke target, winter pressures and the increasing number of foundation trusts are being blamed for the slide in acute trusts’ annual health check performance.
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NHS efficiency tsar: recession is a chance for change
The financial squeeze could finally force the NHS to restructure itself around community services, according to national director for improvement and efficiency Jim Easton.
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Andy Burnham extends preferred provider vow
Non-NHS providers of services will only be contracted as a last resort, the health secretary has assured the general secretary of the TUC.
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Mental health trusts respond to New Horizons
Mental health trusts are pressing the government to look at fresh ways of protecting services given predicted activity increases and the lack of a national tariff.
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Minority of NHS boards put targets before quality, says DH
A minority of NHS boards have prioritised targets, finance and governance over other aspects of service quality, the Department of Health has admitted.
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CQC chief ‘will not wade in’ on race equalities
Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower has promised not to go “wading in” to trusts that fail to comply with race equality duties.
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NHS trusts told to be more women friendly
Trusts should make committee nominations more “democratic” and hold meetings during child-friendly hours to allow more women to take part, a government commissioned review has urged.