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NewsMid Staffs board wants to be stripped of FT status
The board of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has requested it be stripped of its foundation status, it has emerged.
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NewsScotland unveils £44m IT system
A £44m NHS computer system is to be rolled out across Scotland in a bid to improve security and free up staff time.
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NewsCare bill funding drops 'death tax' plan
The government will rule out today what critics have branded a “death tax” to fund social care for the elderly.
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NewsPCTs 'too passive on commissioning'
Primary care trusts are “too passive and lack the clinical knowledge” to commission services effectively, according to a damning report from MPs.
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NewsNew body to improve NHS workforce planning
A new body is being set up to help health and social care managers plan their workforce.
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NewsRoyal College of GPs elects first female chair in 50 years
The Royal College of GPs has elected its first female chair in 50 years.
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Tories to plug £6bn NI hole by cutting waste
Conservatives will reverse the bulk of the government’s planned increase in National Insurance by cutting £6bn of “waste” from the public sector, shadow chancellor George Osborne has announced.
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NewsBetter procurement could save NHS Scotland millions
NHS savings of £2m a year could be made if boards in Scotland purchased hip and knee joints from the same suppliers, auditors have claimed.
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NewsCost of weekend A&E police cover revealed
Hospitals are paying tens of thousands of pounds for police officers to cover accident and emergency departments on Friday and Saturday nights, it has been disclosed.
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NewsSwine flu 'hit credibility' of WHO
Public confidence in the World Health Organisation has ebbed away because the dangers of the swine flu pandemic were overstated, a draft report to the Council of Europe seen by The Guardian has found.
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NewsLambeth and Southwark provider arms to integrate with Guy's and St Thomas’
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is to take over the running of community services in Lambeth and Southwark.
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NewsThree shortlisted in race to run Hinchingbrooke
Three bidders have been shortlisted to win the franchise to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust.
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NewsGovernment to launch social care white paper on Tuesday
Number 10 and health secretary Andy Burnham are preparing to launch the long awaited social care white paper on Tuesday.
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NewsNHS elderly care review launched
The Welsh government has launched a review into the level of respect and dignity given to the elderly in hospitals.
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NewsNumber of NHS managers increases by 12pc
The number of managers working in the NHS has risen by 12 per cent in one year, new figures show.
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NewsDarling admits public spending cuts will eclipse Thatcher's
Cuts to public spending are at the centre of the pre-election political battle, after chancellor Alistair Darling appeared to accept that they would be deeper and tougher in a fourth-term Labour administration than in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher.
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NewsCall to investigate excessive death rates
Excessive death rates at 25 hospital trusts should be probed by the government, one of Britain’s leading experts on the subject has said.
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NewsTen more trusts registered with conditions
A second wave of registration decisions by the Care Quality Commission has highlighted problems at 10 trusts.
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NewsONS records drop in healthcare productivity
Productivity in healthcare fell by 3.3 per cent between 1995 and 2008, according to new figures.
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NewsHammersmith and Fulham named council of the year
Hammersmith & Fulham is LGC’s Council of the Year - praised by the judges for “doing something very special in challenging times”