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NewsCompetition panel launches inquiry into consultants' private work
The NHS co-operation and competition panel is expected to launch its first inquiry this week into NHS consultants working for hospitals other than their main employer during their spare time.
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Foundation trusts warn competition could fragment NHS
Foundation trusts have warned that NHS services risk being destabilised and fragmented under new competition rules.
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PCTs win reconfiguration legal battle
A planned judicial review into the reconfiguration of maternity services at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals trust has been rejected by a High Court judge.
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Minor injuries unit closes through lack of use
A weekend minor injuries clinic intended to reduce admissions at an under-pressure accident and emergency department has shut because too few patients used it.
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Staff pay comes under scrutiny to save costs
The expected squeeze on NHS funding growth means organisations will need to consider cutting jobs and pay, a leading management consultancy has claimed.
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Ex-BBC boss joins national leadership council
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been named alongside an eclectic list of figures on the national leadership council for the NHS.
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NewsGP quality: the final frontier for inspectors
So far general practice has remained impervious to the expanding remit of the inspectors. This week the King’s Fund revealed proposals for a new GP quality inquiry that has even won backing from the profession. Helen Mooney reports
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Monitor reports 'lack of appetite' for foundation trust status
An “apparent lack of appetite” for foundation status is more of an obstacle to authorising all trusts than the recession, Monitor has said.
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NewsGovernment charges 'loan shark' interest rates on hospital loans
The Liberal Democrats have accused the government of “ripping off hospitals” by charging interest rates of up to 5.6 per cent on loans.
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£30m boost for Welsh hospital redevelopment
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has earmarked £30m for the redevelopment of the Cardiff Royal Infirmary, she announced today.
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Green Party calls for better dentistry services
Access to NHS dentistry is down to “geographical accident”, the Green Party has claimed.
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NewsMid Staffordshire redundancies under scrutiny
Mid Staffordshire hospital trust paid out £1.3m in redundancy payments between 2006 and 2009, figures disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed.
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Primary care trust seeks to team up with social services
Blackburn with Darwen primary care trust has launched a bid to join forces with its local council.
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Economic downturn forces many PCTs to rewrite funding forecasts
Primary care trusts are having to redraft their five year strategic plans because of out of date assumptions about funding in 2011-12.
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Fears grow over capital for NHS schemes
There are growing concerns about the availability of capital funding for NHS schemes.
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Strategic health authority advice to PCTs when planning for 2011-12
HSJ contacted the following primary care trusts to ask them what advice their strategic health authorities had given them regarding planning for 2011-12.
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Just 299 comment on Department of Health quality metrics
Just 299 people and organisations responded to an NHS survey on which metrics should be used to measure quality of care.
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NewsAudit Commission warns that data quality is still too poor
The NHS has made only limited progress in improving its data quality in the last five years, the Audit Commission has said.
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Care Quality Commission rules lack teeth on patient experience
Proposed registration rules for NHS providers are “far too weak” to make sure they take account of patient experience, the Picker Institute has warned.
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Health observatories dampen plans for commissioning umbrella body
Commissioning Support for London was established last week as part of region-wide efforts to improve commissioning.