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Foundation trust performance gets damning verdict
A financial analysis by York University's Centre for Health Economics shows differences in financial performance between foundation trusts and non-foundation trusts did not change when they were created in 2004. It says: 'The foundation trust policy per se has not made a significant difference to their financial management.'
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Government admits £1.7bn GP overspend
The government spent £1.7bn more than planned on general practice between 2003-04 and 2005-06, the latest figures reveal.
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Spot checks on dignity standards welcomed
Unannounced spot checks in acute hospitals have had a cautious welcome from managers after a report exposed failures in patient dignity.
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DoH 'letting down ethnic minorities'
The Department of Health has been found to have failed in its race equality duties and accused of being ‘obstructive’ to a Commission for Racial Equality probe.
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In this week's HSJ
NewsGordon Brown has put patient safety at the top of the government's priorities for the acute sector, promising stronger rules on hospital cleanliness.Improving the morale of staff is not the first aim of Lord Darzi's review of the future of the NHS, health secretary Alan Johnson has admitted - but ...
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Safety first as government gets tough on causes of superbugs
Gordon Brown has put patient safety at the top of the government’s priorities for the acute sector, promising stronger rules on hospital cleanliness.
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Johnson at odds with prime minister over alcohol licensing laws
Health secretary Alan Johnson has publicly dismissed the chief medical officer's concerns about extended licensing hours - a view that now appears to put him at odds with his own prime minister.
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Bradshaw denies 'going cold' on use of private sector firms
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told HSJ he is 'puzzled' by suggestions that Labour is reneging on use of the private sector.
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Public consultation to decide on the NHS's next step
Public 'juries' in 10 cities linked up live last week to kick off a huge consultation to help decide nothing less than the NHS's future. And the prime minister put in a suprise appearance. Helen Mooney reports
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Labour conference: health secretary tackles flagging morale and 24-hour drinking
Improving the morale of staff is not the first aim of Lord Darzi's review of the future of the NHS, health secretary Alan Johnson has admitted - but 'buy-in' by employees will be essential to its success.
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Dignity in older people's care needs improvement
Hospitals must step up efforts to provide dignity in care to older people, the Healthcare Commission has warned.
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Childbirth choice increases
Women must have greater control over not just where they give birth but how they do so, according to new NHS guidelines for England and Wales.The framework, published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, says women must have the option as to where they give birth - ...
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New guidelines for research ethics committees
The Royal College of Physicians has launched its updated and extended guidelines for research ethics committees that are considering research involving human subjects.
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Institutional discrimination rife in NHS, says rights commission
Institutional discrimination is still rife in the NHS because poor central leadership is failing to protect disabled people from unfair treatment, according to the Disability Rights Commission.
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New awards added to NHS bursary scheme
Pre-registration healthcare students who wish to adopt a child will be able to take a 45-week break from their studies and continue to receive their NHS bursary payments, chief nursing officer Christine Beasley has announced.
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Children to be weighed in bid to tackle obesity
The Department of Health has released a national child measurement programme, part of the government’s work on childhood obesity.The guidance was developed following wide consultation with primary care trusts and schools. It provides advice to PCTs on arrangements for measuring the height and weight of primary and middle school children.
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Adoption award added to bursary scheme
Adoption and maternity support awards will be introduced to the NHS bursary scheme from September 2007 following an agreement between the Department of Health and unions.
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Allergy services 'lagging behind', report claims
A House of Lords science and technology committee report on allergies has idenfied a ‘severe shortage of allergy specialists in the UK’ and that ‘clinical services lag far behind’ most of Europe.
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Campaign to cut child deaths launched
In an effort to cut maternal and child deaths, a global coalition of governments and organisations will launch an advocacy drive today entitled Deliver Now for Women and Children.
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Computerised recruitment must be fully tested, says BMA
Any future computer-based system for recruiting junior doctors must be ‘tested to destruction’, the British Medical Association has said.