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Investment needed to tackle drug resistance
Deaths from previously treatable infections such as tuberculosis, meningitis and pneumonia will become more common unless there is investment in the science needed to tackle antibiotic resistance, the Royal Society has warned in a report published today.
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PCTs accused of contracts 'witch hunts'
Primary care trusts are carrying out 'witch hunts' on practices on the personal medical services contract, the British Medical Association's GP leader has claimed.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: good staff management 'saves lives'
Good staff management can have a significant impact on the number of lives saved, research has shown.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: external commissioning could be optional for PCTs
Primary care trusts will not be forced to use the Department of Health's framework for procuring external support commissioning to strengthen their commissioning function, according to the commercial directorate's FESC lead.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Healthcare Commission in superbug crackdown
The Healthcare Commission is clamping down on superbugs after one in four hospitals admitted they were failing to meet national standards.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: minister promises local focus in Scotland
Scotland's cabinet secretary for health and well-being has committed to providing services as locally as possible, saying there should be 'an assumption against centralisation of services'.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: chief exec's practice-based commissioning plea
An NHS Confederation seminar on system reform heard of the need to embrace practice-based commissioning as a key element of change.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: QOF is improving care, says research centre
There is clear evidence that the programme to incentivise GPs to provide better quality care has brought improvements, according to the results of a study announced at the NHS Confederation conference.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: SNP stance on reconfiguration condemned
One of the architects of the modernisation of Scotland's health service has attacked the Scottish National Party's opposition to reconfiguring services.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Knowsley bucks smoking trend
Ditching the NHS logo has helped Knowsley Health and Social Care buck the national trend of falling quit rates of those stopping smoking.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: McKinsey research finds gaps in NHS management
The NHS needs to build more clinical leadership to drive improvement in productivity and quality, according to research from McKinsey that also found gaps in current management performances in acute care.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: staff quality challenged
Managers have been told to take more responsibility for the quality of their staff.
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Scottish health secretary rejects healthcare competition
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon today told the NHS Confederation annual conference that the Scottish government rejects the idea that competition in the healthcare market was the 'route to improvement'.
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Confed chief welcomes plans to give NHS more autonomy
NHS Confederation chief executive Dame Gill Morgan has welcomed Conservative Party plans to give the NHS more autonomy.
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DoH report promotes health partnerships
Partnerships for Better Health, a new Department of Health report, explains how the government can help non-statutory, commercial and not-for-profit organisations promote healthy living and deliver public health goals. The report uses case studies and best practice tips to encourage local partnership working.
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Leaders claim bullies thrive and middle managers are left to fail
The NHS lacks strong leadership and does not develop and support its middle managers, an NHS Confederation report has warned.
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Robinson slams NHS strategy obsession
NHS leaders must learn to lead their organisations on a 'day-to-day basis' and not get confused with a health service 'grand plan', management guru Sir Gerry Robinson has said.
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Think for yourselves, Nicholson tells managers
Local managers should look to the Department of Health less for guidance and 'get on' with their job, NHS chief executive David Nicholson will tell the NHS Confederation's annual conference today.
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ITC plans scrapped: NHS services are 'better value'
Plans for an independent sector treatment centre at Hemel Hempstead Hospital have been dropped because it would have been too expensive.
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Website offers chance to rate NHS
Patients are being asked to rate and comment on NHS services on a website launched this week.