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Chief quits as £23m deficit is forecast for trust
The chief executive of the debt-ridden Hinchingbrooke Health Care trust in Huntingdon has resigned, saying his abrupt departure is 'in the best interests of the trust'.
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Deprived areas score best at smoking cessation
Primary care trusts show wide variations in the implementation of their smoking-cessation services, and many have not consulted with patients and the public, says the Healthcare Commission.
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News analysis: Are paid-up ITC millions being consigned to the scrapheap?
HSJ's ground-breaking analysis of performance by first-wave independent treatment centres indicates that more than 40 per cent of their capacity has gone unused, but the DoH is quick to dispute the figures. Alison Moore sifts through the evidence
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News analysis: Survey returns verdict on government action and priorities
With the party conference season in full swing, HSJ surveyed some of the organisations taking part in the Health Hotel series of fringe events. We asked for their verdict on government action and priorities, as well as how some of the major figures from across the political spectrum are doing.
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Four in five spearhead PCTs fall behind on inequalities
Four in five of the government's 'spearhead areas' are not on track to meet the government's 2010 health inequalities target, the Department of Health has admitted.
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Cancer plan needs revision, says King's Fund
The national strategy for cancer services should be revised to take account of technology developments and the ageing population, according to the King's Fund.
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Comment: New NHS chief executive lays plans for funding revolution
'Mr Nicholson wants to look at how funding can be released so trusts have to rely less on a system which is in effect designed to produce a deficit.'
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Jonathan Andrew on measuring value
A system that compares value for money across healthcare systems is vital, argues Jonathan Andrew
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DoH moots roll-out of central funds to local organisations
NHS chief exec planning radical shift in how central budgets are held
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New NHS chief expects 'most or all' SHA areas to use independent sector
Strategic health authorities will be expected to take ‘full advantage’ of the Department of Health drive to introduce the private sector in commissioning primary care, according to new NHS chief executive David Nicholson.
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Man at the top welcomes clearer role
The role of the NHS chief executive job is now better defined than it was in the past, said Mr Nicholson. The job was not about 'exhortation', he said, but about 'aligning the new system with organisations and people'.
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Managers too preoccupied with technical detail
Managers are too preoccupied with technical detail rather than the benefits that reform delivers to patients, said Mr Nicholson, and urged trust managers to 'move the discussion on'.
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NHS Logistics vote to strike over transfer to DHL
Hospitals could be left without catering and medical supplies if a strike by 1,400 staff at supply agency NHS Logistics goes ahead.
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DoH to tighten cost planning
Trusts are to be given tight new guidelines on capital investment to ensure that running costs of new buildings and equipment can be covered, and that new income can be generated from treating patients.
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Hospitals told to focus on food and cleaning
Health minister Andy Burnham has told hospitals to focus on food and cleaning if they want to win good reviews from patients.
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Unsuccessful candidates for PCT chairs attack 'flawed' selection criteria and appointment process
The national programme to appoint new chairs to all primary care trusts has been criticised as biased, uninformed and hurtful by a number of rejected candidates.
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Appointments chief apologises to candidate accused of ignoring public
A primary care trust chair who resigned over his treatment during the selection process has received an apology from the NHS Appointments Commission.
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Dozens of PCT posts still unfilled
With just three weeks to go before the new primary care trusts officially take over, 53 are without a chair and no non-executive directors have been appointed.
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Union attacks selection process for top PCT posts as 'scandalous'
Strategic health authorities have been urged to give unsuccessful primary care trust chief executives 'transparent and appropriate' feedback on the reasons they have failed to secure a top job in the newly reconfigured organisations.
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PCTs told to appoint professional executive committees
Primary care trusts have been told to set up new professional executive committees, although it is consulting on a new 'form and function' being introduced next April.