Service design – Page 177
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Blears helps win review of redesign
Major changes to Greater Manchester's health services are to be examined by the independent reconfiguration panel - after the Labour Party chair joined a demonstration against the plans.
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Trusts told to stop attacking each other
The primary care trust network has urged trusts to move on from blaming each other after PCTs came under attack from their acute peers.
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Hewitt has no 'vested interest' in approving reconfigurations
Patricia Hewitt does not have a 'vested political interest' in settling reconfiguration rows in favour of trusts, the health minister responsible for patient involvement has insisted.
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Protestors slam IPPR reconfiguration report
An umbrella group of health workers, unions and patients opposed to privatisation and closure plans have rubbished Institute for Public Policy Research reconfiguration claims.
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Michael White: junior doctors
'Hewitt would have watched footage of Cameron being cheered by a throng of angry junior doctors with some alarm'
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Carnall looks to establish the capital's long-term credentials
When Ruth Carnall took over as interim chief executive of NHS London in August 2006, she said she would manage it as though she were there for the long term.
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Laura Donnelly on thoughts at last orders
'I used to be frightened when a colleague wore a Virginia Bottomley mask in times of stress'
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Listen and learn: keys to good commissioning
How does accountability to patients and the public fit into the commissioning framework, asks David Colin-Thome. Below, Tim Gilling outlines the 10 areas essential to effective scrutiny
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HSJ Knowledge
Data briefing: patients opting for care closer to home
Has there been a change in referral patterns since the start of patient choice?
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Marketing code is 'overly bureaucratic'
The proposed NHS code of marketing has come under fire from the advertising industry and NHS communications professionals.
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Reconfiguration: Maidstone faces opposition to emergency surgery consultation
A Kent trust's plan to centralise emergency orthopaedic and general surgery work is facing opposition from local people who fear they will have to make longer journeys to access urgent care.
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Pilots lead way in new era of high-tech 'telecare' at home
Three primary care trusts will be chosen next month to deliver hardware worth thousands of pounds to the homes of patients with long-term conditions, according to Department of Health head of primary care Gary Belfield.
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Helpline aims for foundation trust status
NHS Direct has become a trust under the Department of Health's review of arm's-length bodies.
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DoH to address lack of detail in commissioning framework
There could be problems with the 'nuts and bolts', of the new commissioning framework for health and well-being, according to the man responsible for its introduction.
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Foundation will take on troubled Good Hope
Heart of England foundation trust has been given the go-ahead to take over Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham.
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'Super agency' merger on hold
A merger between the Department of Health's commercial directorate and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has been delayed until October, HSJ has learned.
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Michael White on YouTube politics
'Only 19 per cent thought the local service had improved and 52 per cent thought it had deteriorated. These results are rubbish.'
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Labour to take 18-week wait over border
Labour has pledged to halve maximum waiting times to 18 weeks from referral to treatment by 2011. Its Scottish election manifesto, launched on Tuesday, also commits to cut waiting times to see physiotherapists, clinical psychologists and chiropodists to nine weeks.
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Nottingham PCT chief starts Pfizer secondment-
Nottingham City primary care trust chief executive Samantha Milbank has joined Pfizer Health Solutions on secondment as head of business development.
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Nurses ready to strike over pay award
Nurses have said they are prepared to strike over this year's pay award.