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NewsConcern about service change delay as Hunt replaces Lansley
Andrew Lansley has been sacked as health secretary and replaced by Jeremy Hunt, sparking concern about delays to critical NHS service change plans.
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Blogs
Un-learning leadership in the NHS
The traditional view of leadership is a charismatic individual who - by sheer force of personality and will - drives through change and makes things happen; a heroic figure.
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HSJ Local
Calderstones begins work on new £7.1m low-secure unit
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust begun construction work in August on a new 32-bed low secure unit for people with learning disabilities.
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Work begins on new Cumbria Partnership dementia assessment unit
STRUCTURE: Building work will begin this month on a £2.6m redevelopment of the dementia assessment unit at Carlisle’s Carleton Clinic, the foundation trust has announced.
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NewsDH claims £1bn saving on IT deal
The Department of Health has finally reached a deal with the National Programme for IT’s biggest provider, which it claims will save more than £1 billion and give NHS organisations freedom to choose their own IT providers.
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LeaderAfter Lansley
The Lansley reshuffle is potentially the most significant sacking of a health secretary in living memory
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Reshuffle 2012 latest: live discussion
Join HSJ’s live online discussion regarding the ministerial reshuffle now.
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NewsSouth West pay consortium chief predicts other regions will copy model
The man leading the South West Pay, Terms and Conditions Consortium has revealed representatives of other NHS regions have approached him for advice on setting up similar groups to drive down workforce costs.
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NewsJeremy Hunt replaces Andrew Lansley as health secretary
Jeremy Hunt has been appointed as health secretary, replacing Andrew Lansley, in a ministerial reshuffle. Three of the department’s other ministers have also been replaced.
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NewsGPs urged to improve patient choice
Bigger catchment areas are needed to give people more choice when it comes to choosing a GP practice in Scotland, according to a think-tank.
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NewsCall to scrap regional pay 'to rescue economy'
Scrapping national pay bargaining in the public sector would save more than £6 billion a year that should be used to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, an influential think-tank has urged.
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CommentMichael White: Punchbag Lansley knocked out
Prime minister appoints an emollient figurehead to sell reforms
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HSJ Local
Countess of Chester appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: The Countess of Chester has announced the appointment of a replacement for its outgoing chief executive Peter Herring.
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NewsDavid Stout leaves NHS Confederation to run commissioning support organisations
NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout has been appointed as managing director of two commissioning support units, covering Hertfordshire and Essex.
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NewsAnti-reform doctor Kailash Chand elected as BMA deputy chair
Retired GP Kailash Chand - one of the most high profile medical activists against the government’s health reforms - has been elected as deputy chair of the British Medical Association Council.
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HSJ Local
Hampshire Hospitals pioneers new surgical robot
COMMERCIAL: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is to pioneer a hand held robot for reconstructive surgery at its Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.
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NewsNorth Somerset integration plan hits the rocks
Plans to create a new integrated foundation trust in North Somerset are looking increasingly unlikely to succeed due to the scale of the financial challenge involved, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Man charged over hospital fires
A man has been charged by detectives investigating a series of fires at hospitals and other public buildings.
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NewsGovernment rejects BMA's rationing warning
The government has rejected a warning by the new leader of Britain’s doctors that the health of NHS patients was being put at risk because they were being denied access to operations and drugs.
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HSJ Local
Harrogate tops Macmillan cancer care table
PERFORMANCE: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust has topped a league table rating cancer patients’ experience across England, compiled by Macmillan Cancer Support.