All articles by Victoria Vaughan – Page 4
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BMA: make targets more ambitious
The NHS should be set more ambitious targets, rather than lay off surplus staff once a maximum 18-week wait has been achieved, the British Medical Association has said.
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Exclusive: Memo says NHS will not meet MRSA target next year - or possibly ever
The NHS is not on track to hit the April 2008 MRSA target - and the government's own experts believe the goal of halving the incidence of infection from its 2004 rate may never be achieved.
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DoH considered fines for MRSA failures
The Department of Health considered imposing financial penalties on trusts which fail to meet MRSA targets, the leaked memo reveals.
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C. difficile 'endemic in health service'
The infection Clostridium difficile is now 'endemic throughout the health service, with virtually all trusts reporting cases', a leaked Department of Health memo has warned.
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London PCTs fear provider role is being overlooked
Directors of London primary care trusts lack confidence in the future development of and investment in community health services, according to a survey.
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NICE chair calls for implementation push as GPs warn of drug companies' influence
The chair of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has floated the idea that it should spend more on ensuring guidance gets implemented than it does on producing the advice.
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Nicholson pledges to devolve 90pc of resources to local NHS
NHS chief executive unequivocal about huge transfer of budgets from DoH
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Warner: 'no excuses' for delaying commissioning
New guidance telling primary care trusts how to provide GP practices with information and indicative budgets leaves 'no excuses' for delaying the introduction of practice-based commissioning, health minister Lord Warner has said.
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Foundations could provide multi-community services
Community foundation trusts could combine the provider arms of more than one primary care trust to avoid them being unviable as stand-alone organisations.
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'Shocking' experience of black service users uncovered
Black mental health patients report a far worse experience of hospital care than other ethnic groups, a survey has shown.
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