Health Service Journal
Audit Commission
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Guy's and St Thomas' 'significantly worse' than national average for coding errors
14-Nov-2012
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Royal Cornwall above average for coding errors
28-Sep-2012
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Growing gap between rich and poor trusts
20 September 2012
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Accuracy of tariff improved, Audit Commission finds
31-Aug-2012
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Monitor: patient costs could inform national prices
27-Jun-2012
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PFI does not explain variations in financial performance, research finds
26-Jun-2012
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Clustering in part to blame for PCT's £28m blackhole
19-Jun-2012
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Putting patients in the centre: the whole person approach to integrated care
26 April 2012
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NHS data skewed by efforts to protect trust finances
23-Apr-2012
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James Paget to tender audit contract
13-Mar-2012
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NHS annual reporting 'inaccurate or incomplete'
13-Mar-2012
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Safer passage: how care navigators help improve mental health services
6-Mar-2012
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GPs overpaid millions for 'ghost patients'
23-Feb-2012
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'Low priority treatments should not let commissioners cut corners'
23-Feb-2012
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Trusts facing 'difficult choice' over service provision
19-Jan-2012
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Rise in PCTs reporting above-average costs
22-Nov-2011
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Primary care spend fell fastest last year - Information Centre
20-Oct-2011
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Four London trusts' activity reporting 'inadequate'
18-Oct-2011
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'We cannot tolerate incompetence in the search for sustainability'
6-Oct-2011
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Costs data submitted by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals ‘incorrect’
22-Sep-2011
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Poor NHS cost data will delay national pricing, Audit Commission warns
22-Sep-2011
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A hire price to pay: how leasing equipment saves money and improves service quality
23-Aug-2011
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Quarter of NHS trusts 'have weaknesses in securing financial resilience'
11-Aug-2011
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Commissioners 'excessively constraining' patient choice
28-Jul-2011
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Trust pins hopes on merger to avoid referral over deficit
21 July 2011
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Data shows mixed results in reducing 'low value' treatments
7 July 2011
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Trust sells half its beds to rent them back
7 July 2011
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Auditors to query use of foundations’ resources
23 June 2011
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DH to 'rely' on local pricing to extend community services competition
22-Jun-2011
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Royal Bournemouth improves coding accuracy
21-Jun-2011
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Audit Commission finds social care services improving
2 June 2011
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No evidence for money saving potential of community care pathways
19 May 2011
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Acute trusts' FT plans slip back a year
4-May-2011
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Trusts set 'unlikely' savings targets for 2011-12
20-Apr-2011
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MPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
17 March 2011
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FT quality reports unreliable, Audit Commission finds
10 March 2011
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Sick leave 'more likely' in junior staff
11-Feb-2011
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Absence savings targets will be hard to achieve, says Audit Commission
10 February 2011
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Noel Plumridge: saying the unsayable
10 February 2011
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Audit Commission highlights weaknesses at Great Western Ambulance Service
9-Feb-2011
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Rigorous approach needed to improve QOF payments, report says
3 February 2011
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NHS Wiltshire threatens further action against FT
28-Jan-2011
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Audit Commission issues public interest report on struggling acute trust
19-Jan-2011
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Community foundation trusts may buy premises with Treasury cash
12-Jan-2011
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Are NHS efficiency savings a dead dog?
17 December 2010
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Productivity gains elude NHS trusts
17 December 2010
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Payment by Results - conference sessions
2-Dec-2010
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Payment by Results
2-Dec-2010
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White paper let down by speedy schedule
1-Dec-2010
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Spending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
11 November 2010
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Mental health hit by integration issues
4 November 2010
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Councils 'lagging' on social care personal budgets plan
28-Oct-2010
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Bad referrals waste district nurses’ time
21 October 2010
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NHS improves financial grip
14 October 2010
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Quango cuts could cost 800 jobs
30 September 2010
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177 bodies 'to face bonfire of the quangos'
24-Sep-2010
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Criticism launched at ‘armchair audit’ idea
23 September 2010
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MPs question Pickles on shock Audit Commission abolition
9 September 2010
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Noel Plumridge on axes and accountability
9 September 2010
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Audit Commission seeks independent role
8-Sep-2010
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Clinical coding improving, says Audit Commission
26 August 2010
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Audit Commission chairman defends spending
24-Aug-2010
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Alarm bells sound as financial scrutiny falls victim to the cuts
19 August 2010
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Financial fears as axe falls on Audit Commission
19 August 2010
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Audit Commission to be abolished
13-Aug-2010
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Doubt over removal of DH ‘shackles’
29 July 2010
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Audit Commission extends payment by results checks
15 July 2010
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Jon Restell on NHS executive pay
24 June 2010
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Mental health innovation: how to drive quality from pilot to practice
22-Jun-2010
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'Don't doubt the government’s commitment to radical NHS reform'
17 June 2010
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Public procurement remains wasteful
21-May-2010
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Manager suspended on full pay for five years
13 May 2010
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Joint services may reshape NHS regulation
22 April 2010
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Bundred takes on NHS scrutiny role
23-Mar-2010
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HSJ exclusive: Monitor appoints high profile chair
23-Mar-2010
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Andrew Haldenby on hospital closures and competition
17-Mar-2010
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Andy McKeon: NHS cash alone won’t end health inequalities
11 March 2010
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Comprehensive area assessment review highlights finance
25 February 2010
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Six SHA chairs appointed for their second term
24-Feb-2010
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Local partnerships fail on children's health priorities
3-Feb-2010
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Senior managers’ salaries come under scrutiny
16-Dec-2009
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Website puts PCTs under fresh public spotlight
9-Dec-2009
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Focus funding plans on people – not processes
1-Dec-2009
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Steve Bundred to leave Audit Commission
30-Nov-2009
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Beyond practice based commissioning
25-Nov-2009
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Risk management: create a culture of safety
17-Nov-2009
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Demand management fails as trusts soak up PCT cash
12 November 2009
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Clinical coding with confidence
9-Nov-2009
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Councils and NHS urged to drive joint funding
29 October 2009
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Public sector pensions must be reviewed - Steve Bundred
7-Oct-2009
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Most PCTs meet only ‘minimum requirements’ on resources use
1 October 2009
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DH makes PFI debt pledge
3 September 2009
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Moosa Patel on strong NHS boards
27 August 2009
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Patient records: jokes about doctors’ bad handwriting are no longer funny
27 August 2009
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Poor NHS records spark fears over patient safety
27 August 2009
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Clinical coding improves but third of trusts still overcharging
20 August 2009
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Noel Plumridge on NHS cash in a cold climate
20 August 2009
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Audit Commission publishes finance guide for doctors
9-Jul-2009
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Andy McKeon: saving £15bn-£20bn will be no summer holiday
9 July 2009
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Call for debate on redundancies as data shows where cuts will fall
9 July 2009
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Pay freeze is warmer prospect than thousands of job losses
9 July 2009
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PCTs lash out over audit use of world class scores
9 July 2009
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Unions warn that public sector pay cuts could spark strikes
6-Jul-2009
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Protecting health budget 'a mistake' - public services watchdog
1-Jul-2009
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NHS news blog: NHS governance 'reduced to paper chase' - Audit Commission
29-Apr-2009
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NHS governance 'reduced to paper chase' - Audit Commission
29-Apr-2009
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Audit Commission warns that data quality is still too poor
9 April 2009
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Foundation trusts: fans and critics speak out
2 April 2009
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What makes hospital ward staffing costs vary?
19 March 2009
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Round table: will the penny drop for clinical managers?
19-Feb-2009
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HSJ's review of 2008: diamonds, debt and Darzi
18-Dec-2008
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Foundation trust failure: who's for the chop?
15-Dec-2008
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Cut short hospital stays to lower admissions
4-Dec-2008
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Audit Commission slams £37.9m deal at Whipps Cross University Hospital trust
20-Nov-2008
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HSJ50 2008: Controversy and change
13-Nov-2008
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Andy McKeon
13-Nov-2008
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Steve Bundred
13-Nov-2008
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Children's trusts hinder protection efforts - Audit Commission
29-Oct-2008
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Audit Commission hit by Icelandic bank collapse
16-Oct-2008
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Audit Commission report highlights clinical coding errors
28-Aug-2008
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NHS Counter Fraud Service: watching the detectives
28-Jul-2008
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Councils not prepared for ageing population - Audit Commission
17-Jul-2008
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Aligning health and local government incentives
8-Jul-2008
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Mainstreaming health inequalities in action
8-Jul-2008
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Making practice based commissioning perfect
9-Jun-2008
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Accountability: how to walk the local talk
26-May-2008
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Specialised commissioning: who will stand up for rare conditions?
27-Mar-2008
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Tim Straughan on improving NHS data collection
25-Mar-2008
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Developing inter-organisational governance
24-Mar-2008
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Partnership working: taking targets a la carte
13-Mar-2008
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Out of the picture
29-Jan-2008
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Getting equality right
29-Jan-2008
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Ali Mohammed on job satisfaction
14-Jan-2008
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Audit Commission finds payment coding errors
11-Jan-2008
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HSJ Christmas quiz
17-Dec-2007
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National IT programme briefing
7-Dec-2007
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Audit Commission report calls for clinical engagement
3-Dec-2007
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Answers to the HSJ 2007 Christmas quiz
27-Nov-2007
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Geriatric medicine: changing staff attitudes
22-Nov-2007
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PBC timeline
20-Nov-2007
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Practice-Based Commissioning briefing
20-Nov-2007
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'Urgent action' needed on poor money management, says Audit Commission
25-Oct-2007
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Finances still weak at many trusts, says Audit Commission
23-Oct-2007
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Useful PbR documents and websites
15-Oct-2007
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Making care more flexible for mothers
23-Jul-2007
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Myth-buster: staff famine
18-Jun-2007
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PbR: the implications for hospital practice
30-Apr-2007
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Ruth Eley on why reconfiguration must work for older people
5-Feb-2007
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Audit Commission and NAO calls for debt bail-outs
1-Jan-2007
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Audit Commission calls for end to deficit penalties
1-Jan-2007
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Get together
1-Jan-2007
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Sea change in health scrutiny
1-Jan-2007
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Service redesign 'needs scrutiny', says Audit Commission
1-Jan-2007
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The age of uncertainty: new Audit Commission chair speaks out
1-Jan-2007
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Audit Commission says PCTs should fine acutes for errors
7-Dec-2006
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Alan Maynard on outcomes
4-Dec-2006
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Awards categories and judges
1-Dec-2006
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Primary Care Organisation of the Year
1-Dec-2006
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New role for former Audit Commission chair
20-Nov-2006
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Healthcheck ratings: Audit Commission focuses on 37 trusts that failed in key areas
12-Oct-2006
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Audit Commission report criticises Ipswich trust as deficit reaches £24m
5-Oct-2006
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Exclusive: Audit Commission calls for 'radical action' to plug Manchester health gap
7-Sep-2006
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Audit Commission questions management at one-star PCT
11-Aug-2005
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Audit Commission
2-Dec-2004
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Audit Commission slams trusts over poor data quality
1-Apr-2004
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Audit Commission
19-Jun-2003
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Crisp delivers attack on Audit Commission
19-Jun-2003
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Audit Commission takes shine off stars
5-Jun-2003
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NHS 'report card' published by Audit Commission
22-Aug-2002
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NHS 'report card' published by Audit Commission
22-Aug-2002
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Audit Commission in attack on quality of NHS non-clinical data
14-Mar-2002
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Audit Commission and NICE invest to boost profile
29-Nov-2001
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Disparities in food costs leave Audit Commission with a nasty taste in the mouth
27-Sep-2001
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Audit Commission's review failed to use input from professional bodies
23-Mar-2000
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Audit Commission shake-up will change work with NHS
3-Feb-2000
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Short cuts Audit Commission unveils whistleblowers' hotline
5-Aug-1999
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Audit Commission warns of cash pressures ahead
10-Jun-1999
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Emergency ambulance services still poor, says Audit Commission
24-Sep-1998
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Audit Commission considers quality and patient's view as well as efficiency
30-Jul-1998
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Audit Commission denies 'inside track' deal
30-Jul-1998
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In Brief: Audit Commission for England and Wales
16-Apr-1998
