Health Service Journal
Department of Health (DH)
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NHS earmarks £300m to put hospitals through failure regime
18-Jan-2013
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NHS holds the line on 18 weeks
17-Jan-2013
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Readers' letters - 17 January 2013
17-Jan-2013
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Mid Staffs Foundation Trust 'too small' to be sustainable
17-Jan-2013
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DH names new director general
16-Jan-2013
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Junior doctor contract negotiations 'will miss government deadline'
15-Jan-2013
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Second trust takes financial help from DH for IT system
15-Jan-2013
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EXCLUSIVE: Aviva in talks with DH over LIFT fears
11-Jan-2013
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Savile used hospitals to commit decades of abuse
11-Jan-2013
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Health and wellbeing role taken on by ex-council chief
11-Jan-2013
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OFT moves to extend its jurisdiction over NHS mergers
9-Jan-2013
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Redundancy threat for 3,500 NHS managers
8-Jan-2013
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Herts trust probes safe guarding
7-Jan-2013
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Chief executives and chairs in New Year's Honours list
3-Jan-2013
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Chief executives not confident on out-of-hours safety
2-Jan-2013
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SHAs told to share winter cash boost with councils
21-Dec-2012
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Improved performance as workforce numbers drop
21-Dec-2012
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McKay: More jobs in system than staff at risk
21-Dec-2012
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Commissioning board pledges paperless referrals by 2015
18-Dec-2012
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DH overrules health 'politicisation' fears
17-Dec-2012
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EXCLUSIVE: DH could face probe over IT deal
14-Dec-2012
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Hunt: I'm open to NHS or private sector solutions
12-Dec-2012
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Hunt: Francis could lead to more reorganisation
11-Dec-2012
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GP nominated as new NICE chair
10-Dec-2012
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GP contract: DH proposes new funding formula
10-Dec-2012
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Health budget ringfence extended to 2015-16
5-Dec-2012
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Next generation of PFI announced by Osborne
5-Dec-2012
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North Bristol renews plans to go it alone
5-Dec-2012
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DH awards audit contracts to HQIP
29-Nov-2012
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NHS 111 switch will be a 'big bang'
27-Nov-2012
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Lamb plans to support new wave of integrated care 'experiments'
21-Nov-2012
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CQC may fail to meet annual inspections targets
20-Nov-2012
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'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
20-Nov-2012
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Analysed: The London FT pipeline and its hotspots
20-Nov-2012
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QIPP lead: drugs bill will increase
19-Nov-2012
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Big Society mutuals scheme underwhelms NHS staff
15-Nov-2012
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Mandate aims to spark a 'revolution in transparency'
15 November 2012
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Mandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
13-Nov-2012
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Mandate: Mental health sector faces new challenges
13-Nov-2012
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NHS chiefs ordered to explain £3bn underspend
13-Nov-2012
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Make telehealth plans public, says Labour
8-Nov-2012
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Revalidation to cost £970m over 10 years
6-Nov-2012
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Updated: Care UK buys Harmoni
6-Nov-2012
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End of life care controversy leads to constitution amendment
5-Nov-2012
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Revised NHS Constitution emphasises staff rights and 'duty of candour'
5-Nov-2012
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Monitor vows to improve 'not fit for purpose' pricing system
2-Nov-2012
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust seeks £9m bailout
1-Nov-2012
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Monitor and DH work on bailout formula
1-Nov-2012
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Savile saga could leave health service in a fix
1 November 2012
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Michael White: never say never
31-Oct-2012
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Exclusive: Nearly £3bn returned to Treasury
31-Oct-2012
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Impact of deprivation on death rates limited
30-Oct-2012
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Who are the most influential people in the NHS and health policy?
26-Oct-2012
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DH backs a pay rise for staff despite NHS Employers fears
26-Oct-2012
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CCG veto kills off trust's FT application
25-Oct-2012
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DH tracker shows cluster confidence
25-Oct-2012
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Productivity is low at urgent care centres
25-Oct-2012
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NW London Hospitals Trust relying on SHA to repay DH loan
23-Oct-2012
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NHS predicts 25pc lower surplus for 2012-13
19-Oct-2012
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Hunt: reforms will cost up to £1.6bn
19-Oct-2012
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Hospital activity 'will rise'
17-Oct-2012
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Gloucestershire community services to stay in the NHS
16-Oct-2012
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KPMG investigates property company tax
15-Oct-2012
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Accountability probe could lead to regulation for managers
9-Oct-2012
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Borrowing limit challenge for Worcestershire acute trust
9-Oct-2012
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DH abandons plan to stop 'cherry picking' through tariff change
2-Oct-2012
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Exclusive: South London Healthcare Trust's suitors revealed
1-Oct-2012
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Analysed: the future of South London Healthcare Trust
1-Oct-2012
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Trust applies for £21m government loan
28-Sep-2012
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North East NHS Direct staff get pay protection
28-Sep-2012
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Clunky maths and unfair fines
27 September 2012
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Number of nurses falls again
26-Sep-2012
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Go-ahead imminent for £425m PFI rebuild
26-Sep-2012
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CQC's 'hands are tied' on enforcement action
24-Sep-2012
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Community trusts in FT delay
20 September 2012
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Two of George Eliot's suitors announce alliance
19-Sep-2012
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Too many 'risk pools' could force organisations into failure, Nicholson warns
18-Sep-2012
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NW Ambulance Service's FT bid submitted to health secretary
14-Sep-2012
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Ambulance chief: savings targets will be missed until urgent care improves
14-Sep-2012
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Trusts ‘stop the clock’ to hit targets
12-Sep-2012
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Specialised service review highlights risks to integration
11-Sep-2012
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Transition redundancies hit women hardest
10-Sep-2012
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Tenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
7-Sep-2012
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QIPP medicines management schemes get green light
6 September 2012
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New tax rules 'could spark backlash'
5-Sep-2012
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One in 10 NHS appointments missed
28-Aug-2012
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New rules to tackle drugs lottery
28-Aug-2012
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Nicholson clamps down on interim managers' pay
23-Aug-2012
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Exclusive: NHS or private expressions of interest sought to run 'failing' trust
23-Aug-2012
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Hospitals criticised over baby infection delays
22-Aug-2012
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Western Sussex in 'top 10' for cancer improvements
22-Aug-2012
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Nottingham GPs join DH access pilot
22-Aug-2012
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NHS on course to lose pensions advantage
22-Aug-2012
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East Kent FT one of most improved trusts for cancer
22-Aug-2012
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Top 10 cancer improvement rating for Medway FT
22-Aug-2012
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'Strong claim for constructive dismissal' following Nicholson letter
21-Aug-2012
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Only 50 admissions for 'Olympic family' during games
16-Aug-2012
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Circle outlines £8bn 'NHS growth opportunity'
16-Aug-2012
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DH unveils licensing and competition plans
16-Aug-2012
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Western Cheshire above national limit for long diagnostic waits
10-Aug-2012
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Nicholson orders trusts to offer approved drugs
9-Aug-2012
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Bed waiting times soar for A&E admissions
9 August 2012
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Emergency services feel strain of telephone trial
9 August 2012
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Spending on mental health falls for first time in 10 years
7-Aug-2012
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Treasury scrutinises Northumbria PFI buyout plan
6-Aug-2012
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Most powerful hospital trusts ask for more funding
2 August 2012
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Non-acute services see rise in transfer delays
2 August 2012
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Why NHS staff are going solo
2 August 2012
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Call for £1.3bn CCG funding handover
1-Aug-2012
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Mandarins' procedures to be reviewed
1-Aug-2012
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Hospitals face 'voting booths' in A&E to measure patient experience
30-Jul-2012
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Survey finds 91pc of people have not heard of telehealth
27-Jul-2012
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Easton: we must tackle cost-cutting masked as efficiency
26 July 2012
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'NHS must grasp a world of opportunity'
26-Jul-2012
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Room for manoeuvre on public health funding formula
26 July 2012
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Whistleblowing: the way ahead
26 July 2012
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DH to consult on extent of regulator's powers
25-Jul-2012
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Analysed: the future of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust
24-Jul-2012
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Data quality concerns delay mental health tariff
24-Jul-2012
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Physios to be given prescribing powers
24-Jul-2012
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Curbs proposed on council powers over NHS reconfiguration
18-Jul-2012
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North West local authorities seek rethink on public health funding
16-Jul-2012
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DH pipeline tsar appointed special administrator at failure regime trust
12-Jul-2012
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C difficile penalties to remain despite concerns
10-Jul-2012
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Media Watch: Lansley's failure regime process
5 July 2012
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Michael White: learn from past errors with PFI
5-Jul-2012
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Revealed: DH warnings to pipeline laggards
4-Jul-2012
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NHSCB 'mandate' sets out CCG autonomy and 18 weeks demands
4-Jul-2012
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Monitor 'could not have prevented' oversized PFI
28-Jun-2012
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Departing Maudsley chief plans to develop Oxford AHSC
28-Jun-2012
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Michael White: bombarded BMA hits out at 'betrayal'
28-Jun-2012
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Would-be candidates excluded from top commissioning board clinical posts
27-Jun-2012
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Failure regime looms as trust faces bankruptcy
25-Jun-2012
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Academic health science network plans given 20 July deadline
25-Jun-2012
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Senior hospital boss leaving for KPMG job
25-Jun-2012
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2011-12 saw biggest number of trust deficits for half-decade
21-Jun-2012
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Hospital trust asks DH to back franchise proposals
20-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: Hospitals aim to save £2.35bn on costs in 2012-13
20-Jun-2012
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Ian Cumming to lead Health Education England
19-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: chief executive of the biggest-deficit trust stands down
14-Jun-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: CCG budgets face existential crisis
14-Jun-2012
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£19m pledged for NHS workers to run mutuals
14 June 2012
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In-house consultancy saves NHS £7.1m in fees
14 June 2012
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University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire FT application date slips
14 June 2012
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'Public interest' whistleblowing law change criticised
13-Jun-2012
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Cluster fears NHS 111 could create significant cost pressure
8-Jun-2012
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London Ambulance performance on life threatening calls falls sharply in run up to Olympics
8-Jun-2012
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DH business plan sets out caveats and minor delays
8-Jun-2012
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Councils claim lack of DH engagement on public health budgets
8-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: new CQC chief executive revealed
8-Jun-2012
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FT applications given higher risk rating
7-Jun-2012
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Councils using social care cash to plug funding gaps
7-Jun-2012
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Coventry and Warwickshire gets FT support from SHA
1-Jun-2012
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Foundation trust pipeline agency studies franchise and risk-share routes
31 May 2012
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Top managers set to escape regional pay
25-May-2012
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DH unveils plans for increased competition in diagnostics and mental health
24-May-2012
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PCTs to pay GPs an extra £1.1m following system error
23-May-2012
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Expand independent sector provision, says 'most powerful' hospital chief
23-May-2012
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Gloucestershire could set up CFT
22-May-2012
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Analysed: a healthcare crisis facing Cumbria
22-May-2012
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Public health staff to keep NHS pension
22-May-2012
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South Devon Healthcare goes almost two years without MRSA
21-May-2012
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Mixed-sex breaches rise across the NHS
18-May-2012
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Trusts eye capital gains from surplus NHS land sales
17-May-2012
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Senior NHS figures shun 'poisoned chalice' CQC job
17-May-2012
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DH promises 'openness and respect' in bid to reach outside groups
15-May-2012
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PiP scandal: Lessons must be learned says Lord Howe
15-May-2012
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DH appoints civil servant to prepare for Mid Staffordshire report
10-May-2012
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Commissioning board moves to halt NHS director exodus
10-May-2012
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Safety fears grow as upheaval of care quality staff triples
9-May-2012
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Health economies rush to pilot year-of-care tariff
8-May-2012
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Health staff expected to join walkout over pensions
8-May-2012
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Somerset Partnership reopens mental health ward
4-May-2012
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Exclusive: NHS Commissioning Board to redesign local structure
3-May-2012
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Exclusive: Circle deal means Hinchingbrooke needs over £70m to clear debts
3-May-2012
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DH reveals swift year-of-care tariff plans
2-May-2012
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NICE guidance on cost-saving drug not sought by DH
2-May-2012
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London Ambulance chief leaving for New Zealand
2-May-2012
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Trusts reveal further delays to the FT pipeline
30-Apr-2012
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Civil service pensions provider becomes first Whitehall mutual
30-Apr-2012
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Public health transition chief wins new job in Wales
27-Apr-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: acute hospitals are living in Monitor's 'downside'
26-Apr-2012
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The DH continues to dance around the issue of CCG freedoms
26-Apr-2012
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The duty of communicating information to patients
26-Apr-2012
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Locum costs and bed pressures key risk to Weston budget
25-Apr-2012
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NHS Trust Development Authority chair appointed
25-Apr-2012
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Mandate will test government's 'political grip' on NHS
25-Apr-2012
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Libyan injured 'brought dangerous bacteria to UK hospitals'
24-Apr-2012
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CCGs excluding local medical committees, says GP leader
19-Apr-2012
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Royal Brompton loses reconfiguration case at the High Court
19-Apr-2012
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Patients safer on trolleys in wards than in A&E
19-Apr-2012
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Demand for lifesaving treatment could outstrip supply
19-Apr-2012
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Commissioning board mandate could lead to government clashes
19-Apr-2012
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What are the alternatives to foundation trust status?
19 April 2012
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King's Health Partners chief calls for academic health groups' protection
18-Apr-2012
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CCGs will be subject to Agenda for Change
16-Apr-2012
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Obesity strategy criticised by royal colleges
16-Apr-2012
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Pay scheme will force leaders to 'justify salaries'
13-Apr-2012
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Agenda for Change could survive regional pay push
12-Apr-2012
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Michael White: abortion row gives a glimpse of politically disfiguring culture wars
12-Apr-2012
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How to put great ideas into serious practice
12 April 2012
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Plan for clinical awards, hospitals told
11-Apr-2012
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Exclusive: Poor patients face shorter GP opening hours
11-Apr-2012
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£1bn national IT deal stalls
10-Apr-2012
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DH faces 'significant' accounts auditing problem
10-Apr-2012
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Flory calls on PCTs to check DOLS compliance
5-Apr-2012
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Information tribunal judgment says DH should have released risk register
5-Apr-2012
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Brighton acute chief to lead Public Health England
5-Apr-2012
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Exclusive: London and Manchester to get beam therapy investment
4-Apr-2012
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Information strategy release delayed again
3-Apr-2012
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UPDATED: Staff keep NHS pensions as Virgin's Surrey deal goes through
30-Mar-2012
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MPs find CQC is 'not up to the job'
30-Mar-2012
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DH sets out FT pipeline escalation framework
29-Mar-2012
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Quarter of trusts consider negligence scheme exit
29-Mar-2012
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Media Watch: alcohol strategy fails to go down a treat
29-Mar-2012
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CSSs to collaborate on national support functions
28-Mar-2012
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Burnham attacks NHS reform risks
28-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: Treasury claws back £0.5bn from health budget
23-Mar-2012
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Torbay looks to collaborate with acute trust
23-Mar-2012
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Government review reports 'exceptional set of challenges' for DH
23-Mar-2012
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Budget pledge aims to halt consultant tax loophole
23-Mar-2012
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Trust's bid to run disability services 200 miles away damaged risk rating
23-Mar-2012
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Ministers seek 'further advice' on conflict of interest in commissioning
22-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: government confirms strict new terms for FT property transfers
22-Mar-2012
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Osborne: government departments face greater austerity after 2015 without welfare cuts
21-Mar-2012
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NHS reform row 'not over', warn healthcare leaders
21-Mar-2012
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Pay freeze fails to prevent trust overspend on wages
21-Mar-2012
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Monitor: governors should step in earlier to address problems
20-Mar-2012
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Fewer staff would recommend NHS job
20-Mar-2012
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£1.1bn Barts merger gets Lansley sign-off
16-Mar-2012
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DH obesity drive failing to capture industry support
15-Mar-2012
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Could an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
15-Mar-2012
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Improvements in ‘harm free’ older patient care
15 March 2012
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Voluntary redundancies dominate PCT pay-offs
15 March 2012
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National NHS surplus rises by £329m
14-Mar-2012
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Health reforms clear latest Lords hurdle
14-Mar-2012
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Shrewsbury and Telford's reconfiguration receives £35m of DH cash
13-Mar-2012
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Royal Wolverhampton's QIPP scheme gets £3m boost
13-Mar-2012
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DH hands Surrey and Sussex Healthcare £6m
12-Mar-2012
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Boiler upgrade cash for Sussex Community Trust
12-Mar-2012
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Tribunal calls for Health Bill risk register to be published
9-Mar-2012
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Care record deal could save DH hundreds of millions
7-Mar-2012
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Telehealth cost-effectiveness questioned by researchers
7-Mar-2012
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£3.3m funding boost for North Bristol
6-Mar-2012
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PM reveals details of £330m NHS capital funding
6-Mar-2012
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Preferred bidder could start running North Cumbria before takeover cleared
5-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: DH reaches £300m deal with firm over delay-hit IT programme
2-Mar-2012
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PCT staff to be designated 'affected by change'
2-Mar-2012
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Ernst and Young brought in to support CSS
2-Mar-2012
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Commissioning board could take ownership of LIFT assets
1-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: FT pipeline delays threaten boards with the sack
1 March 2012
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The need for greed in public health spending budgets
1 March 2012
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DH appoints three new director generals
29-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: two in three hospital trust savings plans in trouble
29-Feb-2012
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UK medicine prices 'cheapest in Europe'
29-Feb-2012
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Unique hybrid finance model planned for trust's PFI
29-Feb-2012
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Labour bemoans 'cosmetic' Lib Dem bill changes
29-Feb-2012
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NHS to extend HIV care to overseas visitors
28-Feb-2012
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CQC board faces further shake-up
27-Feb-2012
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Wirral FT analyses steep decline in waiting list performance
24-Feb-2012
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Mid Staffs inquiry to get May/June report
24-Feb-2012
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CQC chief Cynthia Bower resigns
23-Feb-2012
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Competition panel approves two hospital mergers and will look at two more
22-Feb-2012
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Cameron backs Lansley as health secretary
22-Feb-2012
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Welsh leader calls for Cameron 'humility'
20-Feb-2012
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CCGs must pay for NHS office space from running cost allowance
17-Feb-2012
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DH: hospitals must be fined for readmissions caused by others
17-Feb-2012
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New chair for Shelford Group foundation trust
16-Feb-2012
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DH advisers paid 'as companies' to reduce tax
16-Feb-2012
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'Prudent' regulator amasses 50 per cent surplus
15-Feb-2012
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Commissioning support services to get private sector guidance
15-Feb-2012
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'Drop the bill' online petition hits 100,000 signatures
15-Feb-2012
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Government forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
14-Feb-2012
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Coalition tensions emerge as Cameron backs Lansley
13-Feb-2012
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Decline in NHS productivity 'a myth'
13-Feb-2012
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NHS 111 roll out threatened after DH technical demand
10-Feb-2012
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London FT to replace private patients' PIP implants free of charge
10-Feb-2012
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New NHS Confederation forum to bid for policy influence
9 February 2012
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Exclusive: community trusts dispute asset transfers with PCTs and DH
8-Feb-2012
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Pressure on Lansley grows as Lords scrutinise reforms
8-Feb-2012
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DH to issue guidance on terms and conditions for public health directors
8-Feb-2012
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Lords set to debate integration and health secretary's duty
8-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: Care Quality Commission to get external assessor
7-Feb-2012
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Training plans for major government project leaders
7-Feb-2012
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Commissioning board restricted by Health Bill 'turbulence'
3-Feb-2012
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Flory to lead NHS Trust Development Authority
2-Feb-2012
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Imperial suspends reporting on waiting lists
2-Feb-2012
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London ambulance service facing new investigation on performance
2 February 2012
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Medical royal colleges divide over Health Bill
1-Feb-2012
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LIFT companies seek NHS Property Services links
1-Feb-2012
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No big shift in government Health Bill amendments
1-Feb-2012
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DH warns over severe weather
31-Jan-2012
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PCT staff letters to omit passage on clarity
27-Jan-2012
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CQC is 'fit for job', says permanent secretary
26-Jan-2012
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Two London mental health trust bosses announce departure
26-Jan-2012
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Commissioning board 'likely' to enforce standard patient records
25-Jan-2012
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More CQC inspections risk 'diverting' funds from patient care, MPs to be warned
25-Jan-2012
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Devon hospital trust chair announces departure
24-Jan-2012
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Organ donation target 'will be missed'
24-Jan-2012
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Less than half of DH staff 'proud' to work there
24-Jan-2012
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CCG budget allocations delayed until February
23-Jan-2012
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Government announces £5.2bn public health spend
23-Jan-2012
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Two royal colleges declare opposition to Health Bill
19-Jan-2012
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'Can Public Health England improve the way we respond to pandemics?'
19-Jan-2012
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Noel Plumridge: bonus capital fund threatens to embarrass the system
19 January 2012
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Mid Staffs inquiry impacting Commissioning Board risk model
18-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: Health Bill concessions on 'autonomy' and SoS accountability
17-Jan-2012
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New strategy director for Imperial
17-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: national company to take over PCT estate
17-Jan-2012
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SHAs asked to endorse £278m Alder Hey rebuild
16-Jan-2012
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Wirral FT receiving ‘intensive support’ for waiting times problems
16-Jan-2012
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Two new Monitor non-executive directors appointed
16-Jan-2012
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Labour calls on Lib Dems peers to oppose bill
16-Jan-2012
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DH urges councils to support commissioning
16-Jan-2012
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DH considers year-of-care tariff for patients with long term conditions
12-Jan-2012
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Most senior leaders failing to create 'strong work climates'
12-Jan-2012
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London queries whether CCG staff loans lead to 'unfair advantage'
12-Jan-2012
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DH advertises for future leader of Public Health England
11-Jan-2012
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Training boards must 'resolve' financial conflicts of interest
11-Jan-2012
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Budding ICO aiming for 'maximum integration'
10-Jan-2012
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One in 10 people 'end 111 calls early'
10-Jan-2012
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Trusts rewarded with 'quality premium' under Future Forum plan
10-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: trusts given days to apply for £300m capital fund
6-Jan-2012
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Cameron announces 'Nursing Forum' review of care standards
5-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: DH leak reveals uncertainty over 11,000 PCT jobs
5-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: contractual penalties to combat ‘hidden waits’ will not take effect until 2013-14
4-Jan-2012
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Birmingham chief executive made a dame in new year's honours
3-Jan-2012
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Government unveils extra £150m for home care
3-Jan-2012
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Plymouth Hospitals needs to improve governance
23-Dec-2011
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QIPP progress revealed after DH publishes cash savings
22-Dec-2011
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First funds announced for GP Extraction Service
21-Dec-2011
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DH signs up 'trusted' agencies for PR campaigns
20-Dec-2011
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DH reveals plans for Public Health England structure
20-Dec-2011
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Former heart tsar to join Royal Cornwall board
19-Dec-2011
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St Helens and Knowsley October admitted RTT performance third lowest in North West
16-Dec-2011
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Wirral Teaching Hospital October admitted RTT performance lowest in region
16-Dec-2011
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CCP rules against largest acute merger plan in the country
15-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: foundation trusts plan deepest workforce cuts in a generation
15-Dec-2011
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NHS trust sector in England 'heading towards deficit'
15-Dec-2011
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Clinical commissioning group boards should have tenure and size limits
15-Dec-2011
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All eyes on London's billion-pound merger after SHA sign off
15 December 2011
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Reform plans risk fragmenting child health services, NHS Confederation says
8-Dec-2011
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Training and education transition warning as guidance delayed
8-Dec-2011
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Monitor to review FT assessment process but 'the bar will remain high'
8 December 2011
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007 - Richard Douglas
7-Dec-2011
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049 - Ian Dodge
7-Dec-2011
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Adult hearing and musculoskeletal services to be opened to competition in Lancashire
7-Dec-2011
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NHS pension scheme deficit predicted within three years
7-Dec-2011
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Lansley sets 60 new performance indicators for hospitals
7-Dec-2011
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Salisbury appoints new chief executive
6-Dec-2011
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David Nicholson seeks NHS 'nature and culture' change to innovate
5-Dec-2011
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Industry will meet start-up costs for telehealth, Nicholson says
5-Dec-2011
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CQC holds up Devon Partnership FT timetable
2-Dec-2011
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DH banned CQC from recruiting inspectors
1-Dec-2011
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Nicholson: electoral cycle means we have to do service changes in next 18 months
1-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: CCGs subject to extra safeguards when commissioning from GPs
1-Dec-2011
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DH to set out CCG behaviour guidance
1-Dec-2011
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DH exerts pressure to merge on smaller CCGs
1-Dec-2011
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Patients' right to alternative provider should be 'publicised'
1 December 2011
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NHS South West exceeds planned surplus
29-Nov-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: shifting the goalposts on NHS spending
29-Nov-2011
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Government will appeal risk register decision
29-Nov-2011
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Reforms will cost £3.4bn - Burnham
29-Nov-2011
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Dr Foster: weekend A&E admissions '10pc more likely to die'
28-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: weekend hospital arrivals up to 16pc more likely to die - DH
28-Nov-2011
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DH denies tariff adjustment rule revives price competition
25-Nov-2011
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Pharma suppliers put export ahead of NHS - Burns
25-Nov-2011
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Dozens of CCGs not meeting rules must find 'alternatives'
24-Nov-2011
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Debt deferral measures to support would-be foundation trusts
24-Nov-2011
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Why behaviour change marketing can still deliver long-term cost savings
24 November 2011
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Exclusive: DH and Monitor in 'power battle' over running of regulator
23-Nov-2011
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Most commissioners see readmissions rate rise despite harsh penalties
23-Nov-2011
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CCGs 'feasible' if covering 100,000 or more
22-Nov-2011
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Commissioners and providers seek move to long-term contracts
22-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: NHS begins planning CCG authorisation 'pipeline'
22-Nov-2011
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Rise in PCTs reporting above-average costs
22-Nov-2011
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New health inequalities group launched
21-Nov-2011
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Revealed: the six trusts that need DH support with their PFI
18-Nov-2011
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CQC chief executive Cynthia Bower: I'm not self-serving
18-Nov-2011
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Government public health plans 'ineffective', says study
18-Nov-2011
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New Future Forum guidance calls for tariff 'flexibilities'
17-Nov-2011
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Government to delay risk register appeal
17-Nov-2011
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Obesity experts were axed after policy disagreements
17-Nov-2011
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Payment by results moves to 'bundled' contracts
17-Nov-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: just how much does the NHS cost?
17-Nov-2011
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Mental health tariffs 'not fit for purpose' - NHS Confederation
17 November 2011
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Monitor to keep financial risk register for every licensed provider
16-Nov-2011
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Bill delay threat as government consults on reform risk register
16-Nov-2011
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Lansley reluctant to reveal the risks of his reforms
16-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: Lansley on the CQC, integration, the reform risk register and commissioning
16-Nov-2011
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DH drops obesity advisory body
16-Nov-2011
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DH Care Quality Commission review begins
15-Nov-2011
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Labour Lords win concession on Health Bill
15-Nov-2011
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DH reforms assessment release demanded by peers
15-Nov-2011
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Clusters ordered to begin stocktake of 75,000 service contracts
11-Nov-2011
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Ratings agency predicts more government bailouts for loss-making trusts
11-Nov-2011
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'A new procurement model could fall foul of inertia'
10 November 2011
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Circle chief backs Hinchingbrooke management as deal finally signed
10-Nov-2011
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Private sector warns of training levy danger
10 November 2011
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DH signals new delays to commissioning support procurement
9-Nov-2011
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Gay men blood donor ban lifted
7-Nov-2011
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Great Western reports wrong site surgery
4-Nov-2011
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Dorset waiting for news on Olympic funding
3-Nov-2011
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Trusts blame high SHMIs on poor coding
28-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: trusts demand £350m to get through FT pipeline
27-Oct-2011
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European integrated care models weighed up by struggling hospital
26-Oct-2011
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NHS estate spend rising despite lower bed numbers
26-Oct-2011
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Specialist care housing model losing funding
26-Oct-2011
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Reforms must change to 'mitigate damage' - BMA chair
26-Oct-2011
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Reform conflict of interest concerning most GPs
25-Oct-2011
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Barnsley chief exec seconded to DH
24-Oct-2011
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Personal budget holders need more information, says DH report
21-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: Mid Staffs needs £80m to avoid financial collapse
21-Oct-2011
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NHS Blood and Transplant part-privatisation plans dropped
20-Oct-2011
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Protection for whistleblowers to become constitutional right
20-Oct-2011
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DH commissioning support vision revealed
19-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: DH publishes detailed plans for commissioning support
17-Oct-2011
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NHS North of England appoints non-executive directors
14-Oct-2011
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Commissioners may struggle with 'tight' PbR timescales for mental health
14-Oct-2011
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PCTs ordered to adopt single cluster board model
13-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: transparency on training budgets promised
13-Oct-2011
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Pension squeeze is another victim of inept NHS reform
13-Oct-2011
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Thirty trusts set to miss aspirational target for FT status
13-Oct-2011
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Consultant choice benefits based on 'limited evidence'
12-Oct-2011
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Prime minister's Health Bill claims 'false', say doctors
12-Oct-2011
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Lansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
11-Oct-2011
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Lord Owen motion on health bill stripped back after talks with ministers
11-Oct-2011
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Public health engagement group to steer DH policy
6 October 2011
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Your Humble Servant: healthy fun for all the NHS family
6 October 2011
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Pull bill now, public health doctors urge Lords
4-Oct-2011
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Southampton gets FT status after DH promise of 'restructured' debt
30-Sep-2011
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DH considers a country-wide push on reconfiguration
29-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: few GP commissioners in DH top leaders list
29-Sep-2011
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Positive outcome: why the new DH strategy for COPD and asthma promises improvements
29 September 2011
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DH issues warning over use of flu vaccine in children
27-Sep-2011
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NHS North West brings forward health visitor recruitment plans
23-Sep-2011
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DH still learning "whether we got it right" with CQC
23-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: DH QIPP team takes over information strategy
22-Sep-2011
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'The NHS needs to avoid the wrong kind of integration'
22-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: top teaching hospitals under threat from tariff system
22-Sep-2011
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Super merger plans let down by £116m PFI shortfall
22-Sep-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: as if by magic... How the government conjured up a saving
22-Sep-2011
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DH social enterprise scheme draws just three bids
21-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: GP contract changes could standardise services and pay
21-Sep-2011
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'Raid' FT finances to protect DH budget, ministers were advised
21-Sep-2011
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Rise in patients waiting for treatment
16-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: fifth acute trust says it is considering private franchise management
16-Sep-2011
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DH paid £8m to exit private contract following suspension of services
15 September 2011
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Keeping patient information safe when responding to FOI requests
15 September 2011
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DH will 'create pressure' to ensure quality - Easton
14-Sep-2011
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Strike fears build as union anger grows over public sector cuts
14-Sep-2011
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Go reconfigure?
13-Sep-2011
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Referral falls could cause financial difficulty for hospitals - BMA
12-Sep-2011
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Revised DH figures predict 8,000 fewer redundancies from NHS reforms
9-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: fixed costs leave CCGs just £9 per head for commissioning
8-Sep-2011
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Patient outcomes could be threatened by HR cuts
8 September 2011
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German firm linked to DH hospital plan down-plays involvement
7-Sep-2011
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Government public health scheme 'inadequate', campaign group says
7-Sep-2011
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London trust wide of the mark on waiting times
7-Sep-2011
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NHS 'substantially achieved' management cut target last year
6-Sep-2011
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Latest coverage: live updates from the Mid Staffs inquiry
6-Sep-2011
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Politicians block reforms - King’s Fund
6-Sep-2011
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Lib Dems renew Health Bill concerns ahead of Commons debate
5-Sep-2011
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'It's time for managers to stand up and be counted'
2-Sep-2011
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Cameron’s flagship cancer treatments fund ‘could prove insufficient’
1-Sep-2011
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Further Health Bill amendments to include new 'failure' rules
31-Aug-2011
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Exclusive: Medics resist plan to attach pay to PROMs
30-Aug-2011
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DH plans to scrap a quarter of all central data requests
30-Aug-2011
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'Crude' spending estimates risk CCGs' funding
25 August 2011
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Grounds for optimism at last over London reconfiguration
25 August 2011
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Trust access to PFI funding could be constrained by Treasury rule change
25 August 2011
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Book Review: 24 Hours to Save the NHS
24-Aug-2011
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Fifteen per cent of patients wait more than year at hospital
18-Aug-2011
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Information strategy responses show fears over equality
18-Aug-2011
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£800m funding injection for medical research
18-Aug-2011
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Foundation trusts reveal new merger ideas to survive
18 August 2011
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Mental health personalisation campaign 'losing momentum'
18 August 2011
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DH reveals authorisation 'journey' for CCGs
17-Aug-2011
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DH confirms delay to GP practice registration
12-Aug-2011
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Foundation Trust revives £2m e-records project
12-Aug-2011
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Exclusive: draft authorisation document reveals key tests for new commissioning groups
11-Aug-2011
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DH report finds medicines waste 'not a systemic problem'
10-Aug-2011
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Medical resistance hampers doctor-patient decisions programme
10-Aug-2011
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Royal Devon and Exeter exceeds C diff target
9-Aug-2011
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NHS trusts to take over community service assets
5-Aug-2011
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Lansley announces 75 HealthWatch 'pathfinders'
5-Aug-2011
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Office supplies top procurement savings agenda for Whitehall
5-Aug-2011
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DH rejects 'competition expansion' claim
5-Aug-2011
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DH seeks better value from IT contracts
4-Aug-2011
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Exclusive: GP data system to go live in September 2012
4-Aug-2011
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Maude unveils public data accountability push
4-Aug-2011
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Over half of FT plans awaiting DH approval
4-Aug-2011
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DH wants more transparency in NHS procurement
4 August 2011
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North West London Hospitals Trust to open more beds to cope with winter pressures
4 August 2011
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NHS patient records programme has 'failed' according to MPs
3-Aug-2011
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NHS charity governance under ministerial review
2-Aug-2011
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Health charities to lose £100m in funding after council cuts
2-Aug-2011
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Two FTs launch joint takeover bid of acute trust 'on the brink'
1-Aug-2011
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Princess Alexandra savings shouldn't lead to 'slashing' workforce - DH
1-Aug-2011
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DH announces commissioning reform milestones and single comms service
29-Jul-2011
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Patient operations deliberately delayed, CCP claims
29-Jul-2011
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Pension contributions increase angers unions
28-Jul-2011
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Commissioners 'excessively constraining' patient choice
28-Jul-2011
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Lansley's delay to reconfiguration 'risks patient safety'
28-Jul-2011
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Concern over 'red risk' providers in East of England
28 July 2011
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Equality initiative thwarted by 'continued discrimination'
28 July 2011
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DH to create two temporary arm's length bodies
27-Jul-2011
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Manager impact on clinical outcomes to be measured
27-Jul-2011
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District general hospital selects FT as takeover partner
27-Jul-2011
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NHS chief warns South Essex CCGs may 'fragment'
26-Jul-2011
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Ministers call for overhaul on European doctor regulation
26-Jul-2011
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Future of health service 'under threat' from reform - Boyle
26-Jul-2011
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Public sector pension plans condemned by Lansley
25-Jul-2011
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Talks commence on Sandwell and West Birmingham's new hospital
22-Jul-2011
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'Unsound' financial start to year for Sandwell and West Birmingham
22-Jul-2011
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New DH structure revealed
22-Jul-2011
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Reform transition cost now £1.49bn, according to DH figure
22-Jul-2011
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Sign off delay hits Hinchingbrooke's finances
22-Jul-2011
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NHS to raise funds selling off excess land
22-Jul-2011
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McKinsey appointed to acute reorganisation contract
21-Jul-2011
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Information revolution now set for 'winter' release
21-Jul-2011
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Commissioning reform costs already near quarter of a billion
21-Jul-2011
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Commissioning Board will dish out public health funds
21 July 2011
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DH 'impressed' with West Midlands clusters but 'worried' about QIPP
20-Jul-2011
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Government green lights first provider competition plans
20-Jul-2011
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Trusts face annual CQC inspections under tougher regime
20-Jul-2011
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Government launches new COPD strategy
19-Jul-2011
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NHS management is misleading GPs about commissioning, DH adviser says
19-Jul-2011
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London 2012 health services will not face CQC checks
18-Jul-2011
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'Refrain' from most Microsoft purchases, requests government
18-Jul-2011
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End of life care must be prioritised to avoid A&E admissions
18-Jul-2011
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Stem cell services project launched
15-Jul-2011
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FT delays will create near impossible challenge, Monitor warns
14-Jul-2011
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Commissioning brain drain ‘stripping assets’
14 July 2011
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HealthWatch: local scrutiny and national tension
14 July 2011
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Easton: no quality in many savings plans
13-Jul-2011
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NHS London brings in the DH's pipeline tsar one day a week
11-Jul-2011
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Easton to steer NHS Institute transition following Crump departure
11-Jul-2011
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Nicholson urges MPs to end obsession with bed numbers
8-Jul-2011
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Monitor directors say FTs 'opportunistic' in acquiring community services
8-Jul-2011
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Exclusive: Lansley says hospitals exempt from 'over-managed' claim
8-Jul-2011
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Aspirant FTs to have debt 'restructured'
7-Jul-2011
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Mental health facing 'critical window' of opportunity
7-Jul-2011
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Responsible officers to sit with commissioning board
7-Jul-2011
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Exclusive: speech and language therapy suffers drop in scope and quality of services
7-Jul-2011
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DH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
7 July 2011
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Trust sells half its beds to rent them back
7 July 2011
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London trusts fail ambulance handover targets
6-Jul-2011
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Foundation trusts borrowing over £1bn from DH
6-Jul-2011
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Half of NHS leaders predict longer waits, survey reveals
6-Jul-2011
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Young: I'll never work for government again after CQC woe
4-Jul-2011
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Yorkshire trusts pulled up on elective waiting times
4-Jul-2011
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DH tsar slams NHS shake-up
4-Jul-2011
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Dilnot commission confirms cap on care contributions
4-Jul-2011
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Flu pandemic could cost UK nearly £50bn
4-Jul-2011
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GPs pocketing millions in buildings payments, investigation finds
4-Jul-2011
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Treasury review of NHS charities sparks 'nationalisation' fear
1-Jul-2011
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Seven trusts and two primary care trusts finished 2010-11 in deficit, DH says
30-Jun-2011
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District general hospital confirms it is going for independent foundation trust status
30-Jun-2011
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On valuing managers: Nigel Edwards writes exclusively in HSJ this week
29-Jun-2011
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Four hour A&E performance standard retained
29-Jun-2011
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Health secretary gains powers over NHS Commissioning Board in amended bill
29-Jun-2011
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East Cheshire Trust makes two-thirds of its savings non-recurrently
28-Jun-2011
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DH comms director general is latest to announce departure
28-Jun-2011
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Bernard Crump to leave NHS Institute
27-Jun-2011
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Government plans more Health Bill amendments
27-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: changes risk ‘paper duties’ and central pressure
24-Jun-2011
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London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
23 June 2011
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London trusts encouraged by delayed 'drop dead' date for FT status
23 June 2011
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'We have to tackle government disagreement head on'
23 June 2011
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RUH announces £40m estates strategy
22-Jun-2011
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DH's information chief Christine Connelly resigns
22-Jun-2011
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Training budget protection supported by government
22-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: NHS efficiency drive won’t close whole hospitals, says Sir David
22-Jun-2011
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DH denies FT momentum will be lost
22-Jun-2011
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Royal Bournemouth fails three new A&E indicators
21-Jun-2011
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Clare Chapman resigns from DH
20-Jun-2011
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Royal colleges to be enlisted to identify procedures at risk of 'cherry picking'
20-Jun-2011
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Trusts to be held to account for training funds
20-Jun-2011
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DH redrawing failure regime to avoid up-front political battles
20-Jun-2011
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Dorset County agrees £5.3m DH loan
17-Jun-2011
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PFI rethink stalls hospital building plans
16-Jun-2011
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The government shouldn't simply leave the past behind
16 June 2011
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Cameron and Clegg set for backbench showdown over reform
13-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: hackers accessed NHS passwords in security breach
9-Jun-2011
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Cameron criticised over test wait rise
9-Jun-2011
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PFI 'barriers' to FT status affecting fewer than 10 trusts
9-Jun-2011
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Public Health England 'will not be trusted' as part of the DH
9 June 2011
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Exclusive: Future Forum to suggest 'pragmatic' solutions to deaneries crisis
8-Jun-2011
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PM pledge means no change on 18 week target
7-Jun-2011
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Cameron to outline 'personal guarantees' on NHS
7-Jun-2011
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Central reform principles are 'not controversial'
7-Jun-2011
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Doctors' bonuses could be replaced with non-cash prizes, says DH
2 June 2011
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More performance data to be released under new transparency guidelines
2 June 2011
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DH 'mistaken' in backing Mid Staffs FT bid, says Moyes
1-Jun-2011
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Clusters to be given single operating model under DH plans
1-Jun-2011
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Clinician led changes to surgery 'could save NHS £40m'
31-May-2011
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DH set to extend delay plagued IT contract
27-May-2011
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Struggling trusts owe DH quarter of a billion in bailout cash
26-May-2011
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Information strategy could be delayed by listening exercise - Connelly
26 May 2011
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Mental health PbR to be reviewed
26 May 2011
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Mixed sex ward breaches drop under tougher regime
26 May 2011
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NHS South West overrules PCT in 'any qualified provider' and ISTC conflict
26 May 2011
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New software gives UHB access to data from other trusts
24-May-2011
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Health expert 'can appear before MPs' - DH
20-May-2011
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CQC boss set to warn DH over GP registration
20-May-2011
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Consortia authorisation 'window' risks quality
19-May-2011
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Monitor urges trusts to use service line system
19-May-2011
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Providers warn over dangers of PCT ‘war chest’
19-May-2011
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Clegg opposes NHS competition plan
18-May-2011
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Bristol acutes appoint joint pathology lead to end rift
17-May-2011
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DH-commissioned study ranks hospital trusts' efficiency
17-May-2011
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'Listening exercise' delays DH business plan
16-May-2011
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MORI poll shows confidence in NHS 'eroded'
13-May-2011
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Health Select Committee calls for evidence on meeting the 'Nicholson Challenge'
12-May-2011
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Clinical networks to respond to competition fears
12-May-2011
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£1.9bn cut to pay budgets revealed in trust CIPs
12-May-2011
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Exclusive: care quality variations revealed in Dr Foster data
12 May 2011
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Hospital death rate indicator delayed
12 May 2011
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How pseudonymisation can uphold patient data security
12 May 2011
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RNOH presses ahead with PFI project
12-May-2011
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Executive-level pay jumps by 4.5 per cent
10-May-2011
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Minister announces merger option for non-FT acute
6-May-2011
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Most trusts to miss moving target on information governance
6-May-2011
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Smaller trusts forced to rethink FT plans
5-May-2011
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Acute trusts' FT plans slip back a year
4-May-2011
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Monitor increases efficiency target to 'reflect the economic outlook'
28-Apr-2011
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Taunton and Somerset challenges C diff target
27-Apr-2011
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Tories accused over listening exercise timing
27-Apr-2011
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Joint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
26-Apr-2011
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'Business review' to start for commissioning support
21-Apr-2011
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Fears over offender services as duties transfer to PCTs
21-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: hospital trust considers private franchise
21-Apr-2011
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DH plugs public health and pharma gaps on review panel
21 April 2011
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Is the NHS constitution still relevant in the new NHS landscape?
21 April 2011
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Community service transfer delays revealed by Department of Health
20-Apr-2011
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NHS finance bosses 'concerned' over productivity targets
20-Apr-2011
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Trust in public health advice could be compromised by reforms
20-Apr-2011
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NHS Employers: let us plan skills networks
20-Apr-2011
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GPs unclear on forming non-neighbouring consortia
20-Apr-2011
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Hull PCT chief to sit on government 'listening exercise'
18-Apr-2011
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Pennine Care's pull-out is 'nail in the coffin' of NPfIT
18-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: government admits PFI deals mean 22 trusts will struggle to meet foundation status target
15-Apr-2011
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Trusts failing on data security
15-Apr-2011
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Mid staffs inquiry told "name and shame" approach of Dr Foster unhelpful
14-Apr-2011
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Nicholson warns on 'unrealistic' savings plans
14-Apr-2011
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Pennine Care pulls out of NPfIT
14-Apr-2011
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DH pharmacy consultation put on hold
14 April 2011
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NHS 'college' to boost GPs' leadership skills
14 April 2011
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Government information strategy draft scrapped
13-Apr-2011
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PCT agrees transfer of entire estate to aspirant CFT
11-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: Two more directors to leave Imperial following announcement of chief exec's departure
7-Apr-2011
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Earl Howe orders break-up of North West's 'anti-competitive' four year contract
7-Apr-2011
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DH information chief stresses need for 'plurality' of systems
7 April 2011
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Foundation trusts call for more time ahead of new A&E indicators
7 April 2011
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South West trust clawing back every penny ahead of make or break year
7 April 2011
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Urgent care efficiency tool to get nationwide roll out
7 April 2011
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust plans to submit FT bid in October
5-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: national social enterprise could handle communications for GP consortia
5-Apr-2011
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Health committee proposes strengthened 'commissioning authorities'
5-Apr-2011
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Vertical integration at Barts not due until July
1-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: government rebrands NHS reforms
1-Apr-2011
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust aims for £4m surplus in 2011-12
31-Mar-2011
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Cut public service data opt outs, says incoming 'transparency tsar'
31 March 2011
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Department in talks over 'Amazon model' procurement system
31 March 2011
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Early consortium transfers expected by commissioners
31 March 2011
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'Firm action' needed on access targets, DH warns
31 March 2011
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Media Watch: flu vaccine orders get in early
31 March 2011
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Epsom and St Helier to invite expressions of interest for merger or acquisition
30-Mar-2011
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Lansley outlines 'right to provide' social enterprise drive
30-Mar-2011
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Hampshire chief exec to head up 'SHIP cluster'
29-Mar-2011
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£5m scheme to help mentally ill offenders announced
29-Mar-2011
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Rethink public health data cuts - watchdog
28-Mar-2011
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'63 per cent of managers are making cost-savings - what are the others up to?'
24 March 2011
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Inform patients about GP service conflicts of interest - DH adviser
24 March 2011
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Non-EU visitors to be charged for care
24 March 2011
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North West making up ground for new financial year
24 March 2011
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Unison hits out at health pay freeze
22-Mar-2011
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DH ignored advice to cut children's acute top-ups
17 March 2011
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DH struggling to achieve consultant choice within deadline
17 March 2011
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Don't simply cut posts to deliver QIPP savings, Easton warns trusts
17 March 2011
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Midwife numbers to be reviewed
17 March 2011
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NHS must reverse falling productivity ahead of reforms
17 March 2011
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Pace of consortia handovers varying widely
17 March 2011
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NHS reform vital to treating long-term conditions, says Lansley
14-Mar-2011
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Department rejects blood services claims
11-Mar-2011
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Consortia staff numbers will be limited
10 March 2011
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'Introspective' NHS fearful of change
10 March 2011
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Preventative care savings questioned by study
10 March 2011
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Women’s hospitals hit by tariff change
10 March 2011
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DH warns of 'extremely high' risk to greater Manchester savings plans
9-Mar-2011
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Reforms 'will turn clock back to the 1930s'
7-Mar-2011
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Sally Davies appointed chief medical officer
3-Mar-2011
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Midlands issues may be localised, but they have wide implications
3 March 2011
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PCTs will decide 'never event' fines for providers
3 March 2011
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Tariff weighting could 'reduce' trust mergers - King's Fund
3 March 2011
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PCTs fail to assess value of cancer spend
2-Mar-2011
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Cancer gap with Europe 'not closed', report finds
1-Mar-2011
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Alcohol causes 7 per cent of hospital admissions
24-Feb-2011
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Commissioners flouting patient choice rules
24 February 2011
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Compensation danger over LIFT contract transfers
24 February 2011
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NHS Direct renews plans for FT status in 2013
24 February 2011
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National competency standards to regulate manager performance
23-Feb-2011
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Ministers warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'
21-Feb-2011
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TV chef attacks politicians over hospital food
21-Feb-2011
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Cameron unveils privatisation drive
21-Feb-2011
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Hospitals urged to check suction equipment
18-Feb-2011
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Monitor chair announced
18-Feb-2011
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Government bid to avoid herbal medicines rule
17-Feb-2011
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Bill Moyes: the reform agenda presents a massive opportunity
17 February 2011
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Dozens of hospitals at risk from PCT efficiencies
17 February 2011
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Noel Plumridge: the true cost of training
17 February 2011
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DH looks to private sector to save money on blood service
16-Feb-2011
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Blackpool Teaching FT overperforms by £3.8m on NHS Blackpool contract
15-Feb-2011
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Swine flu vaccine bill cost department £239m
14-Feb-2011
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A&E waiting times worst since 2004
11-Feb-2011
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DH figures showing private sector disadvantage 'almost certainly' wrong - Monitor
10-Feb-2011
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DH to drop workforce section in slim down
10 February 2011
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Fair funding change 'threatens' poorer areas
10 February 2011
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PCT chiefs fight loss of accountable officer status and right to redundancy
10 February 2011
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Primary care trusts set to defy DH over IVF policy
10 February 2011
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Salisbury FT offers services for new trauma centre
8-Feb-2011
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NHS reforms 'need patient voice'
8-Feb-2011
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Adviser says he was sacked for therapy views
7-Feb-2011
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Lanlsey food regulation plans questioned
4-Feb-2011
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PCT cluster discussions revealed
3-Feb-2011
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'New' talk therapy cash to come from existing NHS budget
3-Feb-2011
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Community services transfers will miss TCS deadline
3 February 2011
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Flory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
3 February 2011
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Government launches £400m talk therapy strategy
3 February 2011
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Health visitors wary of recruitment plans
3 February 2011
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Is a narrative for complex health reform impossible?
3 February 2011
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Just one in five DH staff say change is managed well
3 February 2011
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Noel Plumridge: the DH's fistful of figures
3 February 2011
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Public health tremors could unleash a monster
3 February 2011
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Reforms are a 'new deal', PM tells GPs
3 February 2011
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Live interview to discuss cancer strategy on HSJ TV
2-Feb-2011
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Transition 'carefully designed and managed', says government
1-Feb-2011
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Reforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
1-Feb-2011
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Government confusion over midwife numbers boost
1-Feb-2011
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DH will 'co-produce' authorisation process, GPs told
28-Jan-2011
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DH retracts LINks funds mistake sent to councils
27 January 2011
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Trusts facing fines for mixed sex breaches
27 January 2011
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Trusts fail to tackle spiralling kidney care costs
27 January 2011
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An open letter from David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS
24-Jan-2011
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The NHS might be being rewired, but its electricity runs to much the same effect
24-Jan-2011
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NHS writes off £35m owed by foreign patients
24-Jan-2011
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Hospitals face fines for mixed-sex wards
21-Jan-2011
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Trusts battle for right to absorb smaller non-FTs
21-Jan-2011
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DH 'telling councils to cut public involvement budget in half'
20-Jan-2011
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Department of Health: 'Staff may lose focus on patients during reforms'
20-Jan-2011
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Framework for FT no-hopers 'in the coming weeks'
20-Jan-2011
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Public health directors in grip of health secretary
19-Jan-2011
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Health Bill maintains light touch on consortia
19-Jan-2011
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Small consortia will reduce savings, warns DH
19-Jan-2011
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FT oversight to move to DH bank
19-Jan-2011
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Public health agenda more important than NHS, says Lansley
19-Jan-2011
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'Stalinist' controls grip expiring SHAs
19-Jan-2011
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Innovation Expo to profile QIPP programme
19-Jan-2011
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‘Brave’ Sir David stresses freedoms and delivery
19-Jan-2011
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Trust in breach of six CQC standards
19-Jan-2011
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Cancer strategy relies more heavily on charities
19-Jan-2011
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Tory peer almost 'lost will to live' working on Change4Life campaign
18-Jan-2011
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Winter flu deaths reach 112
14-Jan-2011
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Latest flu death figures to be published
13-Jan-2011
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Plan for local approach to NHS fraud
12-Jan-2011
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Community foundation trusts may buy premises with Treasury cash
12-Jan-2011
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Norovirus prevention advice issued
11-Jan-2011
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Acute trust chief executive steps down
7-Jan-2011
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David Colin-Thomé retires
7-Jan-2011
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Local involvement networks are working, DH finds
4-Jan-2011
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Efficiency drive redirects £162m to frontline services
4-Jan-2011
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Five trusts now predicting year-end deficits
23-Dec-2010
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Value based pricing could cost the NHS more
23-Dec-2010
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NHS staff asked to sacrifice pay to save jobs
20-Dec-2010
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CCP to investigate PCTs 'restricting choice and competition'
17-Dec-2010
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DH figures show pathfinder GPs are set to bust budgets
17 December 2010
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More criminals will get psychiatric help
17 December 2010
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Providers freed to set their own referral to treatment targets and set prices below tariff
15-Dec-2010
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Hospitals to face mixed sex ward fines
15-Dec-2010
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IRP to review ward closure
13-Dec-2010
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Weekend admission 'raises death risk'
10-Dec-2010
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DH U-turns on cash cut to children's hospitals
10-Dec-2010
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Battleship Lansley ploughs on through the fog of reform
9 December 2010
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CQC to scan Twitter for care complaints
9 December 2010
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Financial checks on NHS providers eased
9 December 2010
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Management posts shed without full consultation
9 December 2010
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Merger plans announced as FT deadline looms
9 December 2010
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MId Staffs inquiry told HSE was 'under-resourced'
9 December 2010
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PCT chiefs help drive new structure
9 December 2010
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PCTs expected to be ‘ordered’ to cluster
9 December 2010
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Primary care organisations welcome variation in pathfinders
8-Dec-2010
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Bigger consortia safer from risk, say consultants
7-Dec-2010
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Pathfinder consortia revealed
7-Dec-2010
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NHS Sheffield chief executive goes to top leadership role at DH
7-Dec-2010
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Payment by Results - conference sessions
2-Dec-2010
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Bruce Keogh and Ian Dalton on death rates
2 December 2010
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Circle wins battle to run hospital
2 December 2010
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NHS Partners in row over ‘cosy’ deal
2 December 2010
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White paper let down by speedy schedule
1-Dec-2010
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DH backs plan to award 5.3 per cent pay rises
1-Dec-2010
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Public health drive starts with NHS staff
30-Nov-2010
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NHS London gives hundreds of staff at-risk notices
25-Nov-2010
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Data shows DH consultancy spending fall
25 November 2010
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Mark Britnell: quick fixes for making efficiency gains
25 November 2010
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Media Watch: All eyes are on Lansley
25 November 2010
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Smaller fines for mixed sex accommodation
25 November 2010
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Commissioning consortia told to buy in admin support
24-Nov-2010
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Hint at debt free start for commissioning consortia
24-Nov-2010
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Lansley denies reforms have caused PCT 'meltdown'
23-Nov-2010
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Mid Staffs inquiry hears from Cure the NHS campaigner
23-Nov-2010
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Plain packaging for cigarettes planned
22-Nov-2010
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GPs 'face patient revolt over reform plans'
22-Nov-2010
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Patients need single online NHS information hub, says Which?
22-Nov-2010
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Fundamentals of the NHS - conference sessions
21-Nov-2010
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Details of how DH has spent £1.85bn since election revealed
19-Nov-2010
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Commissioning board chief exec not in post until October
19-Nov-2010
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Our lives are in the cancer detectives’ hands
19-Nov-2010
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CNO to step down in March
17-Nov-2010
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Easton criticises 'appalling and self-interested' NHS culture
17-Nov-2010
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SHAs to set senior managers' pay at aspirant CFTs
17-Nov-2010
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MPs want power to scrutinise DH spending plans in detail
17-Nov-2010
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DH claims retaining top managers is a priority
16-Nov-2010
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Report points to prison care lapses
15-Nov-2010
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Quarter of cancers found during emergency care
15-Nov-2010
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NHS targets skew surgery management, doctors warn
12-Nov-2010
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NHS Professionals reports first modest profits
12-Nov-2010
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DH confirms sale of Dr Foster Intelligence
11-Nov-2010
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Lansley accelerates his plans as Labour’s opposition falters
11 November 2010
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Pharma lead issues warning on pricing
11 November 2010
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The Mid Staffs inquiry and NHS redundancies
11 November 2010
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Secure mental health bed shortage criticised
10-Nov-2010
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SHA failing on stroke care
9-Nov-2010
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'Complaints about NICE on one page and useless, costly drugs on another'
4 November 2010
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Mental health hit by integration issues
4 November 2010
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More Tribal health staff jobs now at risk
4 November 2010
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Top-up reduction proposal news 'not that new'
4 November 2010
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Trust plans closure of seven wards
4 November 2010
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Children's hospitals face 'stealth cuts' - Healey
3-Nov-2010
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Pay GPs more in poorer areas - public accounts committee
2-Nov-2010
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Male life expectancy increases to 78
29-Oct-2010
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NHS Commissioning Board to check foreign doctors' language skills
29-Oct-2010
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Commissioning tools launched for neuro conditions and cardiac rehab
29-Oct-2010
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Councils 'lagging' on social care personal budgets plan
28-Oct-2010
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DH accused of 'wishful thinking' on redundancy costs
28 October 2010
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Hospital trusts hit by £90m fall in earnings
28 October 2010
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NHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
28 October 2010
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NHS underspends under the microscope
28 October 2010
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DH considers national pay increment freeze
27-Oct-2010
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Outsourcing quotas to drive mixed health services provider market
27-Oct-2010
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Midlands trusts plan joint pathology service
27-Oct-2010
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Pledge to cut anti-psychotic drug use
26-Oct-2010
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Single rooms no better say economists
21 October 2010
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Trusts must offer choice of consultant led team from April
21 October 2010
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Budget increase will not be passed down to services, says King's Fund
20-Oct-2010
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NHS capital spending to fall by 17 per cent
20-Oct-2010
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Make-up of DH revealed
19-Oct-2010
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NHS London volunteers external oversight in 'Lansley tests' over reconfiguration plans
19-Oct-2010
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NHS not safe from cuts, Confed warns
18-Oct-2010
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Quango cuts confirmed
14-Oct-2010
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Salisbury chief seconded to DH provider role
14-Oct-2010
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‘Nearly £2bn could be saved’ in NHS property sell-offs
14 October 2010
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DH turns a blind eye to working time rules
14 October 2010
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Patient care record plan is scaled back
14 October 2010
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SHAs contrast sharply on community proposals
14 October 2010
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Unison's white paper legal challenge heard in the High Court
13-Oct-2010
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'Unfair' final salary pensions set to go
12-Oct-2010
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Caesarean rates 'vary widely' in UK
8-Oct-2010
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Transforming Community Services: PCTs step closer to deciding fate of provider arms
7 October 2010
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Thorny NHS reform issues unresolved
6-Oct-2010
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New DH permanent secretary announced
4-Oct-2010
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Quango cuts could cost 800 jobs
30 September 2010
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‘Shared decisions’ mean fewer operations
29-Sep-2010
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Commissioning for outcomes
29-Sep-2010
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177 bodies 'to face bonfire of the quangos'
24-Sep-2010
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DH to pay £18m to stricken FT
23-Sep-2010
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DH keeping a close eye on local NHS reconfiguration plans
23 September 2010
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Public health needs a long vigil
23 September 2010
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Rose Gibb lawsuit bill could pass £250,000
23 September 2010
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Eight PCTs to share single management
22-Sep-2010
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Bacteria linked to sink misuse
16 September 2010
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DH critical of loophole in pension rules
16 September 2010
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IT shake-up leaves key components unaltered
16 September 2010
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King’s Fund criticises GPs on dementia diagnosis
16 September 2010
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LIFT planners try to beat project clampdown date
16 September 2010
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Media Watch: When is a U-turn not a U-turn?
16 September 2010
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Continence care criticised
14-Sep-2010
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Nicholson outlines further transition details
13-Sep-2010
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Commissioning for outcomes
13-Sep-2010
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White paper leads to shake up in top posts at SHAs
10-Sep-2010
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Government announces major NHS IT shakeup
9-Sep-2010
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It’s not just commissioning – who will fill the PCT vacuum?
9 September 2010
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PCTs make a good shot at prioritisation
9 September 2010
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Primary finance body divides into three arms
9 September 2010
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DH consults on prescribing powers in community services
8-Sep-2010
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DH to have veto over DPH appointments
8-Sep-2010
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Millions 'can't get through on GP phone lines'
6-Sep-2010
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Superbug risk from hospital sinks
3-Sep-2010
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Government facing NHS Direct backlash
31-Aug-2010
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Bids deadline nears for PCT social enterprises
26 August 2010
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North East PCTs to vote on forming social enterprise
25-Aug-2010
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End of life care
25-Aug-2010
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Kidney transplants research could slash waiting lists
19-Aug-2010
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Kidney transplants from cardiac deaths could reduce waiting lists
19-Aug-2010
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Inequality fears over patient ID guidance
19 August 2010
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Hospitals to face mixed-sex ward fines
17-Aug-2010
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Changes in patient safety
16-Aug-2010
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Quality through CQUIN
16-Aug-2010
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NHS facing £65bn PFI bill
13-Aug-2010
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NHS set to lose hundreds of management trainees
12 August 2010
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Dr Foster Intelligence stake could be sold
9-Aug-2010
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‘No strong evidence’ of too many NHS sites, claims DH
5 August 2010
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GPs overlook public health for QOF cash
5 August 2010
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NHS service reconfigurations 'surge' expected
5 August 2010
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Personal health budget pilots raise concerns
4-Aug-2010
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DH criticises 'clearly unsatisfactory' European working time directive
2-Aug-2010
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NHS reforms 'boosting interest in foreign patients'
2-Aug-2010
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Doubt over removal of DH ‘shackles’
29 July 2010
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Foundation trust proposals raise tough borrowing question
29 July 2010
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GPs could be forced to take on ex-PCT managers
29 July 2010
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Improvement work must continue, NHS Institute chief warns
29 July 2010
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Nurses say pension cuts may mean strike action
28-Jul-2010
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NHS technology uptake ‘slow’
28-Jul-2010
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NHS losing millions in pharma cost-sharing schemes
26-Jul-2010
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Fundamentals of Patient Safety - conference sessions
23-Jul-2010
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Fundamentals of Patient Safety
23-Jul-2010
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Medicine waste
22-Jul-2010
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Controversial urgent care unit will not revert to full A&E status
22 July 2010
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Don’t sideline sexual health, warn clinicians
22 July 2010
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GPs ‘won’t guarantee out of hours quality’
22 July 2010
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Hard-nosed Lansley will be no ‘softie’ in negotiations
21-Jul-2010
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Centralising stroke services improves care, says NHS London
20-Jul-2010
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Long term care funding commission set terms of reference
20-Jul-2010
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Health outcomes consultation launched
19-Jul-2010
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MP calls CQC in over South London Healthcare Trust
19-Jul-2010
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Tackling problem drinking
19-Jul-2010
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DoH to end Microsoft IT exclusivity
16-Jul-2010
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Investigation reveals PCTs hardest hit by savings
15 July 2010
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IT upgrade gains DH data security confidence
15 July 2010
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NHS Employers keeps £1.8m surplus in new DH deal
15 July 2010
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CQUIN in stroke units
14-Jul-2010
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Michael White: no aspect of the NHS will be untouched
14-Jul-2010
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Nicholson tells chief executives: don't be defensive about change
13-Jul-2010
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Social marketing: how to inspire people to change their behaviour
13-Jul-2010
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White paper: DH unit will force foundation trust move
12-Jul-2010
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Cost of mislaid DH equipment revealed
12-Jul-2010
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Virtual innovations in health and social care
12-Jul-2010
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Broadmoor trust makes ‘significant progress’
8 July 2010
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Government tells CQC to drop annual health check reviews
8 July 2010
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Just one in six CQC staff think regulator is well managed
8 July 2010
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NHS trusts may be left out of pocket by migrant visa proposals
8 July 2010
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Call for single national emergency services body
7-Jul-2010
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Lansley announces public health 'vision'
7-Jul-2010
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DH policies score poorly in national audit scrutiny
7-Jul-2010
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Health inequalities spearheads wavered on targets
7-Jul-2010
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Swine flu review highlights messy GP negotiations
7-Jul-2010
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Chronic pain
1-Jul-2010
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David Nicolson slows pace of Lansley change
1 July 2010
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DH to consult on cutting its supplied staff
1 July 2010
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Hospitals face shortfalls as emergency demand spirals
1 July 2010
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Monitor issues warning on declining foundation profits
1-Jul-2010
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New GP role may create deficit
1 July 2010
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NHS leaders ‘must support’ clinical practice change
1 July 2010
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Rose Gibb wins payout in appeal
1 July 2010
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Stephen Eames on GPs in the hotseat
1 July 2010
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Trust may take PFI option for 'axed' hospital
1-Jul-2010
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PCTs lose right to stay as direct providers
30-Jun-2010
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Sugar banned from hospital vending machines
29-Jun-2010
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PCTs to 'road test' direct payments to patients
28-Jun-2010
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Bad practice reporting guide published
28-Jun-2010
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Conservatives warming to vertical integration, says Nuffield director
24-Jun-2010
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Quality advisers say all NHS information should go online
24-Jun-2010
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Rose Gibb wins £175k appeal
24-Jun-2010
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NHS staff seek justice over parking
24 June 2010
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Tougher version of CQC annual health check scrapped
24 June 2010
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Andrew Lansley challenges a decade of NHS spending
23-Jun-2010
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Sir Hugh Taylor resigns from DH
22-Jun-2010
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Operating framework: management costs to be slashed by £220m this year
21-Jun-2010
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Patient experience
21-Jun-2010
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Clinical audits ordered to reveal provider level data
17 June 2010
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Media Watch: variations in NHS performance in the news
17 June 2010
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NHS Choices 'saves £44m a year in unnecessary consultations'
17 June 2010
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NHS managers honoured in birthday awards
17 June 2010
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Operating framework to pave way for abolition of targets
17 June 2010
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Over half of PCTs lose executive directors
17 June 2010
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Data security fears hold up trusts' IT upgrades
10 June 2010
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DH launches release of weekly infection rates
10 June 2010
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NHS arm’s length bodies in rush to cut spending
10 June 2010
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Hospital parking too expensive, says report
9-Jun-2010
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Barnett's resignation prompts call for strong NHS Confederation
3 June 2010
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John Deffenbaugh: let us exploit our canny GPs
3 June 2010
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Confed ex-chair moved to safeguard money
27 May 2010
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Portsmouth City PCT faces external investigation
26-May-2010
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Suicide details hard for mental health commissioners to obtain
26-May-2010
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No Department of Public Health in coalition agreement
20-May-2010
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Joint commissioning in London
20-May-2010
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Andrew Lansley's meeting with DH staff
20 May 2010
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DH seeks solvency assurances from NHS Employers
20 May 2010
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Lansley to slash NHS management costs
20 May 2010
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Managers welcome Burstow
20 May 2010
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Lansley orders probe into chief's sacking
18-May-2010
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Former nurse Anne Milton given health minister job
14-May-2010
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NHS Confed trustees ‘misled’ over failed scheme
13 May 2010
-
Andrew Lansley welcomed by NHS professionals
12-May-2010
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NHS launch trauma forum consultation
11-May-2010
-
Leaders inch closer to Lib-Con deal
10-May-2010
-
Health minister Ann Keen loses seat to Conservatives
7-May-2010
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Health minister Mike O'Brien loses seat to Conservatives
7-May-2010
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Health minister Gillian Merron loses seat to Conservatives
7-May-2010
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Congratulations - you're the new health secretary
6 May 2010
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DH tabled financial aid for ‘controllable’ NHS Employers
6 May 2010
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Training budget cuts to hit doctor numbers
4-May-2010
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NHS patients in richer areas get operations earlier
29 April 2010
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Former NHS Employers director revives scrapped HR scheme
27-Apr-2010
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Norman Lamb on the NHS under the Lib Dems
23-Apr-2010
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Asthma and Parkinson's losers in policy battle
22 April 2010
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Delay on campus closure target
22 April 2010
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Foundation trust applications run into the ground
22 April 2010
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NHS procurement probe was halted by last minute DH phone call
22 April 2010
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CQC powers were weakened
15 April 2010
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VTE prevention help needed
15 April 2010
-
DH director leaves for Warwickshire council
14-Apr-2010
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Senior pay: gap narrows in FT board level salary advantage
14-Apr-2010
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Conservatives launch election manifesto
13-Apr-2010
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Foreign GP rules need 'immediate changes'
8-Apr-2010
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Jon Restell on regulation of NHS managers
8 April 2010
-
London merger plans revealed
8 April 2010
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NHS Employers deal still not agreed
8 April 2010
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Swine flu vaccine deal agreed
7-Apr-2010
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Mixed-sex wards scrapped by most trusts
1-Apr-2010
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DH refuses key deal on national IT programme
1-Apr-2010
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Auditors called into NHS Employers
1-Apr-2010
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NHS North West urged to be ‘proactive’ about performance improvement
1-Apr-2010
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Preferred provider guidance leaves waters muddy
31-Mar-2010
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Six PCTs allowed to keep status quo on structure
31-Mar-2010
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Andy Jones on defining NHS quality
31 March 2010
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PCTs 'too passive on commissioning'
30-Mar-2010
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Call to investigate excessive death rates
26-Mar-2010
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DH explains QIPP plans to 340,000 clinicians
25-Mar-2010
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NHS staff satisfaction on the up
25 March 2010
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A&E targets 'compromising safety'
23-Mar-2010
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Child health: getting services right for children and adolescents
18 March 2010
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DH ignores own advice on digital engagement
18 March 2010
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NHS IT milestone ‘on track’ to meet target date
18 March 2010
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Questions over national cold weather plan
18 March 2010
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Roger Taylor on the NHS safety debate
18 March 2010
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World class commissioning scores to top charts
18 March 2010
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Less than half of NHS staff think managers work well with others
17-Mar-2010
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DH advocacy of integration ‘not credible’
17-Mar-2010
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DH spent £2m on first class travel
12-Mar-2010
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Michael White on political spin
11 March 2010
-
NHS managers demand power to fire GPs
11 March 2010
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DH launches £8m campaign to improve early diagnosis of cancer
8-Mar-2010
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DH accused of 'backroom deal' over preferred provider case
4-Mar-2010
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Noel Plumridge on the rules of payment by results
4 March 2010
-
‘NHS tourism’ under review
3-Mar-2010
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David Nicholson calls for 'more urgency' in stroke care
2-Mar-2010
-
PCTs call for lighter commissioning assessment
25 February 2010
-
Priorities for quality pilots
25 February 2010
-
Fresh investigations stall Kingston branch surgery plans
24-Feb-2010
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NHS boards are patient safety ‘cornerstone’
24-Feb-2010
-
New health minister unveiled
19-Feb-2010
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Burying the NHS mortality row will clear the way for quality push
18 February 2010
-
CQC fears over mental health safeguards
18 February 2010
-
DH takes hold of death ratio debate
18 February 2010
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NPSA halts search for chief executive
18 February 2010
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Trusts face hard task to achieve 18-week ‘right’
18 February 2010
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Royal Surrey sold millions of pounds of NHS drugs in 'unacceptable' export trading
16-Feb-2010
-
NHS trusts 'not acting on safety alerts'
16-Feb-2010
-
Tories sketch out public sector co-ops
15-Feb-2010
-
Imperial readies for new foundation trust bid
11 February 2010
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Appraisals suspended after security flaws exposed
10-Feb-2010
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DH spends £2.5m on Google ads
9-Feb-2010
-
PCTs told to review management of out of hours care
4-Feb-2010
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Media Watch: smoke free future
4 February 2010
-
Ministers poised to confirm details for quality accounts
4 February 2010
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More patients pick private care
4 February 2010
-
NHS quality accounts must live up to the name
4 February 2010
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NHS quality accounts: quality is becoming an accountable business
4 February 2010
-
DH to expand integrated care pilots through 'good will'
2-Feb-2010
-
Bill Moyes calls for DH unit to tackle ‘lethargic’ non-FTs
28 January 2010
-
Bill Moyes takes pride in rocking the foundations
28 January 2010
-
CQC registration ‘fraught with risk’
28 January 2010
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SHA fears Londoners will see care squeezed in 2012
27-Jan-2010
-
DH names older people's and dementia tsars
25-Jan-2010
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Care UK chief hits out at renewal process as ITC contracts expire
21 January 2010
-
Elder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
21 January 2010
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Fears over staff vetting and barring scheme
21 January 2010
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MPs told to ‘free’ PCTs of acute commissioning
21 January 2010
-
NHS East of England urged to work better with PCTs
21 January 2010
-
Cancer care plans could cut costs
20-Jan-2010
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Quality board to adopt 'values' in bid to avoid further rows
20-Jan-2010
-
DH delays student funds shake-up
20-Jan-2010
-
Swine flu preparations cost £1bn
19-Jan-2010
-
Tailored care for cancer survivors
19-Jan-2010
-
CQC critical over Milton Keynes baby deaths
19-Jan-2010
-
DH appoints liver disease tsar to lead national strategy
18-Jan-2010
-
DH funds £20m pilot scheme for thalidomide survivors
15-Jan-2010
-
NMC report highlights midwife shortage
15-Jan-2010
-
Andy Burnham insists home care bill is affordable
14 January 2010
-
DH drawn into row over GP practice expansion
14 January 2010
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Improvement tsar warns SHAs to ‘refresh’ Darzi visions urgently
14 January 2010
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Your Humble Servant: manifest nonsense
14 January 2010
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CQC SOS: high stakes mean it is essential registration succeeds
13-Jan-2010
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CQC calls in high ranking fixer for ‘chaotic’ trust registration process
13-Jan-2010
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Personal health plans for injured soldiers
12-Jan-2010
-
Dignity in care funding announced
12-Jan-2010
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Knighted Nicholson pays tribute to NHS staff
7 January 2010
-
NHS trusts count cost of free parking
7 January 2010
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PCTs falling behind on maternity access
7 January 2010
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Put the brakes on NHS car park consultation
7 January 2010
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DH urged to put off Monitor search
6-Jan-2010
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DH appoints first clinical director for informatics
5-Jan-2010
-
Medicines management
Your Ideas and Suggestions 2010
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QIPP challenges
Your Ideas and Suggestions 2010
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Cross-sector clusters set up to fast-track NHS innovation
22-Dec-2009
-
DH appoints new urgent and emergency care tsar
21-Dec-2009
-
Two primary care trusts awarded teaching status
21-Dec-2009
-
Priority NHS access charter for armed forces plan
18-Dec-2009
-
Non-emergency phone number test announcement due
18-Dec-2009
-
Unions and NHS employers team up to negotiate for a better future
16-Dec-2009
-
Trusts under pressure to safeguard frontline jobs
16-Dec-2009
-
PCTs could struggle to hit MRSA ‘objective’
16-Dec-2009
-
David Nicholson tells NHS: improve first, then prove it
16-Dec-2009
-
Tariff puts brake on acute admissions
16-Dec-2009
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Job cuts could see up to 5,700 staff go from PCT and SHA management
16-Dec-2009
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Advances in care for kidney patients
15-Dec-2009
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Walk-in surgeries a 'waste of money'
14-Dec-2009
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Poor performers on MRSA targeted
14-Dec-2009
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Patients could be offered one to one nursing care
10-Dec-2009
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Treasury may sell DH’s stakes in LIFT schemes
9-Dec-2009
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No funds promised with New Horizons mental health strategy
9-Dec-2009
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PCTs left to vaccinate under fives against swine flu after GPs reject deal
8-Dec-2009
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Commissioners must be more 'ambitious' in CQUIN schemes
8-Dec-2009
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NHS 'not helped' by confused messages on future of PCTs
8-Dec-2009
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Are death rates fair? You decide
3 December 2009
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Trusts told to focus on ambulance handovers
2-Dec-2009
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Independent provider arms 'nonsense', David Nicholson says
27-Nov-2009
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Commons to debate personal care bill
26-Nov-2009
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DH accepts full staff health and wellbeing recommendations
26 November 2009
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DH and unions thrash out deal on transfer of NHS staff pensions
26 November 2009
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NHS boards are still not getting the message
26 November 2009
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NHS constitution: report says staff need more enthusiasm
26 November 2009
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Next year's tariff delayed until mid-February
25-Nov-2009
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Ex-NHS boss backs Tory reforms
20-Nov-2009
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Information Centre may sell Dr Foster Intelligence share
19 November 2009
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Stroke care gets better since health check
19 November 2009
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Property and competition to be investigated following takeover
18-Nov-2009
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Intensive care investments cut death rate, study finds
13-Nov-2009
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Can the NHS do more to catch local ‘failures’?
12 November 2009
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Sir Ian Kennedy champions ‘fearless’ NHS regulator
12 November 2009
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DH banking on patients not claiming entitlements
11-Nov-2009
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Andrew Lansley warns against ‘chilling’ preferred provider policy
11-Nov-2009
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Andy Burnham responds to infection control criticisms
10-Nov-2009
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UK GPs top financial incentive table
5-Nov-2009
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Trusts fail to keep up pace on stroke targets
5 November 2009
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DH sued over scrapped £921m PFI project
4-Nov-2009
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Targeted cleaning 'cuts MRSA rates and saves money'
3-Nov-2009
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Bullying review: 'proud' chief executives must be forced to accept help
29-Oct-2009
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Andy Burnham stands ground after taking fire on competition rules
29 October 2009
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Andy Burnham: embrace the new era of redesign to take NHS from good to great
29 October 2009
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Smoking cessation funding safe following furious letter
29 October 2009
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Managers in Partnership backs call for single code of conduct
28-Oct-2009
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NHS boards must not misinterpret 'firm performance management'
28-Oct-2009
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DH disputes maternity choice findings
27-Oct-2009
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NHS management consultancy spend to be revealed
27-Oct-2009
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PCT names new chief executive
22-Oct-2009
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Andy Burnham extends preferred provider vow
22 October 2009
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Annual health check: impact of targets and FTs seen in acute score slide
22 October 2009
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Media Watch: News of the World becomes preferred provider
22 October 2009
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Mental health trusts respond to New Horizons
22 October 2009
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Minority of NHS boards put targets before quality, says DH
22 October 2009
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NHS trusts told to be more women friendly
22 October 2009
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Use of NHS management consultants must be transparent - Mike O'Brien
21-Oct-2009
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NHS to appoint liver disease tsar
21-Oct-2009
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NHS Alliance debates patient and public involvement in the health service
20-Oct-2009
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Why NHS bullying has no benefits
19-Oct-2009
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Mixed success on mortality rate reductions
14-Oct-2009
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GP comparison service launched on NHS Choices
14-Oct-2009
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PCT chiefs are not underpaid, says DH
14-Oct-2009
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Top NHS managers urge against pay freeze
14-Oct-2009
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Working time directive costs lives - RCS study
12-Oct-2009
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FT chief: ‘can-do’ bid won our merger
8 October 2009
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Mid Staffs releases report on former chief executive
8 October 2009
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NHS East of England faces DH assurance test
8 October 2009
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SHAs commit to original Darzi review strategies
8 October 2009
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SHAs must assess delivery of maternity choice
8 October 2009
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Two thirds of PCTs still to agree provider model
8 October 2009
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Elderly care is set to be election battleground
7-Oct-2009
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Mental health chiefs to confront CQC on survey
7-Oct-2009
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C difficile lessons: getting to the bottom of complex health problems
6-Oct-2009
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Andrew Lansley pledges to slash NHS bureaucracy
5-Oct-2009
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Andy Burnham’s ideas may be more about his future
1 October 2009
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David Stout on the NHS public profile
1 October 2009
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SHAs face an uncertain destiny as political friends desert them
1 October 2009
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Honour NHS pay deal, say NHS Employers and DH
30-Sep-2009
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Minister delays foundation trust application
30-Sep-2009
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Peer review NHS management consultants' work - King's Fund
29-Sep-2009
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Mike O'Brien tells SHAs to 'justify their existence'
28-Sep-2009
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How to make sexual health promotion a success
28-Sep-2009
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Andy Burnham speech delivers body blow to NHS competition and choice
24 September 2009
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Gary Belfield on world class commissioning
24 September 2009
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How to get better health outcomes in diverse groups
24-Sep-2009
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Media Watch: NHS cost cutting
24 September 2009
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NHS South Central chief promises organisational change will be 'last resort'
24 September 2009
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Patient satisfaction guaranteed: the future of payment by results?
24 September 2009
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Paul Corrigan on NHS reform
24 September 2009
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Quality accounts: trusts to pick their own performance measures
24 September 2009
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World class commissioning: efficiency made a core competency
23-Sep-2009
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Patient reported outcome measures may be public next year
23-Sep-2009
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SHAs seek control of senior managers' pay, MiP claims
23-Sep-2009
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Andy Burnham warns NHS managers not to conduct 'mini spending reviews'
17-Sep-2009
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Battle over foundation freedom heads for Parliament
17 September 2009
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DH report into bullying and harassment allegations delayed
17 September 2009
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Firing squads won’t solve trusts’ problems
17 September 2009
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Incentive paradox dogs weight loss procedures
17 September 2009
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Managers fearful over DH hit list
17 September 2009
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Premium rate call charges to be outlawed in NHS
17 September 2009
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Simon Stevens on Labour’s mistakes
17 September 2009
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McKinsey report: politicians accused of not facing reality
10 September 2009
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NHS cost-cutting: how to save £20bn by 2014
10 September 2009
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NHS spending: McKinsey exposes hard choices to save £20bn
10 September 2009
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Rival plan found only half of McKinsey savings
10 September 2009
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Swine flu love-in
10 September 2009
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Swine flu overtime hours must be put on record
9-Sep-2009
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Bill Moyes tells foundation trusts to 'refuse to jump' to DH demands
8-Sep-2009
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South Central SHA appoints new chief executive
8-Sep-2009
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Guide to increasing breastfeeding rates with the Baby Friendly initiative
8-Sep-2009
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Swine flu vaccination programme extended to pharmacists
7-Sep-2009
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Hospital parking guidelines 'ignored'
7-Sep-2009
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How to plan for cold weather with a swine flu pandemic looming
7-Sep-2009
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BAMM chief rejects NHS job cut plan
4-Sep-2009
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CQC action on sustainability ‘disappointing’
3 September 2009
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DH is told 137,000 NHS posts must go in next five years
3-Sep-2009
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DH makes PFI debt pledge
3 September 2009
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FTs fear biddable successor to Bill Moyes
3 September 2009
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Generic medications warning from NHS Confederation
3 September 2009
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Healthcare 100: new partners for HSJ awards
3 September 2009
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NHS regulators need a new outlook after Mid Staffs scandal
3 September 2009
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DH to review ‘penalty’ for day case payments
2-Sep-2009
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Alcohol-related hospital admissions 'on the rise'
1-Sep-2009
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NHS patients 'eat worse than prisoners'
1-Sep-2009
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NHS trusts slammed by DH over 'unacceptable' plans to export drugs
28-Aug-2009
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CQC to get tougher on NHS spending
27 August 2009
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DH backs oncology centres call
27 August 2009
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NHS IT's local future
27 August 2009
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Swine flu pandemic: PCTs must prepare to pay extra GP costs
26-Aug-2009
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How to commission for equality and diversity in the NHS
25-Aug-2009
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Swine flu research projects launched
24-Aug-2009
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Fast-tracked research to fight swine flu - DH press release
24-Aug-2009
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Don Redding on patient experience
20 August 2009
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Foundation trust pipeline is not blocked, insists DH
20 August 2009
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NHS chiefs told saving planet will save them money
20 August 2009
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NHS management stars need a leg-up to rise to the top
20 August 2009
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PCTs decide on swine flu vaccine priority
20 August 2009
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NHS smoking cessation: sticking with quitting
17-Aug-2009
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DH director of immunisation tells nurses they have a 'duty' to have swine flu jab
17-Aug-2009
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Lessons for the UK in Obama’s universal healthcare plan
13 August 2009
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Michael White on a holiday from the NHS
13 August 2009
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NHS tolerates poor performance, say managers
13 August 2009
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Variation shows NHS community services ripe for efficiencies
13 August 2009
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PCTs gear up for swine flu pandemic
12-Aug-2009
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How to maintain business as usual in a swine flu pandemic
11-Aug-2009
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Swine flu vaccination plans still in the works
7-Aug-2009
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Kieran Brett to be Andy Burnham's adviser
6-Aug-2009
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DH scraps deadline for PCT provider arm strategies
6-Aug-2009
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Panicky response to Mid Staffs scandal could erode FT freedoms
6-Aug-2009
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PCTs urged to chase mental health value
5-Aug-2009
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DH defends GP earnings
4-Aug-2009
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Is PFI funding built to last?
4-Aug-2009
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DH defends East Midlands review
31-Jul-2009
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Get a load of me: the biobank boom takes shape
31-Jul-2009
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DH must act decisively over bully claim
30 July 2009
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Lords raise questions on swine flu preparedness
30 July 2009
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NHS must improve drink plans - MPs
30 July 2009
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PCT rebranding still has a long way to go
30 July 2009
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Monitor accuses DH of undermining FT independence
29-Jul-2009
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DH will probe how row over NHS targets led to bullying claims
29-Jul-2009
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Private patients 'have full NHS rights'
28-Jul-2009
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Ministers deny swine flu website was late starter
27-Jul-2009
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The tension between religion and healthcare
24-Jul-2009
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Pressure on to sign up to flu service
23-Jul-2009
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Joan Saddler on patient centred services
23 July 2009
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Keep calm and carry on: staff, like patients, need reassuring
23 July 2009
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Will the public back the national care service?
23 July 2009
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Clare Chapman: on being ready for the NHS constitution
16 July 2009
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DH staff give feedback in annual survey
16 July 2009
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Media Watch: is Burnham the new Pants Man?
16 July 2009
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The tripartite leadership must be debated
16 July 2009
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Number 10 confirms Lord Darzi resigns as health minister
15-Jul-2009
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Cost cap on top managers' pay review
9 July 2009
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HSJ and a bit of satire and Darzi's sorted
9 July 2009
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PCTs' swine flu plans 'being tested by real life'
9 July 2009
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Call of the wild: the future threat of animal diseases
2 July 2009
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Flu czar Ian Dalton sets September deadline for preparation
2 July 2009
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Targets’ rebirth as NHS constitution rights will not ensure a cultural shift
2 July 2009
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Tories plan 'enhanced' Monitor role
2 July 2009
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Trusts may have to report more non-MRSA and C Diff infections
2 July 2009
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NHS staff may gain from John Lewis model
1-Jul-2009
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Monitor hails Darzi progress report
1-Jul-2009
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New national director and Britnell replacement unveiled in DH reshuffle
30-Jun-2009
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Lord Darzi on the first year of high quality care for all
25 June 2009
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One year down Darzi’s road the way ahead looks a lot tougher
25 June 2009
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Your Humble Servant on the NHS reshuffle
25 June 2009
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DH to set up social enterprise support framework
22-Jun-2009
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Flu pandemic could kill off a generation of local managers
18 June 2009
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Mental health tariff timescale ticks off trusts
18 June 2009
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Integrated care pilot to be investigated
16-Jun-2009
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Mark Britnell quits NHS for private sector
11-Jun-2009
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Be honest about weaknesses in quality accounts, FTs told
11-Jun-2009
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Former DH adviser warns NHS funding shortfall could run to billions
11 June 2009
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Target aims at ideal of zero tolerance for MRSA
11 June 2009
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Steve Barnett says it’s 'make or break' for the NHS
10-Jun-2009
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NHS waiting times up sharply
9-Jun-2009
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Two new ministers named at Department of Health
8-Jun-2009
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Alan Johnson leaves Department of Health
5-Jun-2009
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Government may take further powers over foundation trusts
4-Jun-2009
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A decade of the national clinical directors - aka the czars
4 June 2009
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Czars to focus on cost cutting as well as quality
4 June 2009
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David Nicholson warns NHS: 'all bets are off'
4-Jun-2009
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David Nicholson warns SHAs not to be defensive over visits
4 June 2009
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NHS cuts will be chance for staff to be new radicals
4 June 2009
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NHS productivity unit role revealed
4 June 2009
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Treasury U-turn on PFI takes pressure off DH capital budget
4 June 2009
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Trusts told to 'keep slogging' at infection control
4 June 2009
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World class commissioning could save PCTs £3bn
1-Jun-2009
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Doctors claim NHS bears the cost of private care complications
28 May 2009
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Safe, streamlined services give the best – and cheapest – care
28 May 2009
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Takeover is a test-run for nervous bidders
28 May 2009
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Trainee NHS doctors being told to lie about long working hours
28 May 2009
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Trusts in the dark over cost of private patients
28 May 2009
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Hospitals to seek 'immediate feedback' from patients
26-May-2009
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New health row rocks Channel Islands
26-May-2009
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David Nicholson sticks by NHS quality cash claims
26-May-2009
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NHS cash subsidises private patient care
21 May 2009
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NHS should not be out of pocket when doctors trouser extra cash
21 May 2009
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Restricted emails reveal MMC tensions
19-May-2009
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DH invites NHS education and innovation cluster bids
12-May-2009
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NHS news blog: DH refrains from standardising patient experience
5-May-2009
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DH says NHS can save money and improve patient safety
1-May-2009
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Budget puts pressure on DH central pot
30 April 2009
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DH publishes criteria for defining failure
30 April 2009
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NHS news blog: DH publishes criteria for defining failure
30-Apr-2009
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DH response to Rose Gibb case: chief executives must be held to account
28-Apr-2009
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DH seeks fresh leadership talent for adult social care
24-Apr-2009
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NHS maternity spending falls in first year of DH strategy for improving services
23 April 2009
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DH team launched to reduce infant deaths
22-Apr-2009
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DH to boost third sector links
21-Apr-2009
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DH seeks views on new mental health strategy
16-Apr-2009
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DH rewrites top-ups guidance
2-Apr-2009
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DH told to take lead on race equality
26 March 2009
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DH denies claims of next stage review 'waffle'
19 March 2009
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DH promises to pay Maidstone legal bill
12-Feb-2009
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DH looks to PCT property sales to balance its books
10-Dec-2008
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Monitor attempts to keep DH 'at bay'
6-Nov-2008
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DH faces turmoil over tariff regime
25-Sep-2008
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DH intervention forces cancer rethink
25-Sep-2008
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DH backs down on care record consent
19-Jun-2008
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DH will tackle rift between senior managers and staff
19-Jun-2008
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DH warns Treasury of chaos after accountancy rule changes
12-Jun-2008
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DH toughens line on GP exception reporting
8-May-2008
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DH heralds bigger role for pharmacies
10-Apr-2008
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DH poaches GP guarantee payments to fund pay rise
10-Apr-2008
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DH slated over freedom of information record
10-Apr-2008
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DH knew commercial director was under investigation
31-Jan-2008
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DH breakdown still shows up unallocated millions
24-Jan-2008
