All Health Service Journal articles in 11 December 2008 – Page 2
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PCTs struggle to cope with cost of increased referrals
Primary care trusts are struggling to cope with the financial fallout of increased referrals, with some now expecting the extra costs to drive them into deficit.
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Healthcare Commission warns NHS has some way to go on patient safety
NHS boards are devolving vital decisions on safety and failing to report serious incidents such as radiation overdoses, preliminary Healthcare Commission findings have revealed.
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Child safety is a double whammy for NHS managers
The death of Baby P has been a stark wake-up call for trusts - both in terms of whether children in their care are safe and whether staff on the front line are properly supported. Charlotte Santry reports
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Huge leadership challenge to implement Darzi review
Managers have been warned to expect a 'huge leadership challenge' in an operating framework devoted to implementing the next stage review.
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Comply with NICE or pay, Care Quality Commission tells trusts
Healthcare providers could be shut down for failing to comply with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance under plans to make adherence a requirement of the Care Quality Commission's registration scheme.
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Media Watch: public health budgets
Those seeking to defend public health budgets amid financial turmoil were unlikely to take heart from the press this week.
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London PCTs pin hopes on debt plan to avert mergers
London's primary care trusts are hoping a high profile bailout of the capital's historic debt will demonstrate they can work together - and avert the threat of mergers.
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Welsh Assembly announces health transition directors
The managers who will oversee the creation of new health organisations in Wales have been announced by the Assembly government.
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NHS Direct ups its in-house response after referrals criticism
NHS Direct is planning to set itself a higher target for the proportion of calls it deals with 'in-house'.
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NHS constitution is a finance firewall, say advisers
The NHS constitution will force the government to invest in services and act as a protective 'firewall' against budget squeezes, advisers have predicted.
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NHS could be £13bn short in five years
There could be a £13bn gap between what the NHS has been assessed as needing and what it will get by 2013, the executive chair of the foundation trust regulator Monitor has warned.
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NHS operating framework 2009-10
NHS told to cap spending as more than half of£1.8bn surplus is lostHuge leadership challenge to implement Darzi reviewPCTs get green light for CQUINNHS operating framework: winners and losersManagers' responses to the NHS operating frameworkWhat the operating framework means for PCTs, providers and SHAsDownload the NHS operating framework for 2009-10
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NHS told to cap spending as more than half of £1.8bn surplus is lost
The dire state of public finances means the NHS will be permitted to spend less than half the surplus it has generated over the last two years.
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Cancer survival rates vary widely, statistics show
Cancer survival rates in England have remained static, new figures reveal. But wide variations still exist between five-year survival rates for different types of cancer, according to Office for National Statistics data for 2005 - the latest available.
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Norovirus outbreaks hit beds and waiting times
A growing number of hospitals were last week facing pressure on waiting time targets as they dealt with norovirus outbreaks.
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DH looks to PCT property sales to balance its books
The sale of up to 6.5bn of primary care trust property will help the Department of Health out of the looming 16bn hole in its capital spending limit.The limit imposed on the DH and NHS by the Treasury will be jeopardised next April when new accountancy rules mean private finance ...
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Former race equality leader complains of inaction
The former head of the Commission for Racial Equality, Lord Ouseley, has accused the new human rights watchdog of failing to fight discrimination in the health service.
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Improving patient safety: advice for NHS boards
Institute for Healthcare Improvement president and chief executive Donald Berwick talks to Stockport foundation trust chair Robina Shah about the role of NHS boards in improving patient safety and quality of care
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More GP practices offering extended hours
The number of GP practices offering extended hours has reached 5,380 or 65 per cent of 8,263 practices. This is an increase from 58.9 per cent in October.
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Commission on future of public services launched
Former Audit Commission chief executive and NHS deputy chief executive Sir Andrew Foster is to chair a commission on the future of public services. The Commission on 2020 Public Services said it is to define the principles of a post-Beveridge framework for public services in an era of “hard fiscal ...
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