All Health Service Journal articles in 20 December 2012
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NewsDrug firm ends conference payments
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline will stop paying for doctors to attend medical conferences and scrap some sales targets as it seeks to mend its reputation in the wake of a damaging scandal over multimillion-pound bribery claims in China.
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NewsNew funding formula approved
NHS England today rejected a proposal that would have seen more than 100 clinical commissioning groups facing real-terms cuts next year so additional funds could be directed to their most underfunded peers.
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HSJ Local
CQC criticises County Durham dental surgeries
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has issues a warning over standards at two dental surgeries in County Durham.
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HSJ Local
Darlington care provider fined £4,000
PERFORMANCE: St Martin’s Care Ltd has been fined after the Care Quality Commission found concerns at Willow Green Residential Care Home, Darlington, County Durham, had not been addressed.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus hits Hull and Cottingham
PERFORMANCE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has issued a norovirus warning.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 21.12.12
Hospital trusts should work towards quicker discharge and the rest of today’s news
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NewsDH publishes 'cherry picking list' and tariff details
The Department of Health has published a list of procedures which are liable to be “cherry picked” by independent providers, and could be paid for at a lower rate.
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HSJ Local
Anthrax infected drug user dies in Medway
A drug user has died after being infected with anthrax, public health experts in Kent have said.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 20 December 2012
Reaction to the impact on general practice of a new funding formula and the future budget for specialised commissioning. Plus why front line nurses are not to blame for a lack of compassionate care
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria chief executive to leave
WORKFORCE: Adrian Bull, chief executive of Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has announced he will be leaving the trust in April.
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex seeks procurement chief
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is advertising for a chief procurement officer.
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NewsMinister casts doubt on use of tariff across mental health
Funding for mental health services needs to change to remove an “institutional bias” in the NHS, health minister Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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NewsConfusion surrounds councils' public health budgets
Councils face fresh confusion over their public health budgets, after the Department of Health cast doubt on a claim by the Department for Communities & Local Government that the funding would rise from £2.2bn to £2.6bn.
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UKIP suspends candidate after NHS spending slur
A UK Independence Party candidate has been suspended over suggestions that compulsory abortion should be considered for foetuses with Down’s syndrome or spina bifida.
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HSJ LocalImperial College Health Partners appoints managing director
Adrian Bull has been appointed as the managing director of the Imperial College Health Partners, the prospective academic health science network.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 19.12.12
How the NHS needs to buy and implement technology and the rest of today’s news
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HSJ Local
Bradford Hospitals fails MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is struggling to meet infection control targets, commissioners say.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus closes two wards at Mid Staffs
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has closed two wards due to an outbreak of norovirus at the trust.
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HSJ Local
Airedale FT struggling with infection control targets
PERFORMANCE: Airedale Hospitals Foundation Trust is struggling to meet infection control targets, commissioners say.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall goes two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has not had a case of MRSA for more than two years, it has reported.