All Health Service Journal articles in 3 February 2011
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NewsUncertain future for cancer networks
Cancer networks look set to lose their government funding and be encouraged to become social enterprises under the new cancer strategy.
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NewsHealey appoints new adviser from NHS Confed
The NHS Confederation’s senior policy manager has been appointed as a special adviser to shadow health secretary John Healey.
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HSJ Local
North Staffs sets revised date for becoming FT
STRUCTURE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has put back its proposed timescale for achieving foundation status.
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NewsCentral grip tightens under 'independence' bill
The government’s ambition to liberate the NHS has been called into question after the Health and Social Care Bill published last week apparently granted wide ranging powers of intervention to the health secretary.
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NewsDecontamination costs revealed to MPs
Decontaminating used crutches costs hospitals more than replacing them, MPs have been told.
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NewsPrime minister writes to GPs
Prime minister David Cameron has written to GPs explaining the reasons for the government’s reforms of commissioning.
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NewsDH will 'co-produce' authorisation process, GPs told
Pathfinder commissioning consortia have been told the NHS Commissioning Board will “co produce” with them its authorisation process for the groups, HSJ has learned.
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NewsThousands of cancer patients 'denied radiotherapy'
Tens of thousands of people with cancer are missing out on potentially curative radiotherapy, it was claimed today.
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NewsConsultants' £40m pay claims rejected
The Scottish first minister has disputed claims that Scotland paid an extra £40m to highly paid NHS consultants in the last year.
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NewsKing's Fund challenges health reform claims
The health secretary’s claims over why the NHS must be reformed are questionable, according to a leading health economist.
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HSJ Local
South Tees FT admits C Difficile target concern
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is concerned about missing its C Difficile reduction target for the year.
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HSJ KnowledgeSetting a course for consortia: an HSJ and doctors.net.uk discussion
In mid-December, just ahead of the release of the 2011-12 operating framework and the response to the consultation on the Liberating the NHS white paper, HSJ and doctors.net.uk held a roundtable debate on consortium commissioning.
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North Tees agrees PFI hospital business plan
COMMERCIAL: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust has agreed a business case for a £299m private finance initiative hospital.
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North East ambulance service misses targets under winter pressure
PERFORMANCE: North East Ambulance Service Trust missed the category A eight-minute call to connect target as well as the category B 19-minute call to connect target during December.
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NewsReforms are evolution not revolution, insists Cameron
Prime minister David Cameron has defended the health reforms, claiming the need to modernise the service was “essential”.
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NewsNigel Edwards calls for constructive dialogue on competition
The head of the NHS Confederation has urged for “constructive dialogue” about the effect of greater competition in healthcare.
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NewsPoll reveals public mistrust of reforms
Just one in four people support GPs using private companies to provide NHS services, one of the key measures of the government’s health reforms, the results of a new poll suggest.
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NewsLansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there was “risk” involved with his radical NHS reforms, but change was necessary to improve standards for patients.
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NewsHundreds of care home deaths caused by dehydration
New statistics show that more than 650 elderly residents in care homes have died of dehydration in the past five years.