All Acute care articles – Page 486
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Former health secretary urges halt to Tory manager bashing
The Conservatives will not win elections by continuing to vilify managers, the man drawing up the party's health policy said last week.
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Tories call on government to work with them on NHS Independence Bill
David Cameron has challenged Labour to help his party draw up legislation to give 'independence' to the NHS.
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Cross-party politicians unite for rival London blueprint
A council, two MPs and a London Assembly member have drawn up their own plans for a reconfiguration of health services in their part of north London.
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DoH calls for new definition of urgent care centres
The NHS needs a new definition of an urgent care centre and the minimum range of services patients can expect to find there, the Department of Health has said.
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Website promises easier comparisons to promote public understanding
The Healthcare Commission today launched a new web service designed to allow the public to make easy national and local comparisons about the state of NHS services.
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Flint urges shops to weigh in on public health effort
Businesses, shops and employers must be drawn into efforts to improve public health, the government said this week.
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Robert Greene and Paul Ray on foundation finances
Patient choice presents particular challenges for foundation trusts, so good revenue forecasting is needed, say Robert Greene and Paul Ray
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Only two top scorers in first year of healthcheck ratings
Just two organisations, both of them foundation trusts, have scored top marks in the first healthcheck ratings by the Healthcare Commission.
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HSJ Knowledge
No need for foundations to get in a stew if the mix is right
The new governance code provides the five key ingredients with which foundation trusts can help boards develop effective leadership and cultivate roots in the community. Monitor chair Bill Moyes explains
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Health professional training cuts average at 10pc
Training budgets for nurses and other healthcare professionals are being cut by up to a third in some parts of the country as strategic health authorities make savings to deal with deficits.
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Audit Commission report criticises Ipswich trust as deficit reaches £24m
An NHS trust has been strongly criticised for its financial management during a year in which it had four different deputy directors of finance.
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Ivan Lewis accused of 'throwing his toys out of the pram' at Labour fringe meeting
Health minister Ivan Lewis was accused of 'throwing his toys out of the pram' after an angry performance at a Labour Party conference fringe meeting last week.
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News analysis: 'Hot and cold' hospitals plan gets a chilly public reception
Momentum is growing for radical reconfiguration of acute services in England, which could mean closing dozens of 'excess' hospitals. But could a combination of celebrity campaigns and the fear of Kidderminster win out? Mark Gould reports
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New chief for scandal trust
A new chief executive has been parachuted into a trust at the centre of a waiting-list scandal.
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David Mobbs on health inequalities and the market
Nuffield Hospitals' David Mobbs argues that those who rail against the market stand to make health inequalities worse
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Lewis wants national advocacy service
Patients need a national advocacy service to extend the benefits of choice to poor or excluded people, a minister has claimed.
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A&E under threat in shake-up
Plans for a major shake-up of hospital services in Surrey and Sussex are likely to include closing several accident and emergency departments.
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Unison to rally against markets
The 'headlong rush' to introduce markets into the NHS must be stopped, delegates were due to hear tomorrow.
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News analysis: At risk - the safety agency that failed to set the world on fire
With the future of the National Patient Safety Agency in the balance, Joanna Lyall looks at its track record and examines the criticism it has attracted from many quarters