All articles by Charlotte – Page 20
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Smoking cessation funding safe following furious letter
The NHS will continue to fund the “most effective smoking cessation intervention in the UK” following a furious letter from dozens of public health bodies and royal colleges.
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MP slams ‘uncontested’ FT governor elections
Foundation trust governing boards have been criticised by a Conservative member of the Commons health select committee as “self-selecting cliques”, after figures revealed up to a third of elections for foundation trust governors are uncontested.
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Mental health trusts respond to New Horizons
Mental health trusts are pressing the government to look at fresh ways of protecting services given predicted activity increases and the lack of a national tariff.
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NHS trusts told to be more women friendly
Trusts should make committee nominations more “democratic” and hold meetings during child-friendly hours to allow more women to take part, a government commissioned review has urged.
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CQC chief ‘will not wade in’ on race equalities
Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower has promised not to go “wading in” to trusts that fail to comply with race equality duties.
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Annual health check: impact of targets and FTs seen in acute score slide
The stroke target, winter pressures and the increasing number of foundation trusts are being blamed for the slide in acute trusts’ annual health check performance.
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Health check shows NHS is not focusing on quality - Andrew Lansley
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the annual health check showed there was not enough focus on improving quality in the NHS.
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Mental health trusts shine in annual health check despite tougher tests
More than three quarters of mental health trusts have received good or excellent annual health check scores for service quality, despite far more rigorous assessment this year.
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Health check improvements mask decline in acute trust performance
The performance of acute trusts in the annual health check has dropped for the first time despite overall improvements in service quality across the NHS.
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PCT chiefs are not underpaid, says DH
The pay gap between primary care trust chief executives and their foundation trust peers is overstated, according to the Department of Health.
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Top NHS managers urge against pay freeze
A quarter of senior managers have said they think they are underpaid in a survey being used to oppose calls for a pay freeze.
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CQC clocks up first class expenses
The Care Quality Commission’s executive team has spent nearly £6,000 on first class rail travel and taxis in the first three months of its existence.
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FT chief: ‘can-do’ bid won our merger
A foundation chief executive has highlighted demonstrating a “can-do” attitude as a major factor in his successful bid to take over another trust.
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Mental health chiefs to confront CQC on survey
Mental health trust chief executives are to meet the Care Quality Commission to discuss its handling of results from the national inpatients survey.
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Andy Burnham makes hospital car parking pledge
Health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to phase out hospital car parking charges for inpatients and their relatives and friends over the next three years.
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NHS managers’ career progress barred by prejudices, confidential study finds
Candid accounts of managers held back in their careers through prejudice and discrimination have been revealed in a confidential Department of Health investigation.
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Gordon Brown pledges to 'beat cancer in this generation'
Prime minister Gordon Brown has pledged to “beat cancer in this generation”.
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Clarify role of NHS, urges King's Fund
The NHS needs to clarify its role in public policy and stop “trying to do everything”, according to King’s Fund chief executive Niall Dickson.
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Recession is no excuse to cut sexual health services, PCTs told
Primary care trusts have been urged not to use the recession as an excuse to cut funding for sexual health services.
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Alan Milburn attacks Andy Burnham for making NHS the preferred provider
Former health secretary Alan Milburn has attacked Andy Burnham’s decision to move away from competition and make the NHS the “preferred provider” of services.