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NewsHeart of Birmingham PCT appoints new interim chief exec
Heart of Birmingham teaching primary care trust has appointed Kevin McGee as its interim chief executive.
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NewsPCTs urged to invest in prevention
Primary care trusts could save more than £6.7m in five years by investing less than half that in measures to prevent ill health, according to an independent report commissioned by the government.
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NewsTrusts told to monitor use of safer surgery checklist
Many acute trusts could be failing to monitor the use of a mandatory patient safety tool, HSJ understands.
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NewsStroke action falls short of CQC standards
Many stroke patients are still not spending enough of their hospital stay on a specialist stroke unit or having a brain scan within 24 hours, a National Audit Office report has revealed.
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NewsTrust failings allowed nurse to kill, says report
A series of failings at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in West Yorkshire allowed former nurse Colin Norris to kill four elderly patients, an independent inquiry has found.
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NewsSHA fears Londoners will see care squeezed in 2012
NHS London has warned that healthcare in the capital could be “compromised” if the Department of Health does not provide its share of the £40m estimated costs resulting from the 2012 Olympic Games.
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NewsNHS East of England urged to work better with PCTs
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has advised East of England strategic health authority to make “demonstrable improvements” in its relationships with primary care trusts.
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NewsCancer care plans could cut costs
Primary care trusts could make significant cost savings by adopting a more personalised approach to the follow-up care of cancer patients, national clinical director for cancer Professor Sir Mike Richards has said.
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NewsDH appoints liver disease tsar to lead national strategy
The Department of Health has appointed Dr Martin Lombard as the first national clinical director for liver disease.
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NewsDH funds £20m pilot scheme for thalidomide survivors
The Department of Health is to fund a £20m pilot scheme to help meet the long term health needs of thalidomide survivors, health minister Mike O’Brien announced today.
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NewsTories would apply tariff to end of life care
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged to extend the NHS tariff to include end of life care if the Conservatives win the next election.
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NewsNew chief executive for Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust
Managing director of BT Health Sir Jonathan Michael has been appointed as the new chief executive of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust.
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NewsTories target deprived areas in public health reform
Poorer areas with the worst public health outcomes would be given a financial “premium” to reduce health inequalities, the Conservatives’ draft manifesto has pledged.
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NewsOperating theatre 'scheduler' could save trusts more than £5m a year
Appointing a dedicated operating theatre “scheduler” could save acute trusts more than £5m a year, latest information from the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement suggests.
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NewsDH appoints new urgent and emergency care tsar
The Department of Health has appointed Professor Matthew Cooke as the new national clinical director for urgent and emergency care.
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NewsLondon hospital managers cleared of bullying
A report into the handling of concerns by doctors involved in the Baby P case will clear hospital managers of bullying and harassment, HSJ understands.
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NewsA&E services under threat in £20m dispute
Two services that could ease winter pressures on accident and emergency at an acute trust in the West Midlands are under threat from a funding row.
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NewsNHS London suspends private care service
Out of hospital services run by the independent company Clinicenta have been suspended by NHS London following concerns over the company’s performance.
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NewsStroke care gets better since health check
Latest figures from the Department of Health indicate hospital trusts have improved stroke care since the Care Quality Commission undertook the 2008-09 annual health check.
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NewsNHS London launches innovation fund
NHS London has launched a multi-million pound fund to support and reward innovation in the region.
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