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NHS quality board members announced
The Department of Health has announced the 12 expert and lay members of the national quality board.
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NewsMixed progress on children's care training in hospitals
Hospitals have made mixed progress in training staff to provide good care to children, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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Chief executive resigns following mortality probe
The chair and chief executive of a foundation trust have resigned ahead of the first regulatory report triggered by mortality figures.
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Trusts fail to act on mortality alerts
Some hospital trust boards are neglecting figures that may highlight serious care failings, leading to patient deaths, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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Gordon Brown unveils plan to put nurses in charge of NHS services
An expert commission launched by prime minister Gordon Brown is to review the place of nurses in managing and commissioning care.
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Leading NHS chiefs call for London trust mergers
Competition and collaboration rules should not stand in the way of hospital trust mergers and acquisitions, two major acute trust chief executives have argued.
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Risks probe sees children's hospital chief quit
The chief executive of a children’s hospital accused of putting patients at risk has resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report.Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust said Paul O'Connor, who took the job in 2005, was leaving immediately.
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Blackpool chief executive on loan to South Manchester
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals foundation trust chief executive Julian Hartley is to run University Hospital of South Manchester foundation trust for two and a half months.
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NewsAlan Johnson names England's five health science centres
England’s five academic health science ‘super trusts’ have been announced by health secretary Alan Johnson, including three in London.
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Clinician made London merger trust chief
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the merged trust planned for south east London.Chris Streather, a consultant renal physician, has been Bromley Hospitals trust interim chief executive since December and was previously medical director at St George's Hospital.
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Birmingham chief quits ahead of critical report
The chief executive of Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust has resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report.Paul O'Connor is leaving with immediate effect, chair Joanna Davis announced in a statement.
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Flaws exposed in NHS winter planning
The NHS must improve the way it deals with the increased demand for hospital care in winter months, director general of NHS finance, performance and operations David Flory has said.Mr Flory said in the quarterly update on performance that he was 'disappointed' that the NHS as a whole had missed ...
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Margaret Edwards leaves Yorkshire and the Humber SHA
Margaret Edwards, the chief executive of Yorkshire and the Humber strategic health authority, is leaving her post, HSJ can reveal.Ms Edwards became chief executive of the SHA when it was formed in 2006.
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Monitor withdraws quality accounts challenge
Foundation trusts will have to send quality accounts to the government, health minister Lord Darzi has insisted.
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Capita: Choices and CHKS are route into NHS
Capita plans to use its NHS Choices contract, and newly acquired healthcare information firm CHKS, to help it sell patient experience services to the rest of the NHS.
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Super-trust bidders aim for London lead
London’s would-be “super-trusts” claim it would be disastrous for the capital’s international research standing if any of them were not accredited.
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FT chief resigns ahead of watchdog report
A foundation trust is facing a “crisis of public confidence” after its chief executive and chair resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report. Monitor has stepped in to appoint replacements at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, which gained foundation status on 1 February last year.
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Chair named for south east London super-trust
A chair has been appointed to the proposed merged hospital trust in south east London.
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Wales announces hospital improvements
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has announced capital funding for a list of new hospital equipment and building improvements.
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Trust must pay £430,000 to wrongly sacked surgeon
An acute trust has been criticised for using the wrong procedures to suspend and sack a consultant.