Nearly one-third of NHS bodies are still in poor financial health, according to the Audit Commission's Review of the NHS Financial Year 2006-07 published today.
The report says 31 per cent of NHS acute and primary care trusts are failing to meet minimum requirements. However, 27 per cent of trusts and PCTs are in the top two categories, performing well or strongly in their use of resources.
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The Care Quality Commission’s lead for mental health inspection has announced his intention to step down, HSJ can reveal.
Optometrists are warning more people will lose their sight if plans to connect to an NHS IT referral system are further delayed.
Sir David Dalton has urged health and social care secretary Matt Hancock to view patient safety as a “firm priority” for the NHS, warning progress made since the Mid Staffs scandal could quickly disappear.
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