Oliver Evans
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Conservatives defend district general pledge
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has defended the Conservative party's pledge to 'save' district general hospitals.
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Diagnostics firm Atos found inadequate
A private provider has been slammed in an internal Department of Health report for its management of an NHS diagnostics deal - but local trusts were also criticised.
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wales violence
The Welsh Assembly has set up a task force to tackle violence and aggression against NHS staff.Its remit is to improve information sharing, incident reporting and the way the service works with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.The taskforce, to include union representatives, will also look at what guidance ...
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Tories stake a claim to be the patient-centred party
The Conservatives have fired their salvo in the battle to prove they are the party that can deliver a patient-centred NHS.
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Going off Ofcare
Ministers are not keen on the proposed name for the new health and social care regulator, Ofcare.
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Councillors to join PCT boards
Primary care trusts might be told to have local authority councillors on their boards, health minister Ben Bradshaw told delegates.
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NICE chief asks for divorce from DoH
The chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has said that it would function better if it were set free from the Department of Health.
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BMA says more funds are key to boosting GP access
The chairman of the British Medical Association has told a government minister that more money and staff will be needed to improve GP access.
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Hamish calls for more cash
Although the BMA accepts the need for change,chairman Hamish Meldrum said the plans for 100 to 150 polyclinic staffed by 50 to 60 GPs would be likely to mean the end of local practices.
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Johnson at odds with prime minister over alcohol licensing laws
Health secretary Alan Johnson has publicly dismissed the chief medical officer's concerns about extended licensing hours - a view that now appears to put him at odds with his own prime minister.
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Labour conference: health secretary tackles flagging morale and 24-hour drinking
Improving the morale of staff is not the first aim of Lord Darzi's review of the future of the NHS, health secretary Alan Johnson has admitted - but 'buy-in' by employees will be essential to its success.
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HART teams
Emergency chiefs fear commissioners will balk at paying for an ambitious plan to allow specialist paramedics into the heart of major incidents including terrorist attacks. Commissioners have questioned how running costs for Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) will be funded, HSJ has learned. The scheme will see specialist teams set ...
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NHS pension deal agreed
Health unions, the Department of Health, employer representatives and NHS Employers have reached an agreement on the proposed changes to the NHS pension scheme.
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PFI link-ups could save millions
Hospital trusts considering using the private finance initiative could save millions of pounds by teaming up with non-NHS partners, according to the chief executive of a trust set to go into partnership with a football club.
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Union 'gobsmacked' by ambulance funds blow
North West Ambulance Service trust has admitted it can only afford to buy 35 of the 128 ambulances it needs to replace, raising questions over the reconfigured service's buying power.
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Colleges back clinical case for specialist acute service centres
England's clinical leaders have backed moves to reconfigure specialist acute services - but urged caution over changes to the district general hospital.
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Alarm over new transport contracts
More than half the contracts for the NHS to provide patient transport services are at risk of being given to private or voluntary-sector providers, ambulance trusts have warned.