All articles by Kaye McIntosh – Page 2
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MPs to have reduced role in a appointments
Ministers have come close to admitting that asking MPs to recommend people to sit on hospital or health authority boards can 'politicise' the NHS.
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Local government will 'resist' integrated care
Local authorities have warned they will 'resist' health secretary Alan Milburn's plans to give the NHS the power to run social services.
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Radiology department loses consultant on eve of report
A consultant at the centre of an investigation into a leading radiology department is to leave his post as clinical director.
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Blank check
In a bid to restore public confidence after a series of headline-grabbing scandals, the medical profession is seeking to establish a revalidation scheme for its members. But it won't come cheap. Kaye McIntosh reports
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GMC confirms need for doctor reforms
Plans to make doctors prove they are good at their jobs will be unveiled today by the embattled General Medical Council.
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Public enemy no 1
The General Medical Council is under attack now even from doctors. Kaye McIntosh soaks up the hostility at the LMC's annual conference
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Fears that new top job signals tighter control
Managers fear that health secretary Alan Milburn's decision to combine the top jobs at the NHS Executive and Department of Health signals a further tightening of control, ending the arm's-length role of the Executive.
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A personnel best?
A computer system linking all the personnel information of NHS staff is on its way. But will this IT initiative deliver the goods where so many others have failed? Kaye McIntosh reports
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Legal action and picket threat to HA over plans to dismantle PCG
Doctors have threatened to take Manchester health authority to court over plans to break up a primary care group, while health visitors have warned they will picket the HA's headquarters in protest.
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Turning up the heat
Proposals from an expert group on critical care are already looking ahead to the service demands of next winter. And there's money available, too. Kaye McIntosh reports
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Hospital report set to back whistleblowers
An investigation into claims that staff were 'victimised' for raising concerns about a leading radiology unit is expected to be severely critical of senior managers.
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The Commons touch
Up and down the country, citizens of the nation have been invited to speak their hearts and minds on the great national plan for health. Kaye McIntosh lends an ear
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Trial and error
The deaths of premature babies at North Staffordshire Hospital have proved that the NHS still needs to change radically the way it regards patients.Kaye McIntosh reports on the latest lesson the NHS can't afford to ignore
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Beds under the Reds
Labour has crossed the ideological divide to embrace joint working with the private sector as a way to free NHS beds. Kaye McIntosh reports
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Caution urged on use of private homes
Health and social services managers have urged the government to take a cautious approach to proposals to combat bed shortages by transferring elderly NHS patients to private nursing homes.
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Ministers rush out plan to halt spiralling generic drug costs
Health ministers plan to abolish a scheme under which drug companies have been 'taking advantage of the NHS' to increase dramatically the price of unbranded medicines.
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Pay negotiators to reveal slow going
Negotiators who have been locked in talks on a new pay system for the NHS for almost a year will reveal limited progress this week, days after health minister John Denham launched an action plan for involving staff in decision-making.
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Nought for your comfort
Health service workers were told to blame managers, not ministers, for low pay - and the rest - at Unison's healthcare conference. Kaye McIntosh reports
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Voices off
A generous health secretary and a joking Opposition leader got warm receptions at the RCN Congress. It was when they left the stage that the dissent started, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Look who's talking
Whatever the future holds for Bart's, it seems destined for controversy. Kaye McIntosh reports