All articles by Kaye McIntosh – Page 3
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Cut to the quick
A rapid-response team is offering patients support after leaving hospital - or helping them avoid admission altogether. Kaye McIntosh explains
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HA chair resigns in protest over 'bypass' plans for Budget money
A health authority chair has resigned in protest at the government's claim that Budget money would bypass HAs.
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Crisis talks as CHI moves in on Lakeland for abuse probe
A government hit-squad has held a crisis meeting with managers at a trust stung by revelations of horrifying abuse of elderly mentally ill patients.
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Grin and bear it
The prime minister was kept on his mettle when he appeared - on a giant screen - to reassure a GPs' conference. Kaye McIntosh was there
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Fritchie 'must spell out' councillors' role
A highly critical report on political appointments must spell out the roles and responsibilities of councillors who sit on trust, health authority and primary care group boards, NHS leaders have demanded.
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Climbing out of the chair
Health service managers will be familiar with trust chairs taking a hands-on approach, but one has swapped roles entirely - and become a chief executive. Kaye McIntosh reports
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What's up, docs?
The Shipman case sounded the death-knell for the GMC in its current form. But what might replace self-regulation? Kaye McIntosh considers the options
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Denham raps HAs starving PCGs of cash
Health minister John Denham is set to issue a stern rebuke to health authorities that fail to hand over enough money to primary care groups.
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Watchdogs pour scorn as trusts volunteer to be CHI guinea pigs
As many as 10 trusts have volunteered to be inspected by the Commission for Health Improvement when it starts work in April.
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Charity 'funded cottage on NHS'
Ministers have promised to investigate claims that a charity charged with caring for people with learning difficulties spent NHS money on a holiday cottage, caravan and boat.
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News focus
Just like film star Meryl Streep, able to adapt to many different roles, and carry them off with aplomb. That's the model for the Commission for Health Improvement. Kaye McIntosh reports
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Council launches legal battle
A council has launched a legal battle against venture capitalists trying to close an elderly people's home sold off by the council before the general election.
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£90m cash injection not enough to counter soaring drug prices
A £90m cash injection by the government has failed to wipe out an overspending crisis caused by the soaring cost of unbranded drugs.
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GPs accuse ministers of ignoring PCT fury
Family doctors have launched a furious attack on two of the final group of first-wave primary care trusts.
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Out in front
Out in front Just 13 primary care trusts will be launched in the first wave, but guidance only increases speculation over who will control whom.
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Man of the match
The post may not be without its problems, but the NHS s new deputy chief executive is widely viewed as an ideal partner for its boss, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Milburn makes early case for funds boost
Health secretary Alan Milburn has started bargaining for more money for the NHS ahead of this year s government-wide review of spending - but warned that any funds will be closely tied to performance targets.
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Toeing the line
'Treatment for those who will benefit' was Alan Milburn's spin on the r-word at NICE's first conference. Kaye McIntosh joined the queues
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PCGs get backing for drug sponsor deals
GPs and primary care groups have been 'surprised' by 'liberal' guidance on sponsorship deals with drug companies.
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Parents protest over children's hearts retained by pathologists
A meeting of up to 400 parents who believe their children's hearts were kept without their knowledge by Alder Hey Children's Hospital, in Liverpool, has been called for next week.