All articles by Kaye McIntosh – Page 4
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HAs will have powers to suspend doctors in performance reforms
Health authorities will be given the power to suspend incompetent GPs as part of a government drive against poorly performing doctors.
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Inquiry finds elderly people need surgery without delays
The NHS should offer a 24-hour guarantee to elderly patients needing urgent surgery, national watchdogs have warned.
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Heat is on government over long-term care
The chair of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care is to meet health secretary Alan Milburn to press for an urgent answer to its call for free personal care for elderly people.
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With friends like these. . .
Managers, GPs and politicians are the best of friends. Even rival national PCG organisations love each other really. Yet, somehow, the NAPC's conference wasn't entirely tension-free, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Pack for PCTs is pulled by NHS Executive
The NHS Executive is being forced to withdraw an information pack for potential primary care trust board members that sparked a row in the runup to the launch of guidance on the governance arrangements for PCTs this week.
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300 NHS staff could be seconded to CHI
Up to 300 staff could be seconded from frontline NHS jobs to the Commission for Health Improvement, which was given its official launch by prime minister Tony Blair this week.
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Lightly grilled
Only the gentlest heat was turned on health minister John Denham at the distinctly on-message New Health Network's conference. Kaye McIntosh reports
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First-wave PCTs could number 19
Up to 19 independent primary care trusts could be established in the first wave of the government's reform of community and family health services next April.
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PCGs warn of losing battle against soaring drug prices
Primary care groups have warned that soaring drug costs could lead to city-wide overspends of up to £1m.
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Pally at the Ally
Teenies' delight Richard Blackwood put some rare glamour into health management at a HImP launch. Kaye McIntosh looked on in disbelief