All articles by Kaye McIntosh – Page 5
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Managers warn on PCT funding
Managers have warned that funding to smooth the development of primary care trusts must be pledged in the next batch of guidance on the reforms, due out later this month.
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Injunction win for suspended doctor
A doctor has won a court injunction against a trust which suspended him after he carried out an unauthorised audit of cancer screening results.
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Community groups 'may desert HAZ'
Community groups have threatened to walk away from a health action zone unless there is more community involvement.
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Activists gatecrash director job interview
Mental health service users claim to have gatecrashed a job interview for the director of a new organisation spearheading partnership with social services.
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Streets ahead
A project with a GP surgery is providing healthcare for homeless people who often can't get access to it. But its funding is in danger, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Jobs at risk as trusts 'face £100m crisis'
Patient services and jobs are at risk as London trusts face a £75m cash crisis, figures obtained by HSJ show.
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PCT guidance slammed as 'confused'
Managers and clinicians have attacked key guidance on developing primary care trusts for being 'confused' and 'disappointing'.
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Only two PCG chairs to be held by nurses
Just two of the 481 primary care groups in England are chaired by nurses, it has emerged.
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Ambulance trust chief executive retires before 999 inquiry reports
The chief executive of an ambulance trust has retired, weeks before an inquiry reports on allegations that response times were 'doctored'.
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Jobs warning as shadow PCGs make firstmove to trust status
Managers and GPs have warned that further 'wholesale reorganisation' and job losses could follow if dozens of primary care groups decide to move towards trust status in 1999.