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NewsPCT support agency will look beyond London
The organisation set up to support the capital’s primary care trust commissioners is looking to offer its services beyond London, its chair has told HSJ.
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NewsPCTs rein in management consultant spending
There is significant variation in the use of management consultancy this financial year by primary care trusts, information collected by HSJ reveals.
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NewsThink tank questions feasibility of planned NHS cuts
The feasibility of government plans to slash 45 per cent of NHS management costs in four years has been called into question by a think tank close to the Conservative Party.
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NewsInequality fears over patient ID guidance
Guidance recommending GPs ask patients for a proof of their address or other identity before registering will block disadvantaged patients from accessing primary care, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS Confed is still ‘looking out’ for all its members
After a ‘torrid’ first three months as chair of the NHS Confederation, Sir Keith Pearson believes the organisation can continue to be an umbrella for purchaser and provider interests, he tells Charlotte Santry
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NewsMixed sex wards and ennui
Health secretary Andrew Lansley this week announced an end to mixed sex wards in the NHS, prompting an outbreak of ennui.
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NewsNick Clegg to set out social mobility plans
The government’s plans for closing the gap between rich and poor will be set out by deputy prime Minister Nick Clegg today.
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NewsFTs favour male nurse directors
Foundation trusts are more likely to give senior nursing posts to men than acute trusts without foundation status, an investigation by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has found.
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NewsPCT and UnitedHealth end deal
NHS Northamptonshire has terminated its contract for commissioning support with UnitedHealth UK a year early.
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NewsSpending review 'will make society fairer'
Chancellor George Osborne has defended the coalition government’s planned spending cuts, claiming that ringfencing the NHS demonstrates the government’s commitment to fairness.
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NewsNorth East trusts plan redundancies
Around 500 NHS managers and administrators in north-east England are to lose their jobs, it has been reported.
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NewsHospitals to face mixed-sex ward fines
Hospitals will face fines if they fail to end the “indignity” of mixed-sex wards, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsPersonal budgets sex survey exposes 'no rules'
The overwhelming majority of councils have no rules on whether people receiving personal social care budgets can use some of that funding to buy sexual services, it has emerged.
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NewsNick Clegg vows to stay the course of reform
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has vowed that the coalition government would stay the course and would not crumble under pressure.
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NewsAudit Commission to be abolished
The Audit Commission will be abolished from 2012, the Department of Communities and Local Government has confirmed.
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NewsRetail mogul to head spending review
David Cameron has recruited billionaire entrepreneur Sir Philip Green to lead a review of government spending, it has been announced.
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NewsTrusts putting patients' lives at risk, claims AvMA
NHS hospitals are putting lives at risk by failing to comply with key alerts on patient safety, a report has said.
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NHS facing £65bn PFI bill
The NHS in England faces a total bill of £65bn for new hospitals built under the private finance initiative (PFI), it has been reported.
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NewsHospitals may miss targets as 'financial risk' increases
Hospitals could miss key targets on cancer care as the level of “financial risk” across the health sector increases, a new report has warned.
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NewsNHS management cuts hotspots revealed
An HSJ investigation has revealed the clearest national picture to date of the primary care trusts being hit hardest by NHS management savings.