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NewsGP commissioners warned to heed EU law
The GP commissioning groups planned by health secretary Andrew Lansley will need to be aware of how EU procurement law could affect the way they purchase services, a law firm has warned.
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NewsNHS South Central defends decision to fluoridate water supplies
NHS South Central has defended its decision to fluoridate the local water supply after opponents seized on the government’s invitation to nominate laws they would like to see axed.
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NewsPaediatric surgeons ‘need networks’
Commissioners must help to create a managed care network of general paediatric surgeons if children are not to have to travel long distances and experience long waits for surgery.
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NewsCouncil role to supplant PCTs
Local authorities will have a greater but as yet unclear role in planning NHS services under the white paper proposals.
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NewsCQC chief welcomes 'formalisation' of relationship with Monitor
The Care Quality Commission is to become a “quality inspectorate” focusing solely on the safety and quality of providers.
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NewsBoard will have power to assign GPs to consortia
The new NHS commissioning board will have a “reserve power” to assign GP practices to consortia where necessary.
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NewsSHA and PCT jobs crisis ahead
Tens of thousands of staff in primary care trusts and strategic health authorities will lose their jobs in the next four years.
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NewsGPs refuse to be Lansley's 'whipping boys'
GPs will refuse to become the “whipping boys” of the health secretary or independent board, a GP leader has warned.
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NewsNHS Kingston gains permission for social enterprise
The provider arm of NHS Kingston is to become a social enterprise on 1 August after two years of planning.
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NewsNorfolk community service provider appoints chair
Carrie Armitage has been appointed shadow chair of the provider arm of NHS Norfolk, which is seeking to become a community foundation trust.
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NewsAll new blood makes up health committee
The Commons health select committee is to be entirely made up of MPs who have not served on it before - although several of them have a background in health or health related fields.
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NewsNicholson warns DH may 'take powers' over £1.7bn of PCT allocations this year
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has warned the Department of Health may seize control of the 2 per cent it told primary care trusts to set aside for “non-recurrent” spending this financial year.
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NewsNHS staff to find out if their jobs are at risk by September
NHS staff facing potential redundancy or a change in their roles as a result of the government’s reform plans will be informed by the end of September.
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NewsNicholson tells chief executives: don't be defensive about change
Sir David Nicholson has told NHS managers not to become defensive about the enormous changes they will need to implement across the health system.
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NewsTop mark for maternity service
The maternity service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has become the first to achieve the top accreditation for clinical safety in the NHS.
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NewsOnly government spending warded off recession
Only a huge hike in government spending preserved growth for the UK’s fragile economy during the first three months of this year, official figures show.
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NewsHospital told to overhaul cleaning team
Cleaning standards at Glasgow Royal Infirmary are satisfactory but action must be taken to ensure cleaners are available when needed, a new report has found.
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NewsNHS to take 'immediate steps' to split oversight of commissioning and provision
The NHS is to take “immediate steps” to split the responsibility for commissioner and provider strategy at national and regional level to lay the ground for the changes set out in yesterday’s white paper.