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NewsReport criticises junior doctors' workload
Patients are being placed at “unnecessary risk” because junior doctors are told to work beyond their competence, a report said today.
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NewsMSPs split on waiting time law
MSPs on a Holyrood committee have revealed that it is split on whether new laws should be brought in giving NHS patients a legal waiting time guarantee.
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NewsReport highlights out-of-date keyhole equipment
More than one in four hospitals performing keyhole surgery are using out-of-date and potentially unsafe equipment, according to a new report.
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NewsOrgan transplants hit record high
A record number of organ transplants were carried out in the UK last year, figures show.
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NewsCouncils and NHS 'must cooperate on social care'
The health service and local government must work as partners on social care in the face of a spending squeeze, the NHS Confederation has said.
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NewsKent PCT to delay referrals in order to dodge overspend
A primary care trust in Kent has become the latest to announce it is reducing funding for IVF and low priority procedures this year in order to tackle rising acute activity, which risks a £40m overspend.
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NewsNew hospital death rates to be published in April
An official NHS death rate for hospital trusts will be published within six months and must not be ignored, the Department of Health was due to announce today.
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NewsPrivate sector gets 6pc of big ticket NHS spend
Some 6 per cent of big ticket spending in the NHS is with the private sector, analysis by HSJ suggests.
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NewsDr Foster sticks with alternative death rate
One of the most prominent methods of comparing hospital death rates has been the hospital standardised mortality ratio, promulgated by firm Dr Foster and used to create its annual Hospital Guide since 2001.
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NewsTrust plans closure of seven wards
A hospital trust plans to close the equivalent of seven wards to get back into financial balance.
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NewsPatients will move between commissioners, warns GP
Patients will “get on a bus” to find care denied by GP commissioners, a senior doctor has told MPs and peers.
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LeaderThe new mortality indicator suffers from mixed messages
The debate over how hospital mortality should be measured and whether those measures reveal anything useful has rumbled on for the last decade.
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NewsGovernment scraps adult social services performance assessment
Annual performance assessments that rate local councils on adult social care are to be scrapped once this year’s ratings are announced later this month.
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LeaderGPs stung by maternity services rebuff
Who should commission maternity care? Health secretary Andrew Lansley has decided it should not be part of the “great majority” of services that GPs will eventually be responsible for.
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NewsMore Tribal health staff jobs now at risk
Consultancy Tribal has launched another round of redundancies in a review of its health business.
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NewsCollege of Medicine denies link to homeopathy charity
The new College Of Medicine has denied it is linked to Prince Charles’s Foundation for Integrated Health, which controversially folded this year.
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NewsMental health hit by integration issues
Mental health patients are failing to benefit from personal care budgets because of poor inter-agency working.
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NewsBurstow's 'disappointment' over personal budgets
Care services minister Paul Burstow has spoken of his disappointment at the number of people whose care packages are paid for with a personal budget.
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NewsGP consortia accountability questioned
Questions about the financial accountability of GP consortia have been raised in the House of Commons.
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NewsPractice based commissioning academy gets rebranded
The NHS Alliance and its private sector partner Humana have rebadged their so called practice based commissioning academy to appeal to fledgling GP consortia.