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NewsPoor hospital communication criticised in coroner's report
Communication between doctors and nurses treating a 21 month old boy who later died was “poor”, a coroner’s report says.
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NewsBusiness group warns on public finances
Repairing the public finances will require tax rises or spending cuts of up to £15bn a year, a business group has warned.
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News'Major changes' after avoidable hospital deaths
A hospital has introduced “major changes” to its nursing care after a coroner said a catalogue of failings had led to the deaths of two patients, its chief nurse said today.
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NewsTrust 'named and shamed' over plans to cut beds
Health minister Mike O’Brien has carried out his threat to “name and shame” trusts that cut services and blame the economy - using a parliamentary debate to highlight the case of a trust planning 200 bed cuts.
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NewsResearch points to huge out of hours spending variations
The Patients Association has criticised primary care trusts over significant variations in out of hours spending.
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NewsNHS staff need training to deal with domestic violence
All NHS staff should have and apply a clear understanding of the risk factors for violence and abuse when interacting with patients, according to a report from the government’s task force on the health aspects of violence against women and children.
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News£8.4bn funding for Scottish NHS
Funding for the NHS in Scotland will rise to a record £8.4bn, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NewsCQC completes non-executive board line up
The Care Quality Commission has appointed John Harwood as its sixth non-executive board member.
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NewsTest EU doctors' English competency, GMC urges
An urgent change in the law is needed to ensure overseas doctors can be checked for competency in English, a medical regulator said today.
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NewsChief exec swaps Norfolk for Channel Islands
The chief executive of NHS Norfolk has announced she is to step down in order to take up a post in the Channel Islands.
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NewsDH spent £2m on first class travel
The Department of Health spent more than £2m on first class travel in the last 12 months, official figures show.
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News‘Preferred provider’ policy unravels
Health secretary Andy Burnham’s “preferred provider” policy is unravelling in the face of Cabinet concerns and the danger of breaching European procurement law.
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NewsNHS managers demand power to fire GPs
Managers are calling for the power to “fire” GPs and to get rid of small practices to make the huge spending cuts needed in coming years.
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NewsNHS Manchester tables complex community restructuring plan
Community services in Manchester look set to be split up and integrated among a wide range of providers under a complex set of proposals.
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NewsStaff vetting scheme fears are discouraging referrals
Managers are not referring staff to a controversial vetting scheme amid widespread concern over its “interfering” approach.
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NewsConfed calls for action on tough political choices
Time is running out to make urgent changes to NHS policy that will require difficult political decisions, the NHS Confederation is warning.
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NewsUKIP would scrap PCTs and make managers ‘happier’
The UK Independence Party would save £2bn-£3bn by scrapping primary care trusts and strategic health authorities and having services run as franchises, its deputy leader has told HSJ.
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NewsA&E wait is not being gamed, new data suggests
The proportion of patients admitted from accident and emergency units without first being assessed or treated has more than halved since the four hour target was introduced.
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NewsFirst patient reported outcomes due in April
The first results from the NHS’s landmark collection of patient reported outcome measures are expected to be published next month despite earlier concerns about whether enough patients had responded.
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LeaderPreferred provider policy: unions jilted, Burnham jolted, competition wins the day
Andy Burnham’s “preferred provider” policy is now in its death throes. What began as a speech aimed at ingratiating the health secretary with the unions ended in a put-down from the prime minister.