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Anger over high pay at CPPIH
Patients' representatives have expressed outrage at the £500,000 combined salaries of the senior management team at the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health. They say CPPIH should be disbanded and the money spent on local initiatives.
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United Lincolnshire trust non-execs angry at 'shoddy' treatment
Two non-executive directors have spoken out after they and five others resigned from a trust board - leaving just the chair and executive members in place.
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Blair asked to intervene as PCT slashes budget by £25m
A council leader has called on the prime minister to stop a primary care trust cutting its budget by £25m. Mr Blair was dragged into the row after the leader of Brent London borough council threatened to refuse to accept any attempt to shift work from healthcare to social services.
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Operating framework: prepare for worst case, trusts told
Next year's operating framework places a new accent on planning for worst-case scenarios and allowing 'headroom' for change.
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'Researchers have found that the 29 primary care trusts in surplus in 2004-05 were mainly in inner-city areas'
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NPSA 'struggling' with adverse incident reports
The troubled National Patient Safety Agency is 'struggling' to cope with the massive number of reports it receives from trusts, the chief medical officer has revealed.
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Appleby: acute trusts should be ashamed
National mental health director Professor Louis Appleby has said some acute trusts should be 'ashamed of themselves' for relying on mental health trusts to bail them out of financial trouble.
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Michael White on politics
'Does the first glimpse of the new, kinder Tory health policy amount to much? Blair didn't think so'
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The NHS entered the debate about What Not to Wearthis week as the Daily Expresstrumpeted: 'The veil is banned in hospitals.' The paper revealed 'details of the purge of faceless medics' at Birmingham University's school of medicine. Students are allowed to cover ...
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Watchdog has PbR's care impact in its sights
The Healthcare Commission has said it is interested in assessing the impact of payment by results on patient care.
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Bupa pulls out of South East diagnostics deal
Bupa has pulled out of a contract with the Department of Health to provide NHS diagnostic services across the South East, HSJ has learned.
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MPs launch contract cleaning probe
A cross-party parliamentary group is launching an inquiry into healthcare-acquired infections.
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Cheeky petition pre-empts Hewitt's webchat
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt's live 'webchat' on the 10 Downing Street website will provide an opportunity for the government to demonstrate putting the average voter at the heart of policy debate.
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Scottish helpline implicated in two deaths
The future of NHS 24, Scotland's troubled nurse-led helpline, again looked in doubt last week after a judge concluded it was implicated in the deaths of two patients.
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News analysis: Signs of the times - will people power deliver accountability?
Anobligation on PCTs to respond to community views - and protests - about NHS services is one of the most significant aspects of the new commissioning framework. But how might this work in practice? Daloni Carlisle petitions stakeholders for their views
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Local government white paper: Confed urges caution over restructuring
Any changes to local authority boundaries under the local government white paper should be considered very carefully, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Benchmarking: using data to boost day-day rates
Benchmarking is key to the success of Royal West Sussex trust, which has won the CHKS most consistent hospital award for its performance over the past three years. It has been in the CHKS annual list of the top 40 performing hospitals for the past six years.
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Adolescent services: reaching out to young people
We began offering assessment and intensive treatment in the home, GP surgery, school or even a cafe
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So we're at last going to see an end to junk food advertising aimed at children. And with the announcement came the expected outcry from companies that make their money selling bad food to kids, as well as health professionals who say the new rules will not go far enough.