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NewsNHS Scotland 'saved £300m'
NHS Scotland made efficiency savings worth nearly £300m in 2008, exceeding the £215m target, according to health secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
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NewsBinge drinking strategies should recognise regional variations
Binge drinking needs to be tackled on a regional basis, according to new research showing that people in different areas of the country give different reasons for drinking to excess.
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NewsSwine flu vaccination programme start date announced
High risk patients and frontline health workers in hospitals will begin being vaccinated against swine flu on 21 October, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has announced.
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NewsTrust's FT application back on track
South Warwickshire General Hospitals Trust’s re-application for NHS foundation trust status has been accepted by Monitor, the independent regulator.
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NewsNHS North of Tyne appoints new executive directors
NHS North of Tyne has appointed two new executive directors.
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NewsHealth check improvements mask decline in acute trust performance
The performance of acute trusts in the annual health check has dropped for the first time despite overall improvements in service quality across the NHS.
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NewsPCTs show improvement in annual health check but a slide in excellence
Primary care trusts have improved their overall performance in the 2008-09 annual health check but have slipped back on achieving excellence.
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NewsMental health trusts shine in annual health check despite tougher tests
More than three quarters of mental health trusts have received good or excellent annual health check scores for service quality, despite far more rigorous assessment this year.
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NewsAnnual health check - best and worst
Thirty-eight NHS organisations scored excellent in both quality and finance. Figures in brackets show the number of consecutive years the trust has held a double excellent score. Only one trust has scored a double weak this year.
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LeaderStars of the health check ratings must not be eclipsed by failures
The annual health check reveals a stronger performance by primary care trusts, but provides worrying signs that improvement in acute trusts has stalled.
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LeaderGP commissioning is turning in its grave
Practice based commissioning is dead. Primary care tsar David Colin-Thomé, unable to find signs of life, has written its death certificate.
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NewsHealth check shows NHS is not focusing on quality - Andrew Lansley
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the annual health check showed there was not enough focus on improving quality in the NHS.
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NewsSally Gainsbury promoted to chief reporter
Sally Gainsbury has been promoted to chief reporter of the HSJ and Nursing Times news desk.
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NewsStephen Dorrell calls on Andrew Lansley to make his vision clear
The most recent Conservative health secretary has said shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley must articulate a clearer and more inspiring vision of the Conservatives’ plans for the health service.
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NewsTrust admits doctoring A&E waiting time figures
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has apologised after admitting it doctored figures to give the impression it had met government waiting time targets.
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NewsMonitor clashes with foundation chair over safety
Monitor has accused the outgoing chair of a troubled foundation trust of inaccuracy, after he claimed the regulator was neglecting patient safety in favour of cost cutting.
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NewsTop NHS managers urge against pay freeze
A quarter of senior managers have said they think they are underpaid in a survey being used to oppose calls for a pay freeze.
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NewsGP commissioning shows little sign of life - David Colin-Thomé
The government’s primary care tsar has admitted that efforts to “resuscitate” the “corpse” of practice based commissioning have had little effect.
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NewsPCT chiefs are not underpaid, says DH
The pay gap between primary care trust chief executives and their foundation trust peers is overstated, according to the Department of Health.