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New security website launched
The NHS security management service has launched a new Safe & Secure Health Facilities website. It aims to provide a single point of reference on information of interest to those with responsibility for NHS security matters. It is for members of staff such as local security management specialists, senior ...
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Bad PR will deter health service users, trusts told
Trust boards must address poor perceptions of the health service to justify a state-funded system, a senior Department of Health official has warned.
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Johnson hands out £50m to deep clean NHS dirt
The government has given the NHS a £50m lump sum to kick-start its 'deep clean'.
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Professor urges management skills for medics
Doctors need to be better equipped with managerial skills to help improve the financial health of the organisations they work in, a Harvard business professor has said.Harvard Business School senior lecturer in business administration Professor Richard Bohmer, who runs a masters course in business administration for trainee doctors, said they ...
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PCTs urged to put local patients before politicians
Primary care providers must not 'blow' their chance to strengthen local decision making, says the Department of Health's director general for commissioning and system management.
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Practice-based commissioning: poor data may scupper efforts
The future of practice-based commissioning is in jeopardy unless the quality of data available to commissioners improves, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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Close pay gap between acute and PCT chiefs, say managers
The chief executive of Managers in Partnership has called on the government to explain why primary care trust managers are paid less than their acute trust peers.
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Maternity choice is a reality, Healthcare Commission survey shows
Choice in maternity services is now a reality for most expectant mothers, a survey by the Healthcare Commission has shown.
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Norfolk vows to learn from ambulance backlog drama
Health service and social care managers in Norfolk and Norwich have pledged to learn the lessons from an unexpected influx of patients last week which resulted in the area's biggest trust declaring a major incident alert.
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In-house turnaround team to cut NHS's £36m consultants' bill
The Department of Health is preparing to launch its own team of troubleshooters to assist NHS organisations facing clinical or financial problems.
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Maidstone non-executive directors warn of 'scapegoating'
Three non-executive directors who resigned from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust are to write to non-executives around the country outlining their experience - and warning it could happen to others.
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Scotland's overseas staff numbers unknown
A review of pre-employment checks which was carried out in the wake of alleged terrorist attacks has revealed that the NHS in Scotland does not know how many overseas staff it employs.
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Climate change experts to visit trusts
A team of climate change experts is to tour the country to galvanise trusts to take action on sustainable development in the health service.
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Quality of 100 new GP practices comes into question
The 100 new GP practices to be built in under-doctored areas will be badly funded and poorly staffed, the British Medical Association has warned.
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Surplus-rich PCTs anxious of cuts in new allocations
Surplus-rich primary care trusts have expressed fears that a one-year funding allocation signals greater financial turbulence ahead.
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Plan to detain poison victims called 'draconian'
Concerns have been raised over 'draconian' new powers to detain people for up to 28 days to prevent contamination or infection spreading through the population.
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Data protection: fresh security fears as information escapes
While the public absorbs news of a breathtaking government failure to safeguard personal details, moves to centralise data on NHS patients continue apace. Daloni Carlisle asks what the health service can learn from the Revenue and Customs debacle
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NewsSurplus-rich primary care trusts have expressed fears that a one-year funding allocation signals greater financial turbulence ahead.The 100 new GP practices to be built in under-doctored areas will be badly funded and poorly staffed, the British Medical Association has warned.Concerns have been raised over 'draconian' new powers to detain people ...
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PCT abandons emergency surgery site
A Lincolnshire hospital is to lose its emergency general surgery for good - nine months after it was suspended as a temporary measure.
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SHAs slash top-up payments for complex care
Strategic health authorities have slashed the number of hospital providers eligible for 'top-up' payments for specialist treatment after coming under pressure from the Department of Health.