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Comment: New NHS chief executive lays plans for funding revolution
'Mr Nicholson wants to look at how funding can be released so trusts have to rely less on a system which is in effect designed to produce a deficit.'
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Jonathan Andrew on measuring value
A system that compares value for money across healthcare systems is vital, argues Jonathan Andrew
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John Seddon on lean times
The clearest indication that the 'tool heads' don't understand the problem is their assertion that the lean tools will help the NHS meet its targets
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Report calls for 'test action' to plug Manchester health gap
'Concerted radical action' is required to plug the growing health inequalities gap across Greater Manchester, a damning report has warned.
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Report calls for 'test action' to plug Manchester health gap
'Concerted radical action' is required to plug the growing health inequalities gap across Greater Manchester, a damning report has warned.
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Report calls for 'radical action' to plug Manchester health gap
'Concerted radical action' is required to plug the growing health inequalities gap across Greater Manchester, a damning report has warned.
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Exclusive: Audit Commission calls for 'radical action' to plug Manchester health gap
'Concerted radical action' is required to plug the growing health inequalities gap across Greater Manchester, a damning report has warned.
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Celebs lined up for nursing role
Three television celebrities are working alongside nurses at Barnsley Hospital foundation trust as part of a new TV series that highlights the role of NHS nurses.
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Court orders drug rethink
A primary care trust has been ordered to review its decision not fund treatment with a cancer drug.
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Rejected PCT leaders told to apply for less senior jobs
Primary care trust chief executives not selected for jobs running their successor organisations are being denied redundancy and told to apply for less senior positions, according to union Managers in Partnership.
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New skills for new era of nursing
Nurses will be expected to work more flexibly and gain increased 'entrepreneurial skills' under an NHS plan to modernise their careers.
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DHL secures NHS Logistics deal
The government has given the go-ahead to the controversial outsourcing of supply chain services to German parcel company DHL and US logistics firm Novation.
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Competition hots up for 2006 HSJ Awards
Primary care trusts in Croydon and Blackpool dominate the shortlist in this year's HSJ Awards, with seven nominations between them.
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Admin error blamed for children's services' poor rating
A poorly performing trust identified in a Healthcare Commission review of children's services last week blamed an administrative error for its low score.
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Call for more staff to meet intervention needs
Union Amicus has questioned how health visitors can take extra responsibilities to identify babies and young children at risk of future anti-social behaviour when they are facing job cuts and recruitment freezes.
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PCTs ahead on practice-based commissioning
Primary care trusts are ahead of schedule for universal coverage of practice-based commissioning, with 173 PCTs classified as introducing PBC at the end of July.
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Drive to increase Asian vitamin intake
Asian children should be given vitamin D from birth to two years to halt the re-emergence of a deficiency in the UK, according to doctors.
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Public split on treatment costs
One in three people believes the NHS should provide 'all drugs and treatments, no matter what the cost', while four out of 10 believe the NHS should provide the 'most effective treatment, no matter what the cost', according to the Institute for Public Policy Research.
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New NICE guidance on obesity
The latest work programme for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will include analysis on how to tackle growing obesity levels.
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Cancer patients' concern about choice
Patients offered choice of treatment without medical explanation of the options can feel shocked and abandoned by their doctors, according to a Cancer Research UK study.