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'Threat' to services in contractual switch
Acute and teaching hospitals face losing millions of pounds, putting services 'in danger', because of the switch to service agreements and out-of-area treatments, trust finance managers warned this week.
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BMA slams police privatisation plan
Plans by a second police force to privatise police surgeon services have come under fire from the British Medical Association after claims that standards have slipped since the first contract was let.
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Ex-NHS finance director faces CIPFA investigation
A former NHS finance director faces an investigation by his professional body over allegations that he took £50,000 from a London medical school.
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Dobson rebuffs private sector
Health secretary Frank Dobson has delivered a calculated snub to the independent healthcare sector by refusing to bring private hospitals under the NHS regulatory and quality standards umbrella.
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Hole time equivalent:
Hole time equivalent: one of a series of paintings by artist Figgy Fox under the title 'Welcome to my psychosis', now on show at the Bethlem Gallery, in the grounds of the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham, Kent. Mr Fox has been receiving treatment for depression and psychosis since 1989. ...
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Hidden cameras to detect staff crime
A trust is set to agree a code of practice on using hidden cameras to detect staff crime, which could be adopted across the NHS.
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Midwife found guilty of serious misconduct after death of baby
An independent midwife and former president of the Royal College of Midwives has been cautioned by the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting after being found guilty of three charges of serious professional misconduct.
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Reward points nomination delay
Scottish health unions have only just been asked to submit names to the panels which will decide on who will qualify for the discretionary points scheme, announced by Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith 14 months ago.
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Days like this
White paper funding... paring down the regions... Labour's plans for management... junior doctors' hours... public sector pay
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Date line: a guide to key legislation and guidance
1948 National Assistance Act section 21 sets out local authorities' duty to provide residential care for people in need.
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'Tremendous resiliance': settling in
The Red Road flats, in the north of Glasgow, stand in one of the city's poorest neighbourhoods.
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So that's agreed, then?
The Treasury has plans to extend public service agreements to health authorities and trusts, and the targets it sets may get tougher. Mark Crail reports
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Getting it together: lateral thinking
The majority of teams came from single organisations. But a lateral approach paid off for others.