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Barts and London apologises to patients for delays
Barts and the London trust has apologised to 573 patients who had to wait an average of 34 weeks for their operations.An investigation by the trust found that one of its seven bookings teams was offering patients operations at short notice, against NHS rules that say 21 days' notice is ...
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New tool to assess patient involvement
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has developed an audit tool to help service providers assess how they involve people in the way they run services.
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Royal College sets out alternative to polyclinics
The Royal College of GPs has published its alternative model to polyclinics - primary care federations, in which groups of GP practices would work in partnership primarily in existing buildings to deliver better patient care.
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Councils should help with PCT management, says think tank
Local authorities should be given a more significant role in health and share more of their expertise with primary care trusts, according to think tank the New Local Government Network.
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Latest data on consultant and nurse pay
The NHS Information Centre has published estimates of annual basic pay and total earnings for NHS staff based on payments between January and March 2008.
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Heart surgery survival rates published
The Healthcare Commission has published updated heart surgery survival rates for 37 heart units in the UK.The figures show no unit has 'worse than expected' survival rates, 32 have 'as expected' rates and five 'better than expected'.
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Nursing needs inspirational vision
Ken Jarrold identifies the central importance of nursing to healthcare, calling it the 'essence of care'.
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Sherford in focus
Your feature 'Shock of the new' states that a single health and well-being centre will house eight GP surgeries. In fact the centre will house eight GPs.
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Lansley slates DH regionalisation policy
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has criticised the Department of Health's attempt to shift performance management down to strategic health authorities.
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Nicholson denies 'swipe' at foundation regulator Monitor
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has played down comments that appeared to criticise the foundation trusts' regulator Monitor.
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National dementia plan to take on lack of leadership
The Department of Health is to address a 'lack of leadership' in the care of hospital patients with dementia in a consultation on England's first national strategy for the condition.
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Top-up debate is a matter of principle
Your editorial on updating the NHS's top-up rules raises some interesting issues, particularly about the income group most affected - those with a bit of money they are prepared to spend to try to get a better outcome - and the possibility that the drugs may not be as good ...
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Trust staff go unpunished for patient data snooping
Trusts are failing to punish staff caught snooping on patients' records, NHS Employers has revealed.
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Healthcare Commission warning on safety risk
Government proposals on regulation would weaken safety standards and allow risky services to operate without a licence, the healthcare watchdog has warned.
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Former trust chief suppresses pay details
The former interim chief executive of a hospital trust has stopped it publishing details of his pay.
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A mental health champion could make history
Regarding your report 'Appeal for mental health champion', mental health has come on a long way in the past 10 years - more money, new services and better supported staff.
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Darzi set to put commissioning at centre stage
Lord Darzi's next stage review is expected to put primary care commissioning centre stage and set national standards for the quality of treatment.
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Radical ideas can keep service out of casualty
On the eve of Lord Darzi's next stage review, the new director of the Ambulance Service Network says ambulance services' impact can extend far wider than just emergency care and help reduce inequalities
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Private care poses little threat to the NHS, finds IPPR report
The private healthcare industry poses little threat to the NHS, but the government should act to safeguard consumers and calm residual fears, a think tank has concluded.
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David Cameron promises a bonfire of NHS targets
The Conservatives have pledged to scrap top-down targets for the NHS in a 'green paper' setting out their plans for the health service.