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Bradshaw warns PCTs: make the right choice
As ‘free choice’ is extended to all patients, minister Ben Bradshaw tells primary care trusts they must undergo a cultural change to make it work - with consequences if they fail. Rebecca Evans met him
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Career coaching for NHS board members
Dorothy Larios explains how non-executive directors and chairs can benefit from coaching and invites readers to take advantage of coaching sessions offered by HSJ
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Former ambulance trust chief defends controversial style
A former ambulance trust chief executive has hit back at a report in which staff branded him a 'benevolent dictator', under whose leadership targets were put before patient safety.
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Targets create ambulance staff tension
Government targets and organisational change have been blamed for 'disappointing' staff survey results from ambulance trusts.
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Inflation fears lead Unite to turn against three-year pay deal
Trade union Unite has recommended that ancillary and ambulance staff in the NHS reject the government's three-year pay offer.
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Emma Dent looks for a GP again
Well, we have managed yet another move with bodies and minds largely intact, bar the odd bruise or 10.
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Inappropriate A&E use could mean fines for family doctors
The Department of Health is considering proposals to charge back to GPs the treatment cost of patients who visit accident and emergency departments instead of their family doctor, HSJhas learned.The proposals could emerge as part of the Darzi review this summer.
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Learning lessons about safeguarding vulnerable adults
In your news item, you referred to Margaret Flynn, who rightly highlighted the role of the NHS in the failures that led up to the tragic death of Steven Hoskin and drew attention to the tendency within the service to view safeguarding vulnerable adults as solely a social care responsibility.
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Progress report on genetics published
The Department of Health's chief scientist and director general for health improvement and protection, Professor David Harper, has published his progress review on the implementation of the 2003 white paper on genetics.
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Survey reveals poor awareness of communications disabilities
The general public is unaware of communications disabilities such as aphasia, a survey has found.
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Scotland asked to review ban on gay blood donors
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Ross Finnie has urged the Scottish government to examine whether the blanket ban on gay men donating blood could be lifted without compromising public safety.
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Diagnostic waiting times halved, new statistics show
The number of patients waiting longer than six or 13 weeks for 15 key diagnostic tests in England has halved in the past month, statistics published by the Department of Health show.
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Union condemns NHS pay deal 'threat'
Unite has condemned what it calls a threat by NHS chief executive David Nicholson to stage the 2008-09 NHS pay award if the unions do not back a three-year pay deal worth 7.999 per cent.In a letter, Mr Nicholson says: 'If the proposed agreement is not accepted by union members, ...
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Review of children's mental health services calls for evidence
The independent child and adolescent mental health services review has launched a national call for evidence.
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Survey shows rise in practice-based commissioning
The number of new services commissioned through practice-based commissioning is rising, according to figures from the Department of Health.
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GPs hesitant to collect ethnicity data, study shows
Researchers at Warwick University have found that a gap in data collection is preventing the identification of ethnic minority patients at high risk of chronic illness.
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Ethnic dress linked to better mental health
Young people who dress according to the customs of their ethnic group are less likely to have mental health problems than those who do not, new research suggests.
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Employ more cleaners to fight infections, hospitals told
Unison has called for minimum staffing levels to be set for hospital cleaning to help combat infections.The union says hospitals need to employ two cleaners per shift for every 30 patients from 8am to 9pm.
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Career path: leader in mental health
Jenny McAleese explains how she rose to the top of a specialist mental health provider and helped to turn around its finances
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Shrinking office space risks patient confidentiality
Doctors have less office space than a year ago and over half of doctors say they do not have adequate office resources, according to a survey by the British Medical Association.