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Trusts must learn from complaints, says Healthcare Commission
Trusts need to learn from patients' complaints and apologise more often when they make mistakes, according to a report published today by the Healthcare Commission.
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Clinicians could serve in Iraq or Afghanistan
Specialist NHS clinicians could opt to be deployed to areas such as Iraq or Afghanistan under the 'sponsored reservist' scheme, health secretary Alan Johnson will today explain.
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GP2GP transfers 100,000 patient records
GP2GP, the national system that enables patients' electronic health records to be transferred directly and securely from one GP practice to another, has completed 100,000 record transfers, Connecting for Health announced today.
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DH appoints new transplant czar
The Department of Health has appointed Chris Rudge as the new clinical director for transplant.
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Councils cut learning disabilities services
Conservative and Labour councils top the list of councils making cuts to social care services, analysis from the Learning Disability Coalition has shown.
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Focus on hospital infections 'misguided'
The focus on MRSA infections in hospital is misguided, an expert from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has said.Professor Sally Bloomfield has said that attention should also be paid to better hygiene standards in people's homes, to reduce the risk of people taking infections into hospitals when ...
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Department rapped over FOI breaches
The Department of Health has become the first government department to be issued with a formal practice recommendation by the information commissioner after breaching the Freedom of Information Act.
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Department rapped over FOI failures
The Information Commissioner's Office is demanding improvements in the way the Department of Health handles requests under the Freedom of Information Act.The information commissioner has issued the DH with a formal practice recommendation following an audit of complaints.
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Extended role for pharmacists 'sensible'
The NHS Alliance has described the government's announcement of an enhanced role for high street pharmacists as 'eminently sensible' and rejected criticisms that the policy will lead to pharmacists replacing GPs.
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Proposals to change NHS structure in Wales
The Welsh Assembly has announced proposals to change the NHS's structure in Wales.
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Adverse drug reactions cost £2bn a year, pressure group claims
Dealing with adverse reactions to prescribed drugs costs the NHS £1.9bn a year, the pressure group Compass has claimed.
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DH issues retinopathy statement
The Department of Health has released a diabetic retinopathy screening statement on its website.
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Survey reveals pessimism over NHS progress
The general public's satisfaction with the running of the NHS nationally has fallen, results of an Ipsos MORI poll published last week show.
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Simon Stevens on improving payment by results
In my last column, I discussed evidence on how payment by results is actually working.
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PCTs face tough questions on QOF reporting
Data published for the first time today by HSJ reveals the GPs who exclude the most patients from their quality incentive scheme.
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Lung disease worse than estimated
The challenge of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is much greater in some areas than previously thought, it has been revealed.
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Data deadline 'impossible', say IT directors
NHS trusts faced an 'impossible task' securing all information that could identify patients by the start of this week, IT directors and data security specialists have told HSJ.
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Media Watch: deep clean
The government's deep clean and choice initiatives caused a big stink this week.
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Care Quality Commission: a chance to peep under the primary care carpet
With the launch of the Care Quality Commission, GPs will be directly regulated for the first time. The government concedes that the number of reported patient safety incidents is too low, so how closely should the new inspector look, asks Charlotte Santry
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Call for helpline funding to close inequalities
Mental health campaigners have called on commissioners to fund helplines as a way of tackling health inequalities among ethnic minority communities.