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Nurse strike threat
Almost two-thirds of nurses have said they are willing to take industrial action if they receive an 'unsatisfactory' pay deal this year, according to the Royal College of Nursing.
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Number's up for mistaken patient identity
Supermarket technology could save the NHS in England £2bn a year by preventing patients from receiving the wrong treatment due to mistaken identity.
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Trusts may lose secure hospitals
Control of England's three high-security hospitals could be removed from local NHS control, HSJ has learned.
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Report flags up mental health gap
The explosion in charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises providing services to the NHS and social care looks set to overlook mental health, a survey has found.
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Monitor criticised for data demand
The foundation trust regulator Monitor must not seek to 'enhance' its regulatory role, Foundation Trust Network director Sue Slipman has warned.
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PCT network to 'manage creative tensions'
Tensions between acute and primary care trusts could be soothed by the new NHS Confederation PCT network, its chair has said.
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PCT ditches two private hospitals over costs
A primary care trust has removed the choice of two local private sector hospitals from its choose and book list because it says it was paying too much for their services, HSJ has learned.
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Contract warning
Managers are being warned they could lose their redundancy rights if they extend their current contracts because new management structures are running behind schedule.
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Conservatives hit out over London deficit
Conservatives in the London Assembly have said the extent of the continuing crisis in the NHS has been revealed by the latest financial figures.They point to new figures from the Department of Health, which show that the NHS in London is still heading for an overall end-of-year deficit of £125m.Find ...
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DoH condemned by its own civil servants
Just 16 per cent of senior Department of Health civil servants think their department is well managed, and only 4 per cent believe that it manages 'change' well, according to the government's own survey.
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Hewitt confirms orthopaedic 'free choice'
Patients waiting for orthopaedic operations will be able to choose to have their operation at any acute trust, foundation trust, or independent sector provider in the next few months.
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Historic changes to pharmacy profession
The chief pharmaceutical officers from England, Scotland, and Wales have revealed plans for historic changes to the regulation of the pharmacy profession.The measures, which form part of the white paper on professional regulation, will see the formation of two separate bodies to oversee pharmacy. One organisation will act as a ...
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King's Fund: cash review will not stop NHS progress
The NHS will be able to cope despite the slash in funding growth expected to be announced in the next comprehensive spending review, according to a King's Fund report.
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Healthcare bodies in patient safety pledge
Key healthcare organisations will today make a public commitment to partnership in improving patient safety.The pledge will be made at a summit hosted by the National Patient Safety Agency and the Healthcare Commission.Read the press release here
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Critics claim money is the force behind demand management
The Department of Health would have us believe that demand management is a straightforward and egalitarian system of getting the best for patients. But is 'care and resource utilisation' really just about balancing the books? Daloni Carlisle reports
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College bids for outcomes audit deal
The Royal College of Surgeons could soon be running a national audit of clinical outcomes, comparing NHS trusts, independent treatment centres and other private sector providers for the first time.
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Half of ambulance trusts missing response targets
Half of England's ambulance trusts are missing response targets despite a service shake-up designed to improve performance.
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Group aims to get GPs talking
A scheme to allow GPs to talk directly with their local acute trust will hold its first meeting next week.
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Ex-minister to head London agency
The former minister who piloted the creation of foundation trusts through Parliament is to run a new NHS body in London designed to encourage more provision by foundation trusts in the capital.
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Staff feel safer after conflict resolution course
Over two-thirds of NHS staff trained in a system designed to help them tackle violence and abuse say they now feel safer in their job, according to a survey.