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Non-executive was unlawfully sacked
The Appointments Commission has admitted unlawfully sacking a non-executive director of a primary care trust who opposed an ill-fated independent treatment centre contract.
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Noel Plumridge on payment by results
I'm sorry, local currency and price is not payment by results in. a meaningful sense
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SHAs to review need for PCT top-slicing
NHS North West is the first strategic health authority to confirm that it will not top-slice money from primary care trusts this financial year.
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MPs to probe IT programme
MPs on the Commons health select committee are set to investigate the NHS IT programme later this year in response to a letter from 23 computer experts. MPs will examine the national programme and decide whether there is a need for an independent audit.
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Some trusts will stay in red, MPs warn
Some NHS trusts will never get back into financial balance, one of the government's turnaround advisers has admitted.
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PCTs told to be ready for patient moves
Primary care trusts will have to respond quickly to movements of patients between GP practices when the results of the national patient survey are published, according to new guidance from the Department of Health.
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Monitor settles payment by results row
A public dispute between the foundation trust and primary care trust in Bournemouth over payments under payment by results has been settled.
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Mixed picture on PBC uptake
More than 40 per cent of GP practices have begun to adopt practice-based commissioning, according to government figures published today.
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MP reignites Milburn row
An influential MP has called on the government to deliver on its promise to publish advice it sought on decisions made over the reconfiguration of primary care trusts.
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Mike White on politics
'The Lansley policy is that an independent body should allocate resources to each PCT according to need, largely age-related; that health inequality budgets should be paid to directors of public health; and that the shift to a new weighted capitation formula should be done over several years to prevent budget ...
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Mike White on politics
'Mr Blair retains a lot more drive and determination than Mr Major had (ever), but his authority is fading'
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Mike White on politics
'Would an NHS constitution require primary legislation? How would an arm's-length board be accountable? Tricky'
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Michael White on politics
'All's fair in love and politics and Labour used to say 'Tory cuts' when it really meant smaller increases'
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Michael White on politics
In my youth the old Liberal Party could squeeze into Margate or magnificent Scarborough
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Michael white on politics
'NHS managers planning new hospitals or services might start thinking greener than they have done up to now'
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Michael White on politics
What made me flinch wasn't those weekend reports that UK cancer patients are turning to Canadian online pharmacies for drugs they cannot yet get on the NHS.
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Michael white on politics
'Don?t think, Mr or Ms Finance Director, that you can force Ms Hewitt out by hiring some extra doctors or buying a fleet of scanners'
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Michael White on politics
' The DoH is officially saying nothing, but my chums tell me they have no qualms about the quality of the iSoft product'
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Michael White on politics
'Does the first glimpse of the new, kinder Tory health policy amount to much? Blair didn't think so'
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Michael White on politics
Sunday night is usually quietly un-newsy and health politics is no exception. But not last Sunday night, when it emerged that British Medical Association chair James Johnson had fallen on his scalpel over the medical fiasco.