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Resignation over list controversy
One member of staff has resigned and another has been disciplined at a Lincolnshire trust at the centre of waiting list irregularities.
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Mike Cooke on mental health
'We have to dance, sing and juggle, often at the same time - and now we need more proof we are accountable'
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New group to co-ordinate specialisms
A new national body will be set up by the Department of Health to co-ordinate the commissioning of specialist paediatric and orthopaedic services.
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London SHA struggling to cope with junior doctor recruitment
London's strategic health authority has spent millions of pounds and employed hundreds of extra staff to handle the junior doctor recruitment process.
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The SHA interviews, Margaret Edwards: 'People can see that the NHS is core to me'
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of Yorkshire and the Humber SHA
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Public health must move in 'corridors of power'
The voice of public health must become less 'fragmented', according to new Faculty of Public Health president Professor Alan Maryon Davis.
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Councils to meet Hunt over 'cost shunting'
Council leaders in London are to meet health minister Lord Hunt after warning that £22m in 'cost shunting' will be forced on them by primary care trusts this year.
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Higher costs warning on independent sector
Uncertainty over the role of the independent sector is likely to result in higher costs to the NHS, less innovation and a 'muddle' which will put patients in danger, the King's Fund has warned.
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'Couple of genuine guys' pay visit to Kingston
The chief executive of the first hospital to be visited by the prime minister and health secretary in their new roles told HSJ they 'seemed like a couple of genuine guys'.
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Eight SHAs off course on smoking
Just two out of the 10 strategic health authorities have predicted they will meet this year's smoking cessation targets, which were due to be hit by the end of last week.
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Surgeons slate target culture
Workforce planning has been plunged into 'disarray' by 'recent government policies' that show an 'arrogant' disregard of the views of consultants, Royal College of Surgeons president Bernard Ribeiro was due to say yesterday.
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Current policy threatens supply of GPs
The draft NHS pay and workforce strategy reveals that the Department of Health's current policies will create a shortage of 1,200 family doctor whole-time equivalent posts (WTE) in four years' time.
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Turning curves
In the first part of our series on organisational turnaround, HSJ writers quiz three NHS trusts on how they fought their way back from the brink of financial Armageddon
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Simon Stevens on long tails and J curves
'Bremmer's book turns in a clever explanation for why things often get worse before they get better'
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OSC objects to surgery cut
A hospital trust has been criticised for announcing that it will withdraw emergency general surgery from one of its sites without consultation.
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Tool to cut delays
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched an improved version of its No Delays Achiever, a web-based tool to help NHS organisations achieve the 18-week target for time from GP referral to first treatment. More than 140 NHS organisations are registered as users of the free service, which ...
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MP wants medics in uniforms to cut infection
Doctors should change into uniforms on entering hospital to help stop the spread of infections, according to an MP whose local hospital became the first to be served with a hygiene improvement notice.
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Efficiency: realising potential to cut waste
Three factors are key to rapid improvement in NHS productivity and efficiency: a focus on what is known to work; follow the lead set by the best; drive improvement through measurement.
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Education hit hard by SHA cutbacks
University of West of England faces multi-million pound losses as course funding axed
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Deficit forces cuts rethink
North and East Hertfordshire trust is planning extensive changes to services to reach break-even.