News – Page 1070
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NewsWebsite puts PCTs under fresh public spotlight
The public can now monitor how their primary care trust and other local public services are performing against priority areas for improvement using one website.
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NewsAmbulance trust to put bonuses for top team on hold
The chief executive of an ambulance trust has pledged there will be no bonuses for its top team after it was given just two weeks to make substantial improvements to cleanliness and infection control by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsNo funds promised with New Horizons mental health strategy
A cross-governmental action plan has set out a framework for the next decade of mental health policy - but without targets or a funding commitment.
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NewsPersonal health budgets under fire
The NHS Confederation has criticised unsubstantiated “fervour” for personal health budgets.
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Recession forces Birmingham PCTs to consider merger
The commissioning arms of the three primary care trusts in Birmingham are to consider merging as a result of the impending public spending freeze.
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NewsTreasury may sell DH’s stakes in LIFT schemes
The Treasury is considering selling the Department of Health’s equity stakes in local improvement finance trust schemes.
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NewsThree trusts given equality compliance notices
Three trusts face legal action for breaching the Race Relations Act unless they take prompt steps to address racial inequality, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned.
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NewsCancer survival chances 'poor' in UK
The UK has among the worst cancer and heart attack survival rates in the developed world, a survey has revealed.
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NewsPreventing illness 'key to healthy future'
Preventing disease and illness is the key to a healthy future generation, the chief medical officer for Wales has said.
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NewsFoundation governors 'must be key in reconfiguration'
The Foundation Trust Governors’ Association has said its members must be central to making major service changes as investment cuts hit.
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NewsScottish NHS breaks even
The health service in Scotland achieved financial balance last year, according to NHS Scotland chief executive Kevin Woods’ annual report for 2008-09.
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NewsDomestic abuse action team for Birmingham hospital
A multi-agency team is moving into Birmingham’s Sandwell Hospital to help identify and support victims of domestic abuse.
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NewsHSJ exclusive: NHS to take responsibility for social care
The NHS is to be given far greater responsibility for social care under plans expected to be announced by the government in coming days, HSJ understands.
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NewsPCTs left to vaccinate under fives against swine flu after GPs reject deal
Primary care trusts have been landed with responsibility for vaccinating all children aged between six months and five years against swine flu, after a deal could not be reached with GP leaders.
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NewsGas explosion at Manchester hospital
Two gas explosions have ripped through the site of the former Withington Hospital in Greater Manchester.
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NewsNHS 'not helped' by confused messages on future of PCTs
Confused messages from the Department of Health over the future of community services configuration are “not helping the NHS”, the Primary Care Trust Network has warned.
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NewsCommissioners must be more 'ambitious' in CQUIN schemes
Commissioners will be told to be more ambitious and avoid duplication when setting their commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) framework goals for next year.
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NewsCall to cut a million public sector jobs
A million public sector jobs, including frontline roles in the NHS and the police, must be axed if the government is to cut its deficit, a think tank has said today.
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NewsGordon Brown moves to curb public sector pay
Moves to curb a “culture of excess” in public sector pay have been unveiled by Gordon Brown as part of a bid to slash £12bn from spending over the next four years.