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PFI cleared of blame for bed shortages
Delayed discharges and not the private finance initiative lie behind bed shortages at Cumbria's flagship hospital, the Cumberland Infirmary, according to a report.
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Regions and SHAs jockey for position
Last-minute wrangling at the Department of Health over the shape of regional offices this week looked set to hold up a crucial document outlining NHS bodies' new roles and responsibilities under the Shifting the Balance of Power in the NHS reorganisation.
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HA yields to pressure to save elder-care hospital
West Surrey health authority has decided to keep open the 75-year-old Milford Hospital after local consultation and a vigorous campaign from the Liberal Democrats.
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GPs gain graduate ENT diploma in outpatient skills
The first 18 GP ear nose and throat specialists have graduated with a diploma from Middlesex University, validated by the Royal College of General Practitioners.The year-long distance-learning course was designed to improve diagnostic skills and allow GPs to carry out procedures otherwise done in an outpatient department.Ram Dhillon, consultant ENT ...
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NICE goes ahead with advisory 'citizens council'
A new 'citizens council' is being set up to offer advice to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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NHS agency reveals plans to provide locum doctors
The NHS in-house employment agency is to expand its services to cover locum doctors in a bid to cut the £100m bill for recruiting doctors through private agencies.Doctors using NHS Professionals will be entitled to NHS pensions, annual leave and training opportunities.A £12m initiative to encourage flexible careers for medical ...
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Medical secretaries clinch new pay and grading deal
Medical secretaries at North Glasgow University Hospital trust are claiming victory after they accepted a new offer on their long-running pay and grading dispute.Unison members had resumed strike action after accusing the trust of reneging on an earlier settlement.ACAS was brought in and further talks took place before agreement was ...
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Union does not rule out PPP, MPs told
The Manufacturing, Science and Finance union has told MPs it has no objections to public-private partnerships in the NHS, provided quality and value can be assured.
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Transfer snags blight PFI pilots
Unions and contractors have warned that the private finance initiative pilots - working on a model for transferring NHS staff to private companies - still face huge problems in agreeing contractual arrangements, despite Unison's acceptance that the pilots can proceed.
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Public health doctors want SHA level director
Public health doctors are calling for a director post to be created in strategic health authorities in a bid to make 'public health targets as important as waiting lists'.
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DoH and Macmillan in tandem to deliver cancer care networks
In a bid to help deliver the NHS cancer plan, the Department of Health has teamed up with Macmillan Cancer Relief under a three-year partnership to place cancer lead clinicians at every primary care organisation. So far, 279 have been nominated.
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Deacon ousted from health
Scotland's health minister, Susan Deacon, has been replaced by her deputy, Malcolm Chisholm, as new first minister Jack McConnell loses no time in signalling that health is at the top of his agenda.
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Days like this
Families sue over nurse Allitt. . .NAHAT merger call. . .Performance-related pay for ward sisters. . .Privatisation push. . . Junior doctors'hours
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Sticky labels
When Medway trust became one of the country's reviled 'dirty dozen'no-star establishments, rather than seeing it as a 'failure', the management team drew on widespread support to turn the situation round.Alison Moore reports
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Speed merchants
The improvement in response times at certain ambulance trusts has been described as 'a miracle'.Paul Smith sees the benefits of the simple approach
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Inside the labyrinth
As the Modernisation Agency tours the no-star trusts and conducts dozens of other programmes of change, Laura Donnelly battles her way through the organisation's complex structure in an attempt to pin down its role
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Has Scotland had its chips?
Gillian Kynoch may have a top job - but she's no fat cat.She faces the daunting task of changing the diet of a nation, and, as Barbara Millar discovers, she's a seasoned campaigner
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What if. . .. . . what then?
Comment : Will yet more money make a difference - and make it in time?
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Survival of the fittest
Comment : Re-organisation is proceeding despite bizarre mismatch of staff talent