News – Page 832
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NewsOutside groups could vie with NICE over guidance
Professional organisations and interest groups could take on a formal role producing clinical commissioning guidance - potentially sidestepping the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsFTs 20pc short of savings target
Monitor will today reveal that foundation trusts missed savings targets by nearly 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Peter Edwards on the latest Chief Executive Barometer: Not quite the brave new world
Peter Edwards assesses the latest Chief Executive Barometer
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NewsHospital activity 'will rise'
Four out of five hospital chief executives believe their trust will do more work this financial year than it did in 2011-12. The finding casts doubt on commissioners’ hopes of controlling demand.
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NewsAvoidable harm in NHS drops for six months
There have been six months of continuous reductions in the proportion of patients avoidably harmed under NHS care, latest data shows.
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NewsNew healthcare rules 'nonsensical'
Labour has hit out at the “nonsensical” rules that will determine who can sit on the governing boards of the new organisations responsible for commissioning healthcare.
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Stephen Dalton named as head of Mental Health Network
Stephen Dalton, chief executive of Cumbria Partnership Foundation trust, has been appointed as chief executive of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network.
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NewsDoctor recruitment drive off to slow start
A recruitment drive to increase the number of doctors in Wales has seen just five vacancies filled in six months, a government document shows.
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NewsNo revalidation of nurses for three years
Revalidation for nurses will not be introduced for at least three years, despite the head of the Nursing and Midwifery Council admitting current arrangements are “not fit for purpose”.
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NewsCuts pose risk to infection control gains, nurses warn
Progress on tackling healthcare associated infections could be lost as services come under increasing financial pressure, infection control nurses fear.
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News'No substance' to clinical network claims
The NHS Commissioning Board has denied the jobs of 600 staff working on clinical networks are at risk but concerns remain that uncertainty over their future will lead to a loss of expertise.
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News'Whistleblowing' charter launched
A whistleblowing charter has been signed by health unions, employers and regulators, which pledges to support staff who raise concerns.
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NewsWarning against surgery age limits
Thousands of older patients are needlessly dying because they are being denied treatment on the grounds of their age, a report has found.
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NewsGuidance on hospital food revealed
Some hospitals are failing to provide patients with high quality and healthy meals, the health secretary has warned.
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NewsNicholson fears 'carpet bombing' privatisation
A warning by the head of the NHS that the government’s controversial health reforms could end in “misery and failure” sparked fresh Labour calls for parts of the shake-up to be halted.
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NewsMinisters offer NMC £20m to cut fee hike
The government has offered a £20m grant to the Nursing and Midwifery Council in a bid to reduce the size of its proposed fee hike which has sparked uproar among the workforce.
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NewsCQC seeks new recruits to hit inspection targets
The Care Quality Commission is seeking to recruit up to 200 health and social care professionals to ensure it can complete the required number of inspections by the end of the financial year, HSJ has been told.
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NewsKPMG investigates property company tax
The Department of Health has drafted in KPMG to assess the tax implications of setting up the government-owned company due to inherit NHS property assets with an estimated value of £5bn, amid fears it faces higher bills.
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NewsPay 'cartel' hires lawyers to help draw up breakaway plans
The South West Pay Consortium has appointed a leading law firm to advise it on plans to amend staff pay, terms and conditions.
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NewsExclusive: patient deaths spark tuberculosis investigation
A decision to increase the number of patients being treated at a dialysis unit run by the University Hospitals of Leicester could have led to the death of a patient, it has emerged.