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NewsBoards approve case for £2.1bn merger
The boards of three foundation trusts in London have agreed a strategic outline case for a merger that would create the largest trust in England.
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NewsCQC warns reform could hamper safeguarding
Advances in safeguarding patients that came out of the Shipman inquiry must not be lost amid NHS reforms, says a report on the management of controlled drugs.
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NewsSHIP cluster U-turns on Lucentis policy after price is slashed
A primary care trust cluster under the threat of legal action for recommending the use of an unlicensed drug has revoked the policy after the pharmaceutical company cut the price of the medicine.
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NewsMorecambe Bay faces loss of vascular services
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust could lose up to £2m a year through commissioner plans to transfer its complex vascular surgery work to another trust, its board was warned last week.
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NewsNHS Leeds loses holiday payment test tribunal
Appeal judges have spelled out the law on when a worker is entitled to payment in lieu of annual leave not taken because of long-term absence from their job through sickness.
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NewsSurvey finds 91pc of people have not heard of telehealth
A YouGov survey has revealed 91 per cent of UK adults have never heard of telehealth or telecare – despite the Department of Health’s Three Million Lives campaign to promote it.
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More Legionnaires' cases confirmed
Two more cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been confirmed in a Stoke-on-Trent outbreak and one patient is in a critical condition.
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NewsSupport confirmed for four types of clinical network
Clinical networks covering four condition-areas will be centrally-funded and hosted by the NHS Commissioning Board, it confirmed today.
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NewsHigh Court stops Alder Hey taking action against 'whistleblower'
A High Court injunction has been issued to prevent Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust from staging a meeting which could have led to the dismissal of a paediatric surgeon who had raised concerns about safety.
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NewsMPs back FTs over open government level playing field
The government must ensure public sector bodies like NHS trusts are not hampered by Freedom of Information (FoI) rules and can compete on a “level playing field” with private providers, say MPs.
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NewsEaston: we must tackle cost-cutting masked as efficiency
The NHS’s efficiency chief has warned some health economies are resorting to simple cost-cutting rather than finding genuine efficiency savings and carrying through major service reconfiguration.
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NewsPatients waiting longer to see GP - Labour
Patients are being forced to wait for as long as three weeks to see their GP after practices have reduced their evening and weekend appointments, Labour said.
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NewsNew HealthWatch England chair announced
Anna Bradley, chair of the General Optical Council, is to chair HealthWatch England, it was confirmed today.
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NewsHealth Education England unveils senior management team
Five directors making up the senior management team at Health Education England have been named today.
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NewsFT framework would award staff ratings
A foundation trust is tendering for a “performance management framework” under which its staff would receive ratings.
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NewsDavid Heymann made acting chair of Public Health England
Health Protection Agency chair David Heymann has today been appointed acting chair of Public Health England, the new national body for public health.
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NewsRoom for manoeuvre on public health funding formula
Controversial proposals for distributing public health funding that would see a major transfer of resources from poor to rich areas could yet be significantly changed, it has emerged.
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NewsTrust chiefs fear regulators would not spot scandal
Nearly half of hospital chief executives believe regulators and the NHS governance system would miss a Mid Staffordshire-style care scandal if it occurred today.
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NewsDH to consult on extent of regulator's powers
The Department of Health will consult next month on rules setting out when regulator Monitor can intervene to prevent anti-competitive behaviour by clinical commissioning groups or the NHS Commissioning Board.