News – Page 1237
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Plans will see A&Es cut in NW London
Consultation plans on the future shape of accident and emergency services in north west London will be outlined this summer, with around three departments likely to close as a result.
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Hospital in children's heart care row 'delaying' urgent improvements
STRUCTURE: A leading hospital has been accused of risking delays to much-needed improvements in children’s heart care across England by taking “premature” legal action and “putting a spanner in the works”.
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NewsLabour forces emergency Health Bill debate
Labour has mounted a last-ditch bid to keep the government’s controversial NHS reforms off the statute book after the legislation cleared the House of Lords.
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NewsHealth Bill on verge of becoming law
The government’s Health Bill has received its third reading in the Lords, meaning the controversial legislation is on the verge of becoming law.
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NewsNew NHS bodies face recruitment challenge, government told
National bodies being set up as part of the government’s NHS reforms risk being unable to attract good enough leaders due to declining pay, terms and conditions, experts have warned.
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Pressure on council budgets leads to overspend at Torbay
FINANCE: Integrated health and social care provider Torbay Care Trust is reporting an overspend in social care due to financial pressure on local authorities.
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NewsHealth Bill will widen inequalities says experts' 'risk register'
The Health Bill will widen health inequalities, increase healthcare costs, reduce quality of care and the lead to the loss of a comprehensive NHS, according to an alternative “risk register” drawn up by the Faculty of Public Health.
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NewsNew England chief nursing officer named
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Jane Cummings as its chief nursing officer. Ms Cummings is currently the nursing director for NHS North of England, and previously for NHS North West.
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NewsDoctors to take on coalition MPs at next election
A group of NHS doctors plan to field candidates against high-profile coalition MPs at the next general election in protest at controversial government health reforms.
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NewsCall for food advert watershed
Adverts for food which is high in fat, sugar and salt should not be broadcast before the 9pm watershed, according to the public health minister for Scotland.
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Aintree given green light for £20m A&E redevelopment
STRUCTURE: Aintree University Hospitals Foundation Trust today reported it had received planning permission for £20m of new facilities for patients requiring urgent hospital care.
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Cerner implementation causes data problems at Oxford trust
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is reporting problems with data quality following the installation of the Cerner Millennium patient record system.
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Ambulance service adopts TETRA Messenger for first responders
COMMERCIAL: The ambulance trust has become the first service in the country to purchase voice and data firm Airwave’s TETRA Messenger devices for its community first response teams, the firm reported today.
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Oxford trust struggles with delayed transfers of care
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care are proving hard to reduce at University Hospitals of Oxford Trust, and are “crowding out” other elective activity.
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Shrewsbury and Telford reports first surplus of the year
FINANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust recorded a surplus for the first time in the year at the end of January amounting to £123,000.
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw appoints clutch of new directors
WORKFORCE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed four new executive directors.
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Go ahead for Middlesbrough neuro centre
STRUCTURE: Planning permission has been granted for a new centre for the support and rehabilitation of people with long term neurological conditions in Middlesbrough.
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RDASH foundation trust appoints medical directors
WORKFORCE: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health Foundation Trust has appointed a medical director and associate medical director.
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Work begins on Morpeth health centre
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on an £18m health centre in Morpeth, to house two existing GP practices.
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Trafford council may pull social care workers out of GMW teams, board warned
WORKFORCE: A paper to GMW’s January board warned that the “economic climate” may prompt Trafford council to pull staff out the trust’s community mental health teams.