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NewsHealth board investigates care home deaths
An investigation has been launched after four elderly residents died in one week at a care home.
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NewsMPs to hear criticism of MS care
Multiple sclerosis patients could be driven to suicide by a lack of access to treatment, a campaigner will tell MPs today.
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NewsParamedic concerns raised by Bird inquest coroner
Concerns about ambulance staff being held back from casualty scenes have been raised by the coroner who held inquests into the deaths of Derrick Bird and the 12 people he shot dead in Cumbria last year.
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NewsRethink public health data cuts - watchdog
A watchdog has called for a government rethink after discovering the NHS is set to axe the collection of key data on smoking, drinking and other health issues to cut costs.
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NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent consolidates its estate
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has carried out a headquarters accommodation review and, as a result, is re-locating some of its staff.
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Tameside FT overperforming by £3.6m on PCT contract
FINANCE: The foundation was over-performing on its NHS Tameside and Glossop contract by £3.6m at the end of December, the primary care trust’s latest finance report shows.
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Haringey likely to miss cancer target
PERFORMANCE: Haringey primary care trust is not expecting to hit its target for cancer deaths, as data for 2009-10 showed that the mortality rate from the disease was increasing year-on-year.
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NHS West Kent handed £1bn budget for next year
FINANCE: The primary care trust has been allocated a budget of £1,029m for 2011-12, board papers report.
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Nurse appointed chief of Plymouth's new community provider
WORKFORCE: A former nursing director has been appointed chief executive designate of Plymouth Community Healthcare, the proposed social enterprise which will take on community and mental health services from NHS Plymouth
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North Essex Partnership FT begins work on child mental health unit
COMMERCIAL: Work has begun on a £9.6m specialist children’s mental health unit has begun at North Essex Partnership FT.
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Pennine Acute closes Rochdale A&E
STRUCTURE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust will close the Rochdale Infirmary A&E, and open an urgent care centre in replacement, on 4 April.
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Calderdale FT may seek non-elected councillors
STRUCTURE: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust may allow co-opted, rather than elected, members onto its membership council.
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Tameside and Glossop outlines £10.2m QIPP saving plan for 2011-12
FINANCE: The primary care trust estimates it will have to make quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings of £10.2m in 2011/12 after hitting a savings target of £24.9m this year, its new financial plan states.
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Tariff changes make contract negotiation tough for NHS Liverpool
FINANCE: Changes to NHS tariff prices have made negotiating contracts for next year “very difficult” for the primary care trust, its 2011/12 financial plan reports.
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NewsNHS Professionals chief announces departure
NHS Professionals chief executive Neil Lloyd has announced he is stepping down at the end of April.
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News'Infected blood' compensation extended nationwide
People in Northern Ireland who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood through the NHS will receive extra compensation.
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NewsBudget forecast sees Cameron's NHS pledge challenged
Prime minister David Cameron was accused of breaking the coalition’s pledge to increase funding for the National Health Service as soaring inflation threatened to undermine the government’s spending plans.
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NewsNHS IT contractor for sale
A healthcare software firm heavily involved in the government’s £12.7bn plan to update the NHS’s IT infrastructure has issued a “come and get us” plea to potential buyers.
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Shropshire County sets date for community trust FT bid
STRUCTURE: Shropshire County PCT has set a provisional date for its community trust to apply for foundation status.
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DH guidance on consortia fails to impress in Great Yarmouth
STRUCTURE: Regular Department of Health developments in consortia commissioning plans have not “simplified or clarified” the process in Great Yarmouth and Waveney, the primary care trust has been told.