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NewsUnions' fury at PM privatisation plans
The prime minister has been accused of trying to take the UK back to the “divisive” years of the 1980s after suggesting that all public services could be opened up to private companies.
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Compensation payment reform backed by panel
A panel of independent experts has backed plans to reform the system of NHS compensation claims in Scotland.
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NewsConsortia to be authorised in stages, Sir David tells HSJ
Commissioning consortia could be authorised in degrees and should not “make” their own commissioning support, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told HSJ in a wide-ranging interview.
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Derby Hospitals selling £600 'doors' for crime scenes
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has designed a decontamination “door” for hospital wards, crime scenes and fire-ravaged buildings costing nearly £600 a piece.
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NewsMinisters warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'
Seven areas with high levels of health and social care integration have formally warned the government that its “inflexible” approach to NHS reform will force them to dismantle their current arrangements.
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NewsTrusts' safety alert compliance still short despite improvements
There has been a 50 per cent improvement in compliance with patient safety alerts over the last six months.
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Eight consortia identified in Norfolk
STRUCTURE: Norfolk PCT has identified eight emerging GP-led commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
PCT tells Basildon and Thurrock FT to delay appointments
PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock Foundation Trust has been asked by the primary care trust to delay non-urgent first appointments until 14 weeks after GP referral.
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One consortium to cover Luton TPCT
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging covering practices under Luton Teaching PCT.
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NewsTV chef attacks politicians over hospital food
NHS patients are forced to “suffer unnecessarily” because of a lack of political willpower to improve hospital food, according to television presenter Loyd Grossman.
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NewsCameron unveils privatisation drive
Almost all public services could be opened up to private companies under plans being put forward by prime minister David Cameron.
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NewsExperts warn of increase in alcohol-related deaths
Health experts have accused the government of pandering to the drinks industry as they revealed up to 250,000 extra lives could be lost in the next 20 years unless tough restrictions are introduced.
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NewsReforms will break up NHS - Healey
The health reforms being pushed through by the government will lead to the break-up of the NHS, Labour has warned.
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HSJ Local
The Whittington could lose £4m if it breaches "risk-sharing" cap with commissioning cluster
FINANCE: The north London hospital trust has accounted for the possibility that it will breach the £2.3m activity limit cap with its main primary care trust commissioners in north central London (NCL) by £3.7m.
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NHS Bolton sees poor waiting times performance deteriorate among its providers
PERFORMANCE: The performance of hospitals in Bolton against key waiting times indicators continued to deteriorate in December, the primary care trust reported.
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HSJ Local
Consortium concerns about primary care centre plans in South East Essex PCT
COMMERCIAL: Some emerging GP commissioners in South East Essex have raised concerns about the use of the LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) scheme to build two new primary care centres.
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HSJ Local
Colchester FT underachieving on CQUINs
FINANCE: Underchievement on CQUIN goals by Colchester Hospital Foundation Trust has cost it nearly £0.5m so far this year.
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New chief exec joins Southend FT
WORKFORCE: Southend University FT’s new chief executive has begun working at the trust and will take over as accountable officer on 1 March 2011.
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Least popular option picked after consultation on mental health in Berkshire
STRUCTURE: All mental health inpatient services in Berkshire will be moved to one centre in Reading, despite this option not being favoured in a public consultation of 777 people.
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HSJ Local
The Hillingdon Hospital's midwifery head raises c-section target concern with SHA
PERFORMANCE: The head of the north west London hospital trust’s midwifery service has approached NHS London to query whether the target for the number of caesarian sections is too low.