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Sir Ian Kennedy sets record straight on Mid Staffordshire
Sir Ian Kennedy has written to the chair of the House of Commons health select committee to correct “misunderstandings” over the Healthcare Commission’s investigation into Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Dumfries and Galloway reconfiguration plans face independent review
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has commissioned an independent review into reconfiguration proposals in the rural areas of Dumfries and Galloway.
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MPs launch inquiry into cancer treatment inequality
MPs are to launch an inquiry into “postcode lotteries” in cancer treatment.
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Foundation trust appoints new chief executive
Tom Cahill has been announced as the new chief executive of the Hertfordshire Partnership foundation trust.
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NewsCare Quality Commission names trusts registered with conditions
Four foundation trusts and six primary care trusts are among the 21 organisations that have failed to assure the new regulator they are meeting infection control standards.
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New staff vetting regulations delayed
The government is to delay the introduction of new safeguarding regulations for 11 million staff working with vulnerable adults and children.
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NICE to review GP quality incentives
The Department of Health announced yesterday that it will be handing responsibility for reviewing clinical indicators included in the GP quality and outcome framework to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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'Corporate failure' of ex-Bromley chief at Cornwall
An independent report has accused the chief executive and board members at Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust of serious failures.
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NewsSerious potential risks left unresolved at children's hospital
Serious concerns about clinical care at a children’s hospital were not acted upon due to a lack of communication and joint working among senior managers, regulators have revealed.
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Cash injection for Scottish ambulance service
The Scottish government has announced that it will spend £25.5m over the next three years replacing and upgrading its ambulance service’s fleet.
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DH rewrites top-ups guidance
The Department of Health has rewritten its guidance on co-payments following fears of increased bureaucracy for primary care trusts and hospitals.
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NewsCamden PCT given information warning
Camden primary care trust has been given until the end of the month to improve the security of personal information it holds or risk being held in contempt of court.
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Mid Staffs prompts call for review of regulation
The Conservatives have called for strengthened public and patient involvement following revelations about “appalling” care at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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TB battle still not won
The number of cases of tuberculosis in the UK is “still too high”, the Health Protection Agency warns today.
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Cancer patient needs not being met
Four out of five nurses think the needs of people living with or after having cancer are not being met, according to a survey by charity Macmillan Cancer Support and HSJ sister magazine Nursing Times.
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News'Distressing failures' in NHS care for people with learning disabilities
A report into the deaths of six people with learning disabilities has uncovered “significant and distressing” failures in services across health and social care.
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Enquiry appoints first non-clinical chair
The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death has appointed the first non-clinical chair in its 20-year history.
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NewsDavid Nicholson talks to HSJ about foundation trusts on their fifth anniversary
As the new financial year begins, NHS chief executive David Nicholson talks to HSJ about the first five years of foundation trusts, the national quality board, and how managers should respond to the gathering financial storm
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When will the remaining trusts become foundations?
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has given trusts a deadline of December 2010 to submit their applications for foundation trust status.
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NewsPrivate board meeting risks spelled out
Less than a quarter of foundation trusts are holding their board of directors’ meetings in public, an HSJ straw poll suggests.