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DH slated over freedom of information record
The Department of Health has been lambasted for the way it handles requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
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£700k pay-off report kept under wraps
An auditors' report on the controversial pay-off of a trust chief executive and the employment of an interim replacement at more than twice his salary will not be made public until July.
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New release date for commissioning review
The long-awaited value for money assessment of the framework for procuring external support for commissioners will now be completed next spring, the Treasury has revealed.
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New unit set up as trusts miss green targets
Four out of 10 NHS managers have not yet begun to develop plans to reduce carbon emissions in the health service, despite green targets set by the Department of Health.
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Swindells to go private with Tribal
The Department of Health's interim chief information officer Matthew Swindells is to leave the department and the NHS for the private consultancy Tribal.
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Wales to axe most local health boards
The Welsh Assembly has announced plans to slash the number of local health boards and strip them of their commissioning role.
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Kent trust buys out 22-bed private wing
A hospital trust that is bidding for foundation status has bought a private hospital wing to help it continue to hit the 18-week maximum waiting time target.
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Alliance - let firms help PBC
Consortia of practice based commissioning GPs should be able to bypass primary care trusts and buy commissioning support from the private sector, the NHS Alliance is demanding.
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Trusts come together but deny merger speculation
Three London foundation trusts have confirmed they will be part of the capital's second academic health science centre, but denied a merger was on the cards 'for the foreseeable future'.
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GPs committee issues guidance on extended access
The British Medical Association GPs committee has drawn up guidance to explain changes to the GP contract on extended access.
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Wales draws up plans to stop hospital violence
The Welsh Assembly is to draw up an action plan on tackling violence and aggression in hospitals and other health centres.
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Unions criticise NHS pay deal
Eight unions representing health sector workers have joined forces to criticise the multi-year pay offer for NHS staff announced this week.
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£45m earmarked for biomedical research
The Department of Health is to invest £45m in 12 new biomedical research units as part of a drive to prevent, diagnose and treat heart disease, asthma and obesity.
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Staff survey points to poor communication
The views of thousands of NHS employees have been published in the Healthcare Commission's fifth annual staff survey.The survey reveals that, while staff are generally satisfied in their jobs, communication with senior management is often seen as poor.
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This week's All Our Yesterdays
Public Assistance Journal and Health and Hospital Review, 16 April 1948"The views of the local authorities' medical officers on the national health service are bound to be of especial interest. The medical officers, have, of course, on their side been busily engaged in the organisation of their local services to ...
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BMA Wales calls for tougher drink-driving limits
The British Medical Association Wales is calling for a reduction in the permitted blood alcohol level for driving.
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Report reveals extent of hospital malnutrition
Thirty-one per cent of adults transferred between hospitals are at risk of malnutrition, according to a report published today.
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Sunbed use raises cancer risk by 75 per cent
Eight out of 10 sunbed users have increased their risk of a life-threatening form of skin cancer by around 75 per cent, according to Cancer Research UK.
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Schools start cervical cancer immunisation programme
A £64m cervical cancer immunisation programme will begin in Scottish schools on 1 September.
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Agenda for Change pay award agreed
The Department of Health, NHS Employers, Unison and the Royal College of Nursing have agreed on a proposed three-year pay package for all NHS Agenda for Change staff.The proposal includes acceptance in full of the 2008-09 NHS pay review body's recommendations for a 2.75 per cent pay rise for nurses ...