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Restructuring blamed for debt
A primary care trust saw its overspend rocket more than fivefold, partly because of last year's PCT restructuring, an Audit Commission report has concluded.
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Private companies to join support framework
The Department of Health is set to announce next week the list of private companies that have won a place on the government's national framework for procuring external support for commissioners, HSJ has learned.
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Minister: end third sector 'mutual loathing'
Commissioners have been urged not to hold third sector health services at 'arm's length'.
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Lansley demands health inequalities drive
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has called for fresh policies to reduce health inequalities across London.
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Doctors question NHS Direct
Doctors have called on the government to re-evaluate NHS Direct as it is increasing their workload.
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Merger plans for six trusts as Welsh NHS feels cash squeeze
Six acute trusts across Wales are facing mergers after the Welsh Assembly launched a consultation on reconfiguration.
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Scarborough to axe 600 jobs in bid for foundation status
An NHS trust is axing a third of its workforce in a bid to avoid having its finances scrutinised by the health secretary.
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Johnson stalls on Manchester decisions
Health secretary Alan Johnson has postponed a crunch decision on two contested service changes in Greater Manchester.
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Thousands of junior doctors start new jobs
Hospitals were yesterday faced with thousands of junior doctors starting new jobs at the same time.
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Anna Donald on doctors' motives
'The NHS needs doctors firing on all cylinders, not retreating to their duvets'
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Anna Donald
'I had the tea lady from hell. I woke to be greeted by a short, angry person wielding a large trolley'
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Nursing chief is good and bad cop all in one
The Royal College of Nursing's general secretary, Peter Carter,.has altered its stance on reconfiguration, plurality and the wisdom of heckling Hewitt. But he promises fierce opposition to poor management and short-term cuts
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Michael White on politics
It is the Hewitt-Blair vision of US-style competing hospitals which causes offence to activists in Wales
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Media Watch
Thousands of junior doctors are to be shipped abroad, The Daily Telegraph said this week as it claimed 'up to 10,000 young doctors unable to find NHS jobs could be offered voluntary work overseas'.
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Just the end of the beginning for Monitor
With 62 members, the foundation movement is coming of age. Monitor chair Bill Moyes offers a compelling picture of where foundation trusts are heading, and outlines his vision for the regulator's future
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Report condemns 'information overload'
Trust boards are drowning in 'Amazonian' levels of useless information, the latest Intelligent Board report from Dr Foster has found.
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Care UK chief urges swift ISTC take-up
Chief executive Mike Parish sounds a cautionary note that government must move quickly to ensure a local ownership care system takes route
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Chronic disease management: Welsh framework will cut through boundaries
With evidence mounting that chronic illness represents the principal burden on health and social care services, effective management of long-term conditions is a priority. Helen Howson and colleagues explain
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Anna Donald on consumer information
'Patients must indeed be patient. The term 'patient-led' invites disbelief that patients are going to lead the NHS'
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Michael White on politics
'One insider said Gordon Brown is obsessed with the NHS and he'll have his hands all over it. That figures'