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NHS Costing Manual: 2005 edition
This manual sets out the principles and practice of costing to be applied in the NHS. It is not just designed to support the production of the National Schedule of Reference Costs and through this, the national tariff, but should also be used in developing and monitoring service and financial ...
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Government launches Christmas fire safety campaign
Fire safety minister Angela Smith has launched a campaign warning of the increased danger of house fires over the Christmas period and encouraging people to take care with candles, lights and decorations, cigarettes and cooking, especially after a few drinks.The 'Tis the Season to be Careful campaign will be promoted ...
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Date for smoke-free England announced
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced that all enclosed public places and workplaces will go smoke-free from 1 July next year.To coincide with this announcement, she unveiled a Smokefree England campaign that will help the country'³ 3.7 million businesses prepare to implement the new legislation. The campaign includes advice about ...
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Latest hospital waiting and cancelled operations statistics
The Department of Health has issued its latest inpatient and outpatient waiting and cancelled operations statistics, for the quarter ending 30 September.Read the press release here
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HR high impact changes: An evidence based resource
HR high impact changes: An evidence based resource
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A national framework to support local workforce strategy development
A national framework to support local workforce strategy development: A guide for HR directors in the NHS and social care
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Guidance on how to develop and implement workforce scorecards in NHS organisations
Guidance on how to develop and implement workforce scorecards in NHS organisations
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Health secretary revisits the NHS cancer plan
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced a new cancer reform strategy to update the NHS cancer plan. Professor Mike Richards, the national cancer director, has been tasked with developing the strategy to 'fit the needs of tomorrow's cancer services'.The move was welcomed by cancer charities, which have been lobbying for ...
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Where managers fear to tread, myths and legends may rush in
Surrey and Sussex has opted for a prolonged period of public consultation on its extensive - and controversial - remodelling of services. But has the approach made managers' work any easier? Alison Moore investigates
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Hewitt: the buck stops with me on financial balance
The health secretary will take personal responsibility for ensuring that the NHS is in financial balance by the end of March next year, she told the Commons health select committee last week.
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BMA takes action in 'turf war' over community work
The British Medical Association is drawing up guidance for consultants 'stuck in the middle' of turf wars between acute and primary care trusts trying to protect their incomes.
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Efficiency, not cost, could be future of PbR
Payment by results tariffs could be altered to reflect the most efficient ways of working, rather than the average cost of a particular treatment, under changes being discussed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and the Department of Health.
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Failing trusts can be shut down
A new super-regulator will have the power to shut down failing trusts and services, the Department of Health has revealed.
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Warner: 'no excuses' for delaying commissioning
New guidance telling primary care trusts how to provide GP practices with information and indicative budgets leaves 'no excuses' for delaying the introduction of practice-based commissioning, health minister Lord Warner has said.
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Dossier reveals true extent of management consultant spend
The imposition of turnaround teams on cash-strapped trusts has cost the NHS more than £22m, new figures reveal.
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Foundations could provide multi-community services
Community foundation trusts could combine the provider arms of more than one primary care trust to avoid them being unviable as stand-alone organisations.
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New agenda replaces targets
The Department of Health is to focus on quality, safety and patient experience - leaving the Healthcare Commission to ensure compliance against locally set priorities, according to director of commissioning Duncan Selbie.
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Minister demands action on social care underperformance
For the first time since the star-ratings were introduced, no council in England has been zero-star rated for adult social services this year. However, there are still a number of councils who need to up their game, according to care services minister Ivan Lewis.'I remain concerned about the 21 councils ...
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Cash boost for HIV health promotion
The Department of Health will invest an extra £1m in work to tackle the rise in HIV cases among gay men and African communities in the UK.The money will be used by the Terrence Higgins Trust and the African HIV Policy Network on projects to strengthen HIV prevention and reduce ...