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£10m cash boost for NHS Plus
A new capital fund of £10m has been awarded to improve the provision of occupational health services to NHS staff. It will also increase the availability of NHS Plus - the network of NHS occupational health departments that provide health services to small- and medium-sized employers.Announcing the new funding health ...
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Guide to help achieve 18-week target launched
A tool to help trusts achieve the 18-week waiting-time target will be launched today by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Achievement at an HSJconference. The No Delays Achievermatches trust data with service improvement tools to produce plans for hitting the target.The guide is in four parts. Download them here, ...
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Cancer waiting targets: a guide (version 4)
The latest version of the document outlining cancer waiting targets, providing answers to frequently asked questions about the 2001, 2002 & 2005 Cancer Plan targets. Published in July 2005.
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Payment by results tariff launched
The Department of Health has published the test version of the 2007-08 national tariff. The overall uplift in prices is 2.5 per cent, net of 2.5 per cent efficiency savings.NHS chief executive David Nicholson says trusts should use the latest version to model the impact of the increased tariff.To ...
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Guidance for displaced staff
New advice to help trusts manage staff affected by redundancy or service change has been launched by the Department of Health and NHS Employers. It advises trusts to ring-fence vacancies for staff at risk of job losses. To read the press release click ...
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NHS campaigners to hold mass demonstration outside Parliament
Protesters are to march on Westminster tomorrow to demonstrate against NHS 'cuts'. Health unions and community groups including the Trades Union Congress and Keep Our NHS Public plan to lobby MPs at the end of the protest. To download the announcement, click ...
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New clinical trials agreement for NHS trusts
The Department of Health has agreed a revised model clinical trials agreement which will speed up approvals for drug industry-sponsored trials on NHS patients. A partnership between the NHS, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the Bio Industry Association will provide a clear ...
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50th foundation trust approved
Three new foundation trusts have been approved by regulator Monitor, bringing the total to 52. The 50th foundation trust is South London and Maudsley. Tavistock and Portman trust and University Hospital of South Manchester trust have also been authorised. To ...
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Inpatient waiting-time figures
Almost 200 patients were waiting over 26 weeks at the end of September, the Department of Health has said. Of 198 patients for whom English commissioners are responsible, 21 were waiting in Welsh hospitals. The number of patients waiting over 20 weeks was down by ...
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NHS redundancy figures revealed
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has published figures showing that 900 compulsory redundancies were made in the NHS in the first half of this financial year.The vast majority of those were in managerial and administrative roles and under a quarter in clinical posts.To see the figures click ...
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State of healthcare report published
The Healthcare Commission today published its State of Healthcare 2006report. The report includes the first assessment of the independent sector against minimum standards.The figures are available here
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NHS London chiefs to face London assembly
The chair and interim chief executive of NHS London Dr George Greener and Ruth Carnall are to be questioned by the London Assembly's health and public services committee this week.Questions on finances, service provision and immunisation are expected at the Wednesday meeting.Foe more information go to ...
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Fall in Scottish winter deaths
Winter deaths in Scotland have reached a record low. Nearly 1,000 fewer deaths were recorded between December 2005 and March 2006 than in the same period the year before.The winter had been relatively mild with no serious flu outbreak.For more on the figures click ...
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Peter Cardy on rewriting the cancer plan
As cancer care shifts out of hospital, more cancer patients risk poverty as the associated costs rise. Now is the time to tackle the financial distress of the disease, argues Peter Cardy
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NHS staff views on violent patients
Poll suggests NHS staff believe withholding treatment from violent patients is sometimes justifiable
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Tobacco control: Fresh air for the North East
There are encouraging reports from an independent tobacco control agency set up in an area with the highest adult smoking prevalence in the country
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Chief medical officer proposes overhaul of expert witness programme
Chief medical officer Professor Sir Liam Donaldson has proposed a radical overhaul of the system for providing medical expert witnesses for family courts.Sir Liam has proposed that teams of specialist doctors and other professionals in NHS organisations will improve quality through mentoring, supervision and peer review. A National Knowledge Service ...
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Edna Robinson on effective networks
'As we move into an era of reconfiguration, effective networking will be crucial to enable patients to receive the best care'
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Warner congratulates PCTs on practice-based commissioning progress
Primary care trusts and practices should be congratulated for 'keeping their eye on the ball', in spite of reorganisation, according to health minister Lord Warner. He was speaking after figures published today showed that at the end of September 82 per cent of PCTs had plans in place to achieve ...
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Lansley slams PFI 'lunacy'
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has described hospital private finance initiatives as 'complete lunacy' after government responses to his parliamentary questions showed that the NHS will pay private sector contractors £53bn for hospitals worth only £8bn. Mr Lansley is calling for a 'fundamental review' of how the NHS accesses capital ...