News – Page 2003
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Hospitals told to focus on food and cleaning
Health minister Andy Burnham has told hospitals to focus on food and cleaning if they want to win good reviews from patients.
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Unsuccessful candidates for PCT chairs attack 'flawed' selection criteria and appointment process
The national programme to appoint new chairs to all primary care trusts has been criticised as biased, uninformed and hurtful by a number of rejected candidates.
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Appointments chief apologises to candidate accused of ignoring public
A primary care trust chair who resigned over his treatment during the selection process has received an apology from the NHS Appointments Commission.
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Dozens of PCT posts still unfilled
With just three weeks to go before the new primary care trusts officially take over, 53 are without a chair and no non-executive directors have been appointed.
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Union attacks selection process for top PCT posts as 'scandalous'
Strategic health authorities have been urged to give unsuccessful primary care trust chief executives 'transparent and appropriate' feedback on the reasons they have failed to secure a top job in the newly reconfigured organisations.
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PCTs told to appoint professional executive committees
Primary care trusts have been told to set up new professional executive committees, although it is consulting on a new 'form and function' being introduced next April.
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Royal Cornwall faces strike threat over job cuts to tackle £31m debt
Royal Cornwall hospitals trust is facing public protests and threats of strike action as it takes steps to deal with a projected £31m deficit.
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GP contract leads to sharp increase in A&E attendance
Hospital accident and emergency departments are facing increased demand as a result of the changes to the GP contract introduced two years ago, according to a study.
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MPs demand rethink on IT as reforms 'sleepwalking to disaster'
Two members of the Commons' public accounts committee have called for the national IT programme to be dismantled and local IT decisions handed back to trusts and GPs.
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NICE to weed out inferior treatments
The role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to be extended to identify ineffective treatments and to advise on reducing costs to the NHS.
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More addicts getting help
More drug users are getting treatment but the standard of it is still highly variable, a Healthcare Commission report has concluded.
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News analysis: Obesity - private clubs help PCTs achieve the figures they want
Referring overweight patients from GPs to the independent sector is a controversial approach but for many, joining a commercial group proves more effective in losing weight than drug treatment. Tash Shifrin reports on how 'slimming on referral' is working
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John Seddon on lean times
The clearest indication that the 'tool heads' don't understand the problem is their assertion that the lean tools will help the NHS meet its targets
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Exclusive: Audit Commission calls for 'radical action' to plug Manchester health gap
'Concerted radical action' is required to plug the growing health inequalities gap across Greater Manchester, a damning report has warned.
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Celebs lined up for nursing role
Three television celebrities are working alongside nurses at Barnsley Hospital foundation trust as part of a new TV series that highlights the role of NHS nurses.
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Court orders drug rethink
A primary care trust has been ordered to review its decision not fund treatment with a cancer drug.
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Rejected PCT leaders told to apply for less senior jobs
Primary care trust chief executives not selected for jobs running their successor organisations are being denied redundancy and told to apply for less senior positions, according to union Managers in Partnership.
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New skills for new era of nursing
Nurses will be expected to work more flexibly and gain increased 'entrepreneurial skills' under an NHS plan to modernise their careers.
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DHL secures NHS Logistics deal
The government has given the go-ahead to the controversial outsourcing of supply chain services to German parcel company DHL and US logistics firm Novation.
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Competition hots up for 2006 HSJ Awards
Primary care trusts in Croydon and Blackpool dominate the shortlist in this year's HSJ Awards, with seven nominations between them.