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NewsBMA calls for 'forgiveable' loans for graduates
Medical students should be given “forgivable loans”, with their debts repaid if they work for the NHS, doctors said today.
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HSJ KnowledgePlugging the inequality gaps with prevention
A workforce in the West Midlands uses its community knowledge to help some of the most at-risk and disadvantaged people, as Stuart Shepherd explains
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NewsPCTs to 'road test' direct payments to patients
Primary care trusts in London and Liverpool will be among the first to “road test” direct payments for personal health budgets, care services minister Paul Burstow announced today.
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Blogs
'The hospice movement was prepared to look death squarely in the face'
On 24th July 1967 Princess Alexandra came to St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham to perform the official opening ceremony.
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NewsMP accuses NICE of encroaching on policy debates
The public health watchdog is in danger of becoming a “nanny state monster” as it increasingly makes pronouncements that encroach on other areas of public policy, an MP has claimed.
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NewsBMA warns of 'devastating' cutback costs
The economic crisis could have “devastating” consequences for the NHS, with cutbacks to patient services and redundancies, doctors’ leaders have warned.
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NewsCo-operation not competition best for NHS, say experts
A group of medical bodies, unions and healthcare experts have said if the NHS was run on its founding principle of co-operation rather than competition, it would become more equitable and cost-effective.
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NewsBad practice reporting guide published
A new guide has been made available to employers in the NHS that offers advice on how to ensure staff can report bad practice.
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HSJ KnowledgeInnovation: an uninterrupted flow of ideas
A project on reducing medication errors illustrates human-centred design thinking, says Jennifer Taylor
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CommentKen Jarrold on the winners and losers of NHS reform
I started reading policy documents on the NHS in 1969. The first was the Green Paper published two years earlier, which launched the discussion about the first major re-organisation.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to be an NHS change leader
The success of a change initiative relies on strong leadership from chief executives - so how do you make that happen, asks Chris Roebuck
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NewsFT pioneers lifestyle intervention for acute patients
A foundation trust has begun a service targeting the lifestyle of its patients while they are in hospital, which it hopes will result in future financial benefits.
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NewsFuture NHS accountability unclear, warns think tank
The head of the King’s Fund Chris Ham has told delegates at the NHS Confederation annual conference that a test of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s commitment to taking the politics out of the NHS could come as the first big crisis.
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NewsDavid Nicholson doubts 2012 timescale for GP commissioning role
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has poured doubt over health secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans to implement GP commissioning by April 2012.
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NewsLansley acknowledges PBC accountability concerns
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has acknowledged concerns over the accountability arrangements for GP budget holding but has said there is “no merit” in implementing his planned changes slowly.
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NewsThird of operating time lost to late starts and early finishes
Acute foundation trusts lost a third of their operating theatre time to late starts and early finishes by the clinical teams, according to research presented by the Foundation Trust Network (FTN) at the NHS Confederation annual conference.
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NewsNHS Surrey attracts Hertfordshire chief exec
NHS Surrey has appointed Anne Walker as its new chief executive.
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NewsHealth network appoints new chairman
The South London Health Innovation and Education Cluster has appointed Paul Lincoln, the chief executive of the National Heart Forum, as its chairman.
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NewsStomach cancer survival rate improves
The number of people dying from stomach cancer in the UK has fallen to a 40-year low, according to Cancer Research UK.
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NewsC diff target increased to 50% in Scotland
NHS boards in Scotland are being asked to meet an increased target in the reduction of over-65s catching Clostridium difficile in their hospitals - placing the figure now at 50%.