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In or out: contractors braced for a domestic over cleaning
Andy Burnham is expected to tell the prime minister that hospital cleaners should be part of the 'NHS family', but the companies providing services complain that poor trust management and contracting are to blame for low standards. Alison Moore digs the dirt
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PCT could slash 90 per cent of staff
A troubleshooter chief executive plans to strip an ailing primary care trust down to its core functions and reduce the number of staff from 300 to 30.
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New chair of NHS Litigation Authority
Professor Dame Joan Higgins has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Litigation Authority.Dame Joan is Emeritus Professor of Health Policy at the University of Manchester and outgoing chair of the Christie Hospital Trust. She is also chair of the patient information advisory group at the Department of ...
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Winterton announces end-of-life strategy board
Health minister Rosie Winterton has announced a 27-strong advisory board to support the development of the end-of-life care strategy.The board is chaired by national cancer director professor Mike Richards and includes chief executives of leading charities, senior clinicians and NHS and social care managers.Working groups will include: measuring the quality ...
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Sainsbury Centre appoints prisons director
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has appointed Sean Duggan as director of its new prisons and criminal justice programme.Mr Duggan is currently director of health and social care in criminal justice at the Care Services Improvement Partnership's London development centre and consultant in offender health for the Department of ...
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DoH names renal services 'czar'
The Department of Health has named Dr Donal O'Donoghue for the newly created post of 'renal services czar'.Dr O'Donoghue has been a consultant renal physician at Salford Royal Hospitals foundation trust since 1992, was involved in the development of the NSF and is co-chair of the DoH renal advisory group.Read ...
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Watchdog appoints three new commissioners
The Healthcare Commission today welcomes Professor Deirdre Kelly, Clare Dodgson, and Clifford Prior as commissioners.The trio will join the twelve current commissioners tasked with driving quality in healthcare and public health. Read the press release here
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Leeds trust names new chief
Maggie Boyle has been appointed chief executive of Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust.'Ms Boyle has been appointed for her skills, past experience and demonstrable track record of success in other similar organisations,' said trust chair Martin Buckley.Ms Boyle is currently chief executive of Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals trust. From ...
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New training to reduce violence against ambulance staff
The NHS Security Management Service (SMS) has launched a new set of standards to ensure high quality training for ambulance workers for prevention of violence.SMS head of security management Richard Hampton said: 'Ambulance staff are at the forefront of NHS care and face particular risks that this training is designed ...
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Select committee to hear evidence on workforce planning
The Commons health select committee will be holding its final session on workforce planning on 25 January.The committee will be hearing from new minister Lord Hunt and Department of Health deputy director of workforce Nic Greenfield.Click here for more information
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What social enterprise can do for healthcare
A social enterprise is often defined as a business that trades with a social or environmental purpose. It is not driven by profit, and reinvests surpluses back into the organisation or community.
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DoH publishes travel expenses consultation
The Department of Health has published consultation on the hospital travel costs scheme, which allows those on low incomes to claim travel expenses.The document looks at how the scheme can be changed to reflect a shift in care closer to home.Read the consultation here
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Labour MP slams workforce planning
Labour MP and health select committee member Dr Howard Stoate has criticised a 'boom and bust' culture in NHS workforce planning and argued against local planning.Speaking at a committee hearing yesterday, he said a lack of centralised workforce planning meant the NHS was 'chasing its tail'.
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Hewitt: government should have capped GP profits
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has said the government would have considered capping GPs' earning potential under their contract if it had predicted the extent of their increased profits.Information Centre for health and social care figures show that the percentage of GPs' revenue taken as profit after expenses rose from 40 ...
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Pension guidance released
The Department of Health has produced a guide for staff leaving NHS employment but wishing to continue their membership of the NHS pension scheme.The guidance also sets out advice about employer responsibilities for pension provision where staff have to leave the scheme.Read the guide here
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Labour PRs win SHA jobs
Two former New Labour PR gurus have been appointed directors of communications in strategic health authorities.
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Managers appeal for workforce planning 'reality check'
Managers are calling for health economists to be brought in to give workforce planning a 'reality check'.
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BMA: make targets more ambitious
The NHS should be set more ambitious targets, rather than lay off surplus staff once a maximum 18-week wait has been achieved, the British Medical Association has said.
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A wonderful web we weave
Spiders are helping wards and departments us discover what is working and where improvements are needed, reports Suzanne Hinchliffe
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Cross the divide and rule
Chief executives have switched between primary care and acute trusts. Jenifer Taylor examines how the roles and the demands differ, looks at the reasons behind the moves and discusses with three top managers their plans