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Unison closer to review of white paper

Unison has won the right to take legal action against health secretary Andrew Lansley for what it alleges is a
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NHS Direct – number not service to go

Health secretary Andrew Lansley told reporters last week that NHS Direct would be replaced with a new 111 service, but
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Row brews over end of NHS Direct

The government has defended its decision to scrap NHS Direct and replace it with a new 111 number service.
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Unison takes white paper to High Court

The UK’s largest public service union has started legal action against health secretary Andrew Lansley, claiming that he has refused
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Birmingham Portal drives info sharing

Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Partnership has selected Dotted Eyes’ Health Portal to enable information sharing with GPs and between NHS
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All trusts to be foundations by 2013

All NHS trusts will be obliged to become a foundation trust or merge with one by 2013, the Department of
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Information Centre wins in ALB review

The NHS Information Centre has come out of the Department of Health’s arms length body review with a promise that
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GP consortia to start work this year

The Department of Health has spelled out its plans for the future of commissioning in a consultation that gives the
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Goals replace targets in DH paper

The Department of Health has set out its plans to scrap centrally, set performance managed targets - and to hold
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‘Large numbers’ of staff to lose jobs

The Department of Health's informatics directorate is one of the few areas of the NHS that is safe from change
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