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NHS ‘salami slicing’ cuts – Dorrell

The Commons' health select committee has warned that the NHS is falling behind on the 'Nicholson challenge' and being distracted
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MPs given estimate of PCT job losses

Between 30 and 40% of the staff who are currently employed in primary care trusts could find a role supporting
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BMA tells MPs to ‘save PCT managers’

Primary care trust staff who will be needed to make GP commissioning consortia work are already leaving the NHS, MPs
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PCT ends United Health contract early

NHS Northamptonshire has ended its contract for commissioning services with UnitedHealth UK a year early, the primary care trust has
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Improve PCT data skills, say MPs

Poor quality data analysis skills have played a key part in the failure of many primary care trusts to work
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DH mandates incident reporting

The Department of Health has confirmed that it will end the voluntary system for reporting patient safety incidents to the
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QoF should tackle health inequalities – MPs

The Quality and Outcomes Framework needs radical revision to fully take account of health inequalities, according to MPs. A report
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MPs cast doubt on Darzi reforms

The future pay of NHS managers should be linked to their data-analysis abilities, according to MPs concerned about the health
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NICE to overhaul QoF

The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) is to be overhauled to focus on indicators which have the greatest impact on
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DH seeks tougher sanctions for security breaches

The government is seeking an increase in penalties for NHS staff that breach the Data Protection Act. Health minister, Ben
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