Weekly NHS news digest June 1, 2012
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Our weekly round up of stories affecting the NHS
- Changes to regional offices plan for NHS
Plans for 50 local offices to replace PCTs and SHAs cut by almost 50%.
- South west NHS staff could have pay cut
A leaked document reveals introduction of regional pay could see staff in the south west working longer for less.
- Andrew Lansley and key health figures meet at NHS Whistleblowing Summit
- 18 expressions of interest in London
NHS London receives 18 expressions of interest in tender for patient administration system and electronic patient records.
- Waits for A&E are rising
Analysis suggests that a proportion of patients are facing long waits in A&E units in England.
- Doctors defend strike action
Doctors defend the decision for a 24-hour day of action which will take place on 21 June.
- Clinical Solutions acquired by Capita
Capita has announced acquistion of Clinical Solutions for £20m.
- Doctors vote on industrial action
Results of ballot on industrial action expected to be announced soon.
- Brighton deploys cloud with Microsoft
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is to deploy Microsoft’s Hyper-V private cloud platform.
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