All Health Service Journal articles in 18 October Issue
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NewsHSJ Live 07.10.2013 Legal threat to Hunt over cover-up claims
Reshuffle news expected, plus the rest of the day’s news in health
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NewsMP seeks checks on NHS 'fraudsters'
Convicted fraudsters could infiltrate the NHS unless more is done to ensure that private healthcare providers are subject to the same scrutiny requirements as their public sector rivals, a Labour MP has said.
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CommentBurnham's survival is the key move in the reshuffle
Shadow health secretary will be an important player in next election
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NewsMonitor: NHS must 'change radically' in order to survive
Even if the NHS achieves the highest possible savings it cannot close the £30bn funding gap predicted by 2020-21, a Monitor analysis has predicted.
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NewsNorman Lamb: Mid Staffs would never have happened at a mutual
Health minister Norman Lamb has suggested acute trusts could improve staff engagement by becoming social enterprises and argued that the culture problems seen at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust would never happen in a mutually-owned company.
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NewsRise in 'avoidable' NHS admissions
The number of emergency hospital admissions for conditions that could be avoided has risen 48 per cent in 12 years, according to a new report.
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NewsCall for greater hearing loss support
Older people with hearing loss are more than twice as likely to develop depression compared with those without the condition, a charity has revealed.
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NewsChair sits on 'office of the chief executive' body at giant teaching hospital
One of England’s largest hospital trusts will be run by an “office of the chief executive”, consisting of the medical director, finance director and the chair.
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NewsHospitals 'face £2bn cuts and financial cliff edge' - Nicholson
Hospital funding is set to be cut by £2bn as the NHS faces a potential “financial cliff edge”, NHS England’s chief executive has said.
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NewsMP raises further concern over NHS gagging clauses
One of Britain’s leading children’s doctors has been asked to submit evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into gagging clauses, after controversy over the terms under which she left the renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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NewsWorking time directive for doctors to be reviewed
The government has ordered a review of how European rules limiting the number of hours doctors can work is affecting the NHS.
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NewsJudge blocks review of reconfiguration scheme
Ealing Council has been refused permission to take a hospital reconfiguration plan to judicial review.
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NewsDuty of candour moves closer with bill amendment
The government has paved the way for the introduction of a duty of candour through an amendment to the Care Bill – but the key question of when the duty would apply has been left open.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to probe CCGs' block contract
Monitor is to investigate a complaint that referrals to a private hospital dropped after two clinical commissioning groups entered into a block contract with a local NHS hospital.
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust removes specialisms from the Horton amid high complication rates
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust has stopped gall bladder surgery at its Horton General Hospital after a Royal College of Surgeons review found higher than expected complication rates.
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NewsDH rejects criticism of delayed transfer of care measure
The Department of Health has rejected criticism of the measure it uses to track delayed transfers of care between NHS providers and social care.
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NewsPoliticians challenged to back service change ahead of election
Politicians and political parties will be put on the spot in the run-up to the 2015 general election to support major changes in the health service, under a plan developed by the NHS Confederation.
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HSJ KnowledgeTelehealth: a solution to bed blocking?
Supporting the transition from hospital to home care
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CommentStaff must be supported to put patient care first
The importance of listening to and supporting staff
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HSJ KnowledgeCollaborate to get the most out of CSUs
Co-design leads to better, more cost effective services for CCGs and patients