All Health Service Journal articles in 19 December 2014
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CommentReconfiguration of clinical services is important but insufficient
Hospitals play a minor part in determining outcomes
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HSJ LocalFirst inspection report for ambulance trust published
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has published its first inspection report for an ambulance trust.
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NewsGovernment's £250m campaign fails to clear waiting list backlog
The number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment has increased despite the government pouring £250m into the NHS to clear the backlogs of longest waiters
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust approaches council for £10m loan
FINANCE: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has abandoned its bid to secure a £10m loan from Blackpool Borough Council which it hoped would ease its cash flow problems.
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NewsExclusive: Lord Willis reveals plans for the future of nurse education
NHS trusts could be required to provide far more formalised education and training for qualified nurses under radical proposals outlined to HSJ ahead of a major review next year.
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CommentEngland's £250m waiting list initiative slips again
October was another flop for the government’s waiting list policy
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon drops plans to restrict surgery for smokers and obese patients
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has dropped controversial ‘rationing’ plans that would have restricted elective surgery to smokers and obese patients.
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HSJ LocalCCG chair steps down to lead GP 'super-practice'
STRUCTURE: The chair of Corby Clinical Commissioning Group is stepping down from the role to lead a merged GP ‘super-practice’ which aims to become the largest primary care provider in England.
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HSJ LocalDorset's better care fund budget slashed
One of the largest and most ambitious bids to pool health and social care budgets has been scaled back dramatically after the plans were checked by NHS England.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, October 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ Local'Perfect storm' tips Walsall trust into the red
Walsall Healthcare Trust has instigated an action plan to clear its ‘significant’ waiting list after being hit by a ‘perfect storm’ of IT problems and heightened demand that threatens to push it £9m into the red.
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HSJ KnowledgeNetworking gives a lifeline to better patient care
How a CCG deployed ‘eco leadership’
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HSJ Live 15.12.2014: CCGs criticise NHS England co-commissioning 'confusion'
Leaders of six clinical commissioning groups have written to NHS England criticising “apparent confusion and lack of clarity” in its proposals for primary care co-commissioning, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsRichards: Fit and proper persons test may end up in court
The final parameters of the new fit and proper test for NHS board members could be set in the courts, the chief inspector of hospitals has predicted
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay inquiry to hear from former trust chief
The former chief executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is due to give evidence today to an independent inquiry examining infant and maternal deaths.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs criticise NHS England co-commissioning 'confusion'
The leaders of six clinical commissioning groups have written to NHS England criticising “apparent confusion and lack of clarity” in its proposals for primary care co-commissioning, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentPharmacists as care givers can make the forward view come true
A chance for new models of care
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HSJ KnowledgeTips to prevent mental health co-morbidities in diabetic patients
A project in London has developed a model for diagnosing and treating the mental health co-morbidities of diabetes. Steven Reid explains
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HSJ LocalShelford Group trust rated 'requires improvement' by CQC
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has become the first Shelford Group trust to be rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.