All Health Service Journal articles in 21 November 2014
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NewsNHS finances ‘absolutely on the knife edge’
The health service is “absolutely on the knife edge” with no reserve left to cushion against unforeseen pressures, NHS England officials have warned
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NewsNo cash for co-commissioning running costs, NHS England confirms
Clinical commissioning groups will not be awarded extra funding to run primary care co-commissioning, NHS England has confirmed.
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NewsPatients to be able to write in their records from 2018
Patients will be able to add comments into their care records from March 2018 under new plans to make the NHS fully digital by 2020
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NewsKelsey: Digital ambition will need carrots as well as sticks
NHS England’s information director has acknowledged trusts will need ‘incentives’ as well as ‘consequences’ to encourage them to hit new national standards for information technology
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NewsNational tech blueprint sets greater role for regulators
Wide ranging proposals aimed at making the NHS fully digital by 2020, including new regulatory powers and allowing patients to write in their care records from 2018, have been revealed
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CommentTalking dirty to the public
Being honest about NHS reform is a political taboo worth breaking
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NewsHSJ Live 14.11.2014: Take part in HSJ's technology survey
We are looking to explore readers’ views about the NHS’s progress on its digital journey, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsHunt sets out proposals for £10bn savings
The health secretary has pinpointed the areas where the NHS could save £10bn to help close a looming financial gap in the health service
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HSJ Local
Monitor investigates Yorkshire FT over finance problem
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the deterioration of finances at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeSchwartz rounds: spread 'small acts of kindness' among staff
Why the rounds are growing in popularity
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CommentHealthcare will inevitably become more expensive
As the economy grows, so will the costs of running the NHS
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NewsHSJ Live 17.11.2014: Morecambe Bay under fire on cancer screening services
A foundation trust has pledged to shake up the management of its breast screening unit after a probe found an “extremely poor” working environment that must be having “impact on patient care”, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsStaffordshire CCG to hand £280m contract to private sector
Two private firms have been shortlisted for a £280m ‘prime provider’ contract in East Staffordshire in a competition that has seen all NHS bidders squeezed out of the race.
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NewsCQC reveals first general practice ratings
The first two GP practices to be rated under the Care Quality Commission’s inspection regime have been assessed as ‘outstanding’.
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NewsSenior information centre official to depart
The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s director of information and analytics is leaving the organisation, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalElective backlog causes £7m funding gap for London trust
FINANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has identified a £7m funding gap caused by a large backlog of patients requiring elective treatment.
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NewsOne in 10 GP practices pose greatest perceived risk
One in 10 GP practices have been assigned the highest category of risk in an ‘intelligent monitoring’ system devised by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsHSJ Live 18.11.2014: Foundation Trust Network to change its name
Network to be rebranded as NHS Providers, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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CommentThe three ways to drive transformational change in the NHS
How a new programme will strengthen the NHS