All Health Service Journal articles in 25 October 2013
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NewsCare.data will ‘reduce flow of confidential data around NHS’
The establishment of a new national patient database will “reduce the flow of patient identifiable data” around the NHS, the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s clinical director said yesterday.
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Complaints about doctors increase
The number of complaints about doctors made by their colleagues or patients is on the rise, according to new figures.
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NewsFury at hospital parking charges
Campaigners have slammed car parking charges at hospitals, with some NHS organisations charging almost three times the national average.
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NewsHSJ Live: 17.10.13: Second wave of trust inspections to be announced
Care Quality Commission’s strategy director says names will be released soon
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'Non-blaming' obesity tone advised
Doctors should not blame patients for being fat, according to new NHS guidance.
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Workload woes of GPs highlighted
Family doctors are “running around a hamster wheel just trying to stand still” due to their huge workload, a leading doctor has said.
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NewsLabour to force vote on CCG allocations
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to force a vote in Parliament over plans to redistribute clinical commissioning group funding on the basis of age.
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NewsExclusive: Mark Britnell rules himself out of NHS England chief race
Mark Britnell, who has been considered one of the leading contenders to become the next NHS England chief executive, has said he has not applied for the role.
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North Cumbria takeover fails to proceed
The planned acquisition of a ‘Keogh trust’ by a neighbouring foundation trust failed to go ahead on 1 October.
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NewsBurnham tells councils 'caveats' will be placed on health role
The shadow health secretary has warned councils would not be given “free rein” under his plan to put the lion’s share of NHS funding in local government’s hands.
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NewsHSJ Live: 18.10.13: Integration efforts will determine share of £3.8bn
The amount that CCGs and councils work together will affect funding
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NewsDrugs recalled over plant problems
Drugs made for leading firms including Superdrug are being recalled after inspectors found problems with manufacturing at an Indian plant.
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NewsWhistleblowers to be interviewed by CQC inspectors
Whistleblowers will be actively sought out by Care Quality Commission inspection teams to help them form regulatory judgements about healthcare providers, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ LocalDeputy chief leaves Keogh trust after merger collapses
The deputy chief executive of Medway Foundation Trust – one of the ‘Keogh 11’ investigated for high death rates – has left his role there.
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NewsDetails of £3.8bn integration fund revealed
The amount of progress clinical commissioning groups and councils make in working together next year will help determine their area’s share of the £3.8bn fund for health and care integration from 2015, it has been revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeLay members make stronger, transparent CCG boards
An outside influence can greatly benefit CCGs
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CommentTransform smaller hospitals, don’t close them
The 1962 hospital plan is still relevant today
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NewsHSJ Live: 21.10.13: Hunt accused of 'toxic culture' thwarting outside recruitment
Teaching hospital chair says health secretary has created problems at national level
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NewsScottish health secretary says English NHS 'being handed to profiteers'
The NHS in England is being handed to “profiteers” while its patients are struggling to pay for prescription charges which are “a tax on ill health”, according to Scottish health secretary Alex Neil.