All Health Service Journal articles in 7 November 2014
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NewsCQC raises dementia care concerns
Dementia sufferers are likely to experience poor care as they move between residential homes and hospitals because of an “unacceptable gap” in quality, a new report says.
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NewsCome clean over treatment errors, regulators urge
Health professionals must be open and honest with patients when something goes wrong with their treatment, regulators have said.
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NewsHSJ Live 29.10.2014: HSJ launches new app
App available for tablets and smartphones on both iOS and Android, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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News'There's no getting away from difficult choices over staff pay,' says Burnham
A Labour government would use pay restraint and make ‘difficult choices’ about the wages of NHS frontline staff if the party wins the election next year
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LeaderBurnham fills in the blanks on 'reform without reorganisation'
Labour shadow outlines plans in an exclusive interview
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NewsCCGs to support health and wellbeing boards under Burnham vision
CCGs could be morphed into the operational arms of HWBs, which will take on the role of ‘signing off’ health plans, Andy Burnham has suggested
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NewsBurnham sets out role for private providers in his NHS vision
Private health providers could play a significant role in providing NHS services under a Labour government, the shadow health secretary has suggested
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NewsExclusive: Labour could make NICE guidance mandatory
A Labour government could reduce variation in access to drugs and procedures by making it mandatory for commissioners to follow NICE guidelines, Andy Burnham has revealed
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NewsFirst foundation trust authorisations in more than a year
Three NHS providers have been authorised as foundation trusts – the first time the status has been conferred in more than a year
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Unions announce second strike
The NHS is to face a second day of strike action as unions continue their dispute with the government over NHS pay
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NewsMorecambe Bay inquiry delayed until February amid 'reluctant' witnesses
An inquiry into poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay will not publish its final report until February as it tries to convince ‘reluctant’ witnesses to give evidence
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NewsExclusive survey: HR managers back end to pay restraint
NHS staff should be awarded a pay rise in line with inflation beyond 2015-16, according to a poll of HR managers by HSJ
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NewsMajority of HR managers would support imposing a contract on doctors
Most NHS senior human resources directors would support the imposition of national employment contracts on medical staff, an HSJ survey has found
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HSJ LocalMorbidly obese patients face restrictions under new Devon cost cutting plan
FINANCE: A cash strapped clinical commissioning group plans to limit access to routine surgery for obese patients and suspend funding for some non-urgent procedures in a drastic bid to find £26m of in year savings.
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NewsHunt: NHS has 'responsibility' to help councils
Health service must help with local government’s ‘tough financial settlement’, the health secretary has said
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NewsMinisters take first steps to imposing contract deal on doctors
Ministers have taken the first step towards imposing a contract deal on medical consultants and junior doctors
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HSJ LocalCumbria mental health review will report on trust suicides
A review of mental health services in Cumbria will examine an apparent trend of patient suicides in connection to the local mental health trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Partners
Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust rising to the QIPP challenge by offering a patient-centred homecare service
Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust rises to the QIPP challenge
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NewsNHS Employers: Reform of pay systems remain a priority
The struggle for favourable working conditions goes on
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NewsHSJ Live 03.11.2014: Community trusts not 'squeezed out' by forward view
Community trusts should play a key role in delivering the new range of care models outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View despite receiving very little mention in the flagship paper, a key sector figure has said, plus the rest of today’s news and comment