All Jeremy Hunt articles – Page 15
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Comment
Honesty required when talking about mental health funding
Ministers and senior health leaders speak about record levels of spending on mental health but the experience of those on the frontline speaks a different truth, writes Wendy Burn
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News
Professions call for more regulation following patient death
A patient’s death has prompted representatives of radiographers and radiologists to call for more regulation of sonographers.
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News
Hunt launches bid to reduce medication error deaths
Jeremy Hunt has launched a bid to reduce medication errors in the NHS, which new research says costs the NHS over 181,000 bed days and causes hundreds of deaths.
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News
Exclusive: Doubts over GMC's handling of manslaughter case revealed
Key elements of the General Medical Council’s bid to strike off a doctor convicted of manslaughter were “without merit”, according to an unpublished review of the case seen by HSJ.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Who’s in charge here?
The “who’s in charge” question isn’t straightforward in many organisations, including the NHS, points out Andy Cowper as he tries to answer the question
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Leader
Hunt acts fast to stop Liverpool becoming his Mid Staffs
This is the first time Jeremy Hunt has had to deal with a care scandal that both feels eerily like Mid Staffordshire, and that happened on the Conservatives’ watch.
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Comment
The many transformations of Jeremy Hunt
About to become UK’s longest serving health secretary, Jeremy Hunt’s ability to reinvent himself every 18 months might be the key to his success but at the cost of leaving past priorities in the lurch, notes Thomas Cawston
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News
GMC chief 'had no choice' over appealing manslaughter doctor case
The chief executive of the General Medical Council has said he believes he had no choice but to appeal the case of a doctor convicted of manslaughter to the High Court.
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News
Jeremy Hunt announces review of medical manslaughter
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a national review into the application of gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.
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News
Bid for new inquest after child death 'cover up'
The attorney general is considering granting a second inquest into the death of a three year old boy who died at Stafford Hospital after three independent experts have backed his parents and cast doubt on the original investigation.
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Leader
A very NHS compromise
The planning guidance is based on a new compromise between Simon Stevens and Jeremy Hunt, but it underlines the fundamental problems afflicting the NHS, writes Alastair McLellan.
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Expert Briefing
The Commissioner: New commissioners - an ACS leader
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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News
Second judicial review of ACO contract to go ahead
A second judicial review of NHS England’s accountable care organisation contract has been granted permission to proceed.
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News
Ten per cent increase in CAMHS beds confirmed
More than 130 new child and adolescent mental health beds have been commissioned as part of national plans to expand capacity by 10 per cent by 2019.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The arm round the shoulders
If healthcare is a people business, we ought to wonder why the NHS is often not great at supporting its people ie its staff, points out Andy Cowper
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HSJ Local
MPs criticise 'extraordinary' absence of ambulance trust bosses
MPs have called for an “urgent explanation” as to why the chief executive and other senior board members of a crisis hit ambulance trust went on holiday during what was long predicted would be “a really difficult period”.
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News
Creation of first ACOs put on pause
NHS England and the Department of Health have effectively paused the creation of the first NHS accountable care organisations, pending further consultation.
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News
Exclusive: Quarter of a billion marked for NHS tech goes unspent
More than £250m allocated to improve NHS technology was never spent, with the government saying the money is now “available to offset pressures in other parts of the system”.
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News
Treasury raises 'PM salary' pay threshold for NHS managers
The pay threshold for very senior managers in the NHS is no longer tied to the prime minister’s salary and has been increased by more than £7,000 this month.
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News
Updated: David Behan steps down as CQC chief
Sir David Behan has announced he will step down as chief executive of the Care Quality Commission in the summer.