All Jeremy Hunt articles – Page 51
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Mid Staffs special administration delay cost £125k
A decision to delay a key ministerial announcement on the dissolution of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by nine working days cost Monitor up to £125,000, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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Updated: Unison votes to ballot members on industrial action
One of the largest healthcare unions Unison is to ballot its 460,000 health members over plans to take industrial action – including strike action – following the government’s imposed pay deal.
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Twenty pilots selected for extended hours fund
The government has today revealed the successful bidders for the prime minister’s £50m ‘challenge fund’, a budget to increase access to GP surgeries.
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Jeremy Hunt backs South Gloucestershire CCG plans
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has backed plans to reconfigure hospital services in South Gloucestershire after they were referred to him by local councillors following a long-running row.
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Comment
Michael White: Let go of 'command and control'
Jeremy Hunt can’t stop interfering in the health service
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Unison seeks ballot for NHS industrial action
The largest healthcare union has warned of a “winter of unrest for the NHS” as it revealed plans to ballot members for industrial action.
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NHS pay deal will cost £150m say employers
The government’s decision to impose a pay deal on NHS staff will nevertheless cost the service an extra £150m a year, NHS Employers has told HSJ.
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Hunt safety plans 'will require frontline investment'
Providers will need to invest “significant” time in ensuring frontline staff can deliver the plans to improve patient safety which were announced by the health secretary last week, HSJ has been told.
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Exclusive: Hunt opens door to wider pay reform negotiations
Jeremy Hunt has suggested the government would be willing to drop its call for a freeze on incremental pay progression
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Exclusive: 'Cost neutral' Francis policy has cost £2.5m
More than £2.5m is being spent piloting a government scheme to make aspiring student nurses work as healthcare assistants for a year before university courses
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Information Centre chair defends private sector data use
The chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre has suggested the use of NHS data by private companies does not “necessarily” contradict the aims of the NHS.
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Hunt urged to ensure ombudsman gives evidence to Kirkup inquiry
A Labour MP has written to Jeremy Hunt asking him to ensure the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman gives evidence to the investigation into the failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay.
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NHS staff in budget day pay protest
Health workers will stage Budget day protests today against the government’s “insulting” pay offer.
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Mid Staffs special administration 'could cost £15m'
The health sector regulator has admitted the special administration process at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could ultimately cost £15m.
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CQC chair: 30 acutes could end up in special measures
By the time the Care Quality Commission finishes inspecting the acute sector under its new regime up to 30 hospital trusts could have been placed in “special measures”, the regulator’s chair suggested yesterday.
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Hunt reveals 'fast track' drug plan
People suffering from serious illnesses including cancer and dementia will be able to try new medicines years earlier thanks to a new scheme, the health secretary has announced.
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Data video: what's blocking a paperless NHS?
Senior managers’ lack of knowledge about the benefits of improved IT systems is hindering progress towards a paperless NHS
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Comment
Open letter to Jeremy Hunt: barriers to a paperless NHS
The NHS must address problematic culture