All Jeremy Hunt articles – Page 62
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NewsFrancis report: Cameron will respond after meeting Mid Staffs families
Prime minister David Cameron has met with families and campaigners ahead of the publication of the Francis report into care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsMedics question rationale of Lewisham downgrade
The health secretary has approved plans to downgrade the first hospital using failure regime legislation. However, the downgrade is subject to conditions, the details of which remain unclear.
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HSJ LocalLewisham consultants ask Keogh for evidence over 'lives saved' claim
STRUCTURE: Senior clinicians from Lewisham Hospital have written to NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh to ask him to explain a statistic which Jeremy Hunt attributed to him about mortality at A&E departments.
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CommentWe need to have belief in a paperless NHS
Not everyone has been convinced about the benefits of the tech revolution
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Lewisham decision sparks fresh debate on future NHS
The announcement that accident and emergency and maternity services are to be downgraded at Lewisham Hospital has sparked a fresh round of debate of the future of the NHS.
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NewsJoin tech revolution or face 'serious repercussions', hospitals told
Hospitals face “very serious repercussions” if they do not have electronic patient records systems in place by 2014-15, the NHS Commissioning Board’s national director for patients and information warned last night.
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NewsHunt compromises on Lewisham Hospital downgrade
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a compromise solution to the downgrade of services at Lewisham Hospital.
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NewsHunt gives hints on Francis response
The government’s response to the Francis report will set out how patient voice will be “at the heart” of what the NHS does in future, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed.
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CommentHunt's call on South London will affect the whole NHS
The impact will go far beyond Lewisham Hospital
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NewsGrounds for legal action if hospital downgrade approved, critics claim
A judicial review is likely if health secretary Jeremy Hunt approves plans to downgrade Lewisham Hospital, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsAnalysed: The fate of Lewisham Hospital
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the south east London health economy, which is the first to be subject to the failure regime.
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HSJ LocalNational review for hospital reconfiguration opposed by Hague
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has been asked to look at a controversial hospital reconfiguration which has been opposed by foreign secretary William Hague.
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CommentCan greater transparency expose future care failures?
The government sees openness as key to preventing failures
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NewsFailed NHS managers could face blacklisting
Ministers are considering creating a “blacklist” of NHS managers who preside over failure and would be prevented from working in the health service again, HSJ understands.
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NewsChoose and Book faces delays
The new Choose and Book electronic appointment booking system is “very unlikely” to be in place by the NHS Commissioning Board’s December deadline, industry figures told HSJ this week.
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NewsHunt admits IT plans are ‘brave’ as report lays bare challenge
A report published alongside Jeremy Hunt’s announcement that the NHS should be paperless by 2018 has underlined the difficulties the NHS faces in hitting the target in just five years.
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NewsHunt: Unsafe staffing 'totally unacceptable'
It is “totally unacceptable” for hospitals to have unsafe staffing levels, health secretary Jeremy Hunt insisted yesterday.
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NewsHunt: NHS 'should go' paperless by 2018
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced the NHS “should go paperless” by 2018 as he outlined his digital records vision for the health service.
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CommentHunt's head is in the Risk Clouds
The health secretary has a novel way of dealing with his daily crises
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NewsAnalysed: The renegotiation and future of junior doctors' contracts
This week’s HSJ Local briefing looks at the potential impact of the renegotiation of junior doctors’ contracts on employers and doctors, with initial talks possibly beginning as early as February or March