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GP records website 'My Health' revealed
A new website called My Health, likely to be run by an independent contractor, looks set to be used to give the public access to GP records.
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Conflict of interest concerns in new Monitor role - report
There are “a number” of potential conflicts between Monitor’s new responsibilities to enable integrated healthcare and to prevent anti-competitive behaviour, a new report prepared for the regulator concedes.
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'Public interest' whistleblowing law change criticised
NHS whistleblowers could be discouraged from speaking out by a proposed change in the law, HSJ has been told.
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Exclusive: commissioning board to direct CSS recruitment
The NHS Commissioning Board is to coordinate the recruitment process for commissioning support services and appoint chief finance officers for each organisation, HSJ has discovered.
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Legal right to choice would give providers 'confidence', says Cabinet Office
A top civil servant has argued that government moves to make choice in health services a statutory right would give more confidence to innovative provider organisations.
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Hospital trust chief executive appointed as Monitor director
Heather Lawrence, boss of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust, has been appointed as a non-executive director at Monitor.
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BMA chair candidates revealed ahead of member vote
Three doctors will go head to head in an election to become the head of the British Medical Association.
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HSJ Local
Analysed: dealing with the legacy of Mid Staffs
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the problems facing Staffordshire as it deals with the legacy of Mid Staffs, reconfiguration and financial drought.
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HSJ Local
Cash problems scupper Wye Valley FT bid
FINANCE: Wye Valley Trust has paused its application for foundation trust status amid growing financial problems it has emerged.
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Mid Staffs could merge with neighbour
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could merge with University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust, HSJ understands.
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Large rise in shifts filled by agency staff
The use of agency nurses by acute and community service providers has soared by 50 per cent in a year, evidence suggests.
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Satisfaction in NHS plummets due to concern over government reforms
Public satisfaction with the NHS saw its largest-ever drop last year as ministers highlighted weaknesses in the service to justify the Health and Social Care Act, and senior clinicians spoke out against the reforms.
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HSJ Local
Concern over A&E demand in Portsmouth and Southampton
PERFORMANCE: Emergency department waiting times have been identified as a “key performance concern” by the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster.
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HSJ Local
Case note review of over 200 deaths in hospital
PERFORMANCE: A case note review of more than 200 patient deaths at Northampton General Hospital has identified 16 patients who could have survived if care had been better.
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HSJ Local
NW ambulance service blames 'protracted' contract negotiations for performance dip
PERFORMANCE: Protracted negotiations with commissioners were the overriding cause of the North West Ambulance Service’s failure to hit its key response times target for the initial months of 2011-12, its draft annual report states.
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HSJ Local
SHIP needs non-sustainable savings to hit target
FINANCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster relied on one-off savings to hit its cost reduction target for 2011-12, with emergency demand singled out as a cause for concern.
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Measures to tackle patient age discrimination imposed
Age discrimination against NHS patients is to be made illegal, ministers have confirmed.
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Social care cuts increasing risk to older people - survey
Older people are being put at risk because of “dangerous” cuts to home-based care which could cost the country billions of pounds, a leading charity has warned.
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Doctors' strike could see thousands of operations cancelled
Contingency plans are being devised for next week’s British Medical Association strike which could see tens of thousands of hospital operations cancelled.
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HSJ Local
Patient safety concerns closes mental health unit
STRUCTURE: All admissions to a mental health unit in Grantham have been stopped on patient safety grounds by Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust.