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News'Clarity' needed on consortia public health rules
A public health leader has called for commissioning consortia to be compelled to “work through” health inequality plans with public health specialists once they transfer to local councils.
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NewsMid staffs chief executive "morally wrong"
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s 2008 request for £1.35m to fund more nurses at a time when it was predicting a £1.6m surplus was “morally wrong”, the public inquiry into failures at the organisation was told.
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NewsUrgent care efficiency tool to get nationwide roll out
All urgent care providers should adopt an audit tool that has helped one area to cut acute emergency spending in half.
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NewsHealth and wellbeing boards' powers in doubt
Local authority health and wellbeing boards must have stronger powers to ensure cooperation from commissioning consortia, the government has been warned.
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NewsSecure mental health beds blocked
A lack of “step down” services is adding to pressures on secure mental health services, say researchers.
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NHS Northamptonshire switches out of hours providers
COMMERCIAL: Provision of out of hours services in Northamptonshire has been transferred from Nenedoc to South East Health Ltd.
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NewsFirst after-death care guidance issued
A pathway for caring for patients after death has been developed in the first national guidance on “last offices”.
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NHS Newham set to beat last year's Chlamydia screening total, with one quarter's figures still to add
PERFORMANCE: The east London commissioning body reported screening 9,899 of eligible 16-24 year-olds up to January, 316 short of 2009-10’s full-year performance.
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218 posts cut at Basildon and Thurrock UHFT
WORKFORCE: Up to 50 staff at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust face imminent redundancy
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News'Sub-optimal' post-operative care putting patients at risk
Patients’ lives are being put at risk because of inadequate care following emergency operations, surgeons claim.
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NewsAccident and emergency alcohol help for young 'lacking'
Youngsters tackling alcohol abuse are not receiving the immediate help and support they need, a new report shows today.
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NewsParamedics must be safe at major incidents
Paramedics must not be put at risk if the way decisions are made on attending patients at dangerous emergency incidents are altered, ambulance staff have warned.
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NewsDH information chief stresses need for 'plurality' of systems
The Department of Health’s information chief has indicated that the NHS information strategy will stress the need to join up separate IT systems.
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Greater collaboration between Royal Brompton and Harefield mooted at by departing chief executive
STRUCTURE: A report from Steve Smith, outgoing chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare, to his board said “high-level” talks between his trust and the specialist foundation trust had taken place.
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NewsAny qualified provider will 'open up' IT market - Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged to open up the NHS IT market to a wider range of suppliers, and said that he wants to put private providers under the same data reporting obligations as public organisations.
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Southampton City refuses request to transfer all of its estate to aspirant CFT
COMMERCIAL: Southampton City PCT has agreed to transfer six of its properties to the aspirant community foundation trust Solent Community Healthcare.
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NewsHealth minister: GPs should press on with reforms
Health minister Lord Howe has told HSJ GPs should press on with commissioning consortium development, despite the government’s “pause” and “listening exercise”.
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NewsHealey: government must drop part three of bill
The whole of part three of the health bill, which deals with the role of Monitor, must be dropped if the bill is to win Labour backing, shadow health secretary John Healey has said.
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NewsExclusive: Steve Field to front PM's 'listening exercise' advisory panel
Immediate past chair of the Royal College of GPs Steve Field is to chair a panel as part of the government’s “listening exercise” over NHS reform, HSJ has learned.
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News'Future Forum' will advise PM on NHS reforms
The government is launching a panel which it has named a “Future Forum” to advise to changes on its NHS reforms.