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NewsOutsourcing service ‘will save NHS millions’ on HR, says NHS Employers
NHS Employers is launching a subscription service it hopes will save the NHS “many millions” of pounds by outsourcing human resources functions.
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LeaderAndy Burnham’s flawed NHS regime will stifle commissioning ambitions
The row over NHS competition policy played out over the pages of this week’s HSJ goes to the heart of Labour’s leadership of the NHS.
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NewsHinchingbrooke opens to bidding for franchise
East of England strategic health authority has advertised for a franchisee to take over deficit-hit Hinchingbrooke hospital.
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NewsCQC will face ‘tricky decisions’ on failing services
The Care Quality Commission has some “tricky decisions” ahead on using its powers to shut down failing services, its chair has admitted.
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NewsSmoking cessation funding safe following furious letter
The NHS will continue to fund the “most effective smoking cessation intervention in the UK” following a furious letter from dozens of public health bodies and royal colleges.
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NewsMediator to help reconcile FT row staff
A mediator has been called in to a bitter dispute between managers and clinicians at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust, which is applying for foundation status.
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Councils and NHS urged to drive joint funding
Councils and the NHS should examine how joint funding could help improve health and social care outcomes, according to an Audit Commission report.
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NewsDH to challenge Europe on overseas treatment
The Department of Health is preparing itself for a challenge through the European Court of Justice on the rights of UK citizens to be treated abroad at the NHS’s expense.
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NewsInvestigation launched after woman demands all-white maternity team
Hospital staff have complained to the Equality and Human Rights Commission after a woman in labour demanded an all-white team to deliver her baby.
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NewsDrug firm to compensate NHS
Scotland’s health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed a settlement being reached with a pharmaceutical company over alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the supply of drugs to the NHS.
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Bowel cancer audit highlights regional variations
The national bowel cancer audit has revealed improvements in patient care but large regional differences in treatment.
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NewsSHA bullying investigation findings revealed
The Department of Health has completely cleared East Midlands strategic health authority of bullying and harassing United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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NewsManagers in Partnership backs call for single code of conduct
The union Managers in Partnership has backed a call for a single code of conduct between the Department of Health and regulators.
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NewsNHS boards must not misinterpret 'firm performance management'
NHS boards should be wary of misinterpreting “firm performance management” as bullying or harassment as the economic downturn takes it toll, a former strategic health authority chief executive has said.
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NewsEast Midlands SHA to consider changes to trust board
East Midlands strategic health authority has been told to determine within three months whether leadership changes need to be made to the board of United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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NewsMP slams ‘uncontested’ FT governor elections
Foundation trust governing boards have been criticised by a Conservative member of the Commons health select committee as “self-selecting cliques”, after figures revealed up to a third of elections for foundation trust governors are uncontested.
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NewsPCTs defend closer working with NICE
Primary care trusts and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence have defended a £300,000 a year contract designed to help PCTs influence NICE appraisals.
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NewsTories pledge marginal pricing under PbR tariff
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has promised the payment by results tariff would allow “marginal pricing” under a Conservative government.
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NewsHospitals to replace nurses with lower paid assistants to cut costs
A number of NHS hospitals are planning to replace an increasing number of trained nurses with cheaper, unregistered ‘nurses’ paid at a lower rate.
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NewsNHS facilities website launched
A new website offering technical guidance to providers of healthcare facilities is being launched by the Department of Health.