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NewsConfed chief: Politicians should recognise workforce cost reality
Politicians should recognise the NHS needs to ‘get more out of’ and reduce the cost of its staff, the NHS Confederation chief executive has said.
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust needs £25m loan to pay staff and suppliers
FINANCE: Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust has said it needs a £25m loan this year to keep paying staff and suppliers.
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HSJ LocalSomerset CCG mulls early end to provider contracts
FINANCE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is considering whether to release itself from contracts with a number of local providers in a bid to reduce financial pressures.
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HSJ LocalMid Essex rated 'requires improvement' after unregistered staff concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has rated Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust as ‘requires improvement’ following an inspection that found unregistered staff were providing nursing care.
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NewsUnsocial hours pay would stay under Labour, says Burnham
Shadow heath secretary Andy Burnham has pledged not to cut unsocial hours payments for NHS staff if Labour wins the general election, but said he still planned to introduce a ‘seven-day service’ that provides care for people at whatever time they require.
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HSJ LocalMilton Keynes becomes university hospital in medical school plan
COMMERCIAL: Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust has been given university hospital status as part of plans to create the country’s first private medical school.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.04.2015: Politicians should recognise workforce cost reality, says Confed chief
Politicians should recognise the NHS needs to ‘get more out of’ and reduce the cost of its staff, the NHS Confederation chief executive has said, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Social care will benefit from £8bn NHS boost, says Hunt
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ the better care fund should be ‘accelerated and extended’, helping the social care sector to benefit from increased spending promised for the NHS.
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NewsAnalysis: CQC hospital ratings could swing 'must win' election battles
The general election could be decided by Care Quality Commission ratings of seven hospital trusts, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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NewsHunt: Seven day NHS may be cheapest way to meet rising demand
The Conservatives’ plan to extend weekend working would help the NHS meet rising demand for operations, rather than being an additional cost pressure, the health secretary has argued.
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NewsLiberal Democrats commit to repeal competition elements of Health Act
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the role of competition in the health service, pledging to repeal parts of the Health Act 2012 and end the competition authority’s role in health.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to investigate Cambridgeshire and Peterborough finances
FINANCE: Monitor is probing the financial sustainability of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust – just weeks after it took on an extra 1,400 staff as part of one of the NHS’s biggest, most complex service restructures.
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NewsUnison issues strike warning over unsocial hours pay
One of the largest NHS unions has issued a warning to the next government that it will ballot for strike action if ministers try to cut unsocial hours payments.
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NewsHSJ Live 15.04.2015: Hunt: Seven day NHS may be cheapest way to meet rising demand
Conservatives’ plan to extend weekend working would help the NHS meet rising demand for operations, rather than being an additional cost pressure, the health secretary has argued, plus today’s top news and comment
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NewsConservatives pledge to fund forward view in election manifesto
The Conservative Party has firmly backed the NHS Five Year Forward View in its election manifesto. It includes an explicit commitment to spend at least an extra £8bn a year on the NHS, over and above inflation, by 2020.
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HSJ LocalJeremy Hunt opposes accidentally leaked hospital reconfiguration proposal
STRUCTURE: A proposal to replace two district general hospitals with a single facility was revealed after consultants hired to investigate the move were overheard discussing it in a conference call on a train.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts received contract offers on deadline day
Some contracts for 2015-16 remain unsigned two weeks after the deadline as some trusts only received their offers on the day they were meant to be signed, HSJ has been told.
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NewsPolicy delays risk 'preventable deaths', doctors warn NHS England
Letter says rare conditions drug policy is a “matter of extreme urgency” Doctors warn patient access could be delayed until 2016-17 NHS England to set out timetable for new specialised commissioning process soon Twenty senior doctors and experts have written an open letter to the NHS England board ...
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HSJ LocalGPs sign access and training deal with CCG
COMMISSIONING: GPs in Barnsley have universally signed up to a contract with their local clinical commissioning group requiring them to increase access to services and train their staff.
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HSJ LocalEast Midlands trust launches drive for 140 nurses
WORKFORCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals has announced plans to recruit 140 nurses to help improve patient care and reduce its use of agency staff.