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NewsConservatives confirm extra £8bn for NHS in manifesto pledge
The Conservatives’ election manifesto will commit to a “minimum real terms increase in NHS funding of £8bn” by 2020 which they say is a firm promise to fund the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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NewsLabour's health policy: a rough guide
HSJ’s handy guide to Labour’s health policy development before the manifesto:
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NewsHSJ Live weekend edition: Tories promise £8bn for NHS as Labour launches 'health manifesto'
Catch up on Labour’s ‘health manifesto’ launch as it happened, plus the Conservatives confirm extra £8bn for NHS by 2020 in manifesto pledge and reaction to the weekend’s election announcements
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NewsExclusive: NHS owned pathology joint venture expects £4.5m loss
A pathology joint venture owned by six NHS trusts is forecasting a £4.5m deficit for its first year of operation, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCCG chief appointed to top Manchester devolution role
Senior officer responsible for a review of healthcare services across the region takes top job
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News63 CCGs take control of primary care budgets despite serious misgivings
Sixty-three clinical commissioning groups have taken on fully delegated responsibility of their primary care budgets despite serious concerns raised by some groups, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, February 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ LocalWest Midlands trust misses backlog clearance deadline
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has missed its target to clear an elective care backlog by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalDoctor accountability helps trust bring down sepsis mortality
QUALITY: One of England’s largest teaching hospitals has achieved a dramatic turnaround in the care and survival of patients with sepsis after developing a tool to hold individual clinicians to account for their care.
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HSJ LocalPrivate ambulance provider investigated over security concerns
PERFORMANCE: A private ambulance provider used by an NHS trust in Kent is being investigated after an inspection found it was insecurely storing medicine at a hotel and employed staff who had not been security checked.
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HSJ LocalKirkup inquiry has lessons for mental health trust, says director
PERFORMANCE: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust can learn important lessons from the inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, a director has said.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust land sale approved by council
STRUCTURE: Haringey Council has approved an outline planning application for a huge redevelopment of the St Ann’s Hospital site in Haringey to provide new mental health inpatient facilities.
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HSJ LocalMoorfields pushes for Middle East consultancy contract
COMMERCIAL: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust may provide consultancy expertise for the principal public healthcare provider in Qatar.
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HSJ LocalTrust and local authorities pioneer joint plan to assess child development
INTEGRATED CARE: Health and social care professionals have worked together on a questionnaire for parents to assess whether their children are developing well at age two.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.04.2015: CCG chief appointed to top Manchester devolution role
An interim chief officer has been appointed to oversee the implementation of the first stages of Greater Manchester’s health devolution deal, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalExclusive: District general hospital gives up standalone FT bid
A district general hospital has become the latest organisation to abandon plans to become a standalone foundation trust.
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NewsExclusive: Concerns over nurse rapist raised five years ago
Concerns about a nurse convicted last month of raping and photographing unconscious patients at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford were raised more than five years ago, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalKettering FT blames NHS England for stall in seven day plans
PERFORMANCE: A senior figure at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has blamed the trust’s slow progress with its seven day service planning on a lack of engagement from NHS England and local commissioners.
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NewsTrusts reach key waiting target despite winter pressures
Trusts have managed to meet a high profile waiting time target just weeks before the general election.
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NewsIBM to supply electronic record for 1.4m staff
Technology giant IBM is to be the supplier of the electronic staff record system covering 1.4 million NHS staff in England and Wales.