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HSJ LocalNEW Devon presses ahead with procurement plans
COMMERCIAL: A South West clinical commissioning group has agreed to award community services contracts worth more than £90m without going out to tender.
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NewsNHS bailouts under fire in 'deeply alarming' NAO study
Government bailouts for financially troubled hospitals have come under fire in a report laying bare the deteriorating financial state of the NHS
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NewsHSJ Live 07.11.2014: HSJ reveals healthcare’s BME Pioneers
HSJ’s second BME Pioneers list revealed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsHSJ reveals healthcare’s BME Pioneers
Clinicians, managers, patient advocates and diversity champions are among the names on HSJ’s second BME Pioneers list
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HSJ LocalSouth west trusts pay course fees in exchange for contracts
WORKFORCE: A group of five acute south west trusts have agreed to pay the course fees of physician associate trainees in return for two years’ service as part of a drive to ease workforce pressures.
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LeaderThe leadership should reflect the population it serves
HSJ’s BME Pioneers show how far the NHS has to go
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NewsWaiting list shrinks slightly amid government drive to treat long waiters
The government’s drive to help hospitals clear their backlog of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment has started to pay off, figures from NHS England indicate
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NewsNHS England plans specialist radiotherapy overhaul
An overhaul of specialist radiotherapy nationwide could see the number of sites commissioned by NHS England reduced as the body seeks to improve efficiency and access
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NewsPlans to involve GPs in NHS 111 'naive'
NHS England has ‘lost’ time exploring the use of GPs for the NHS 111 phone line as there are too few in the workforce to support it, a leading clinician has said
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NewsSenior DH official: trusts ‘need’ IT directors at board level
Hospital trusts ‘need’ chief information officers on their boards and should treat IT as a leadership function instead of a back office one, Will Cavendish has said
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NewsHSJ Live 06.11.2014: Plans to involve GPs in NHS 111 'naive'
Leading clinician claims there is too few GPs to support NHS 111 phone line, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Private provider admits 'human error' in NHS eye procedures
NHS patients who underwent eye surgery at a private hospital suffered complications because of an overdose of an antibiotic used during their cataract procedures, an investigation has found.
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NewsRevealed: Bidders for £1.2bn cancer and end of life care contracts
The NHS and independent sector organisations which have reached the next stage of bidding for two huge contracts to run cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire have been revealed
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NewsCancer drugs fund threatens NHS England's bottom line
The NHS commissioning system is forecast to miss its target surplus by £184m in 2014-15, with much of the overspend attributed to the cancer drugs fund
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News£35m of key technology funding withheld by DH
Over a third of the flagship £100m nursing technology fund has been held back, with the Department of Health declining to confirm a new date for its release
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NewsMany hospital spells wrongly priced, finds official review
Around 7 per cent of acute spells are priced incorrectly due to clinical coding errors, a study has found.
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NewsHSJ Live 05.11.2014: 'Serious and deeply ingrained problems' in CAMHS services
There are “serious and deeply ingrained problems” with the commissioning and provision of children’s and adolescents’ mental health services, the health select committee has found, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Social care to benefit most under better care fund
Local authority run social care services will receive a greater financial benefit than NHS community services from the £5.3bn better care fund project, analysis reveals
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NewsTim Kelsey reveals ‘NHS app store’ plan
The NHS is set to make a fresh push to encourage GPs to prescribe the use of apps and other digital tools in a key strategy document next week
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NewsCCGs permitted to ditch QOF and national GP contract
Clinical commissioning groups will be free to allow GP practices to move off the national pay for performance framework and to create new contract arrangements