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Historic mental health hospital to close
COMMERCE: A Yorkshire mental health hospital, which has provided services since the eighteenth century is to close, following concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission about the safety of the premises.
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MPs' warning over waiting time data
NHS England is failing to collect “consistent, complete and accurate” waiting times figures from trusts, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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Treat patients closer to home, CQC tells mental health trust
Devon Partnership Trust has been ordered by regulators to ensure that patients requiring acute care are treated closer to their homes.
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Urgent action needed for software switchover
NHS England has warned that “urgent action” is required from NHS organisations and GP practices which have still not migrated their computer operating systems away from the soon-to-be ditched Microsoft Windows XP platform.
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NewsStevens sets out alternative approach to small hospitals
Merger or closure of small hospitals might not be the best way forward for an already “centralised” English NHS
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NewsMonitor to dissolve Cooperation and Competition Panel
Monitor is dissolving its Co-operation and Competition Panel – the body which advises it on competition issues, the regulator has announced.
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Watch live: Simon Stevens at the Commons health committee
Commons health committee video feed live at 2.30pm
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NewsHSJ Live 29.04.2014: Simon Stevens' first major public appearance as NHS England chief
Our coverage of the NHS England chief’s first appearance before the Commons health committee, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsBed and breakfast used to free up mental health beds
A mental health trust forced to free up inpatient beds by discharging patients into bed and breakfast accommodation has seen its bill for the measure rocket five-fold in less than a year.
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NewsMid Staffs fined over 'avoidable' death
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been fined £200,000 for the “wholly avoidable” death of a diabetic patient.
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New chief executive for 'insular' Northern Devon
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust’s has promoted its medical director to chief executive post.
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NewsKeogh to investigate pre-op pregnancy tests
The NHS is to examine the issue of pregnancy tests for women of child-bearing age before surgery after a businesswoman was forced to abort her baby following a minor operation.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England launches specialised commissioning turnaround
NHS England has established a turnaround team to get a grip on the spiralling specialised commissioning budget
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Parsa launches new ‘virtual health service’ app
Ali Parsa, the man who founded private health firm Circle, has launched an app to allow users to see GPs and specialist doctors via video link, order prescriptions and monitor their symptoms.
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NewsMP call for 'people's ombudsman'
MPs have called for an overhaul of the “outdated” public services watchdog to help prevent repeats of the Staffordshire hospital scandal.
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NewsHSJ Live 28.04.2014: Mid Staffs fined £200,000 for death of Gillian Astbury
Trust fined £200,000 for death of Gillian Astbury in 2007, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalAlder Hey misses waiting times target
PERFORMANCE: Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust is lagging behind one of its waiting times targets, the trust’s latest board papers show.
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News25 April issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue HSJ analysis shows NHS England was set to blow its budget for specialised services by at least £450m in 2013-14 . Plus:Many ...
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AHSN appoints consultant neurologist as new director
One of the most established academic health science networks in the country has appointed a director in a newly created role.