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NewsHunt told to address IT skills gap in NHS management
Jeremy Hunt has been told he must urgently address an IT skills deficit in the NHS leadership community if his ambition for a paperless NHS by 2018 is to have credibility and momentum.
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LeaderQuality pays – but it demands investment
Our awards highlight outstanding quality improvement
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NewsHSJ Live 14.03.2014: Nicholson 'did not approve Wass pay deal', sources say
NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson was not involved in the decision to award his close ally and departing HR director Jo-Anne Wass a two-year pay deal, HSJ has been told, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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Trust sets out plan over forecast deficit
Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has set out plans to tackle a forecasy deficit of £21m in 2014-15.
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Patients to access out-of-hours services via NHS 111
Patients across Devon will now access out-of-hours GP services by ringing their local NHS 111 provider.
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NewsExclusive: Clinical senates have only made three recommendations
Only three formal recommendations have been made by clinical senates since their formation, and only two of these have related to clinical matters HSJ has learned.
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NewsUnions offered a deal in exchange for contract reform
Ministers have offered NHS trade unions a potential deal on staff pay in 2015-16 if they are prepared to negotiate further changes to contractual terms and conditions.
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NHS faces tight financial position at year end
The Department of Health’s overall financial position appears to be tighter in 2013-14 than it has been for a number of years.
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NewsExclusive: More than a third of hospitals set to end year in the red
More than a third of hospital trusts are predicting deficits at the end of this financial year, HSJ research has found.
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NewsStevens brings Department of Health director general to NHS England
NHS England’s incoming chief executive Simon Stevens has appointed a Department of Health director general to lead a new national directorate, HSJ has learned.
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Services 'safe' at Leeds children's heart surgery unit
PERFORMANCE: Children’s heart surgery at a Leeds trust, suspended last year following concerns over mortality rates, has been found “safe” in an NHS England review.
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NewsNicholson: NHS needs extra funding for 'change'
Major service change in the NHS will need additional funding during the next parliament, its outgoing chief executive said.
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Barking set to record more than double expected shortfall
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s forecast deficit for the end of the financial year is more than double its planned amount.
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NewsNAO warns over adult social care cuts
Most of the “significant” drop in spending on social care has come from cuts to services, particularly for the elderly, according to the National Audit Office.
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LeaderWhy the NHS must learn to fail successfully
Policymakers are still looking for an effective failure regime
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NewsHSJ Live 13.03.2014: More than a third of hospitals set to end year in the red
More than a third of hospital trusts are predicting deficits at the end of this financial year, HSJ research has found, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: NHS England will pay departing HR director's salary
NHS England will pay the salary of its departing human resources director for up to two years after she leaves the organisation, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Policy director Bill McCarthy leaving NHS England
NHS England policy director Bill McCarthy is to leave to become deputy vice chancellor of Bradford University, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospital providers may be set different saving targets
Monitor and NHS England are considering setting acute providers different efficiency targets based on their varying potential to achieve savings, the organisations have announced.
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NewsCCGs angered by NHS England instruction to set up £250m risk pool
Clinical commissioning group representatives have condemned a direction from NHS England saying they must contribute £250m to a national fund for “legacy debts” of primary care trusts.