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NewsDH: New care.data safeguards will not affect research or commissioning
The government has published the legal measures it hopes will allay fears over the controversial care.data programme, and insisted they will not prevent information being available for commissioning, research and public health.
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NewsCQC whistleblower claims 'constructive dismissal'
A claim of constructive dismissal brought by a former Care Quality Commission inspector who blew the whistle to the Francis inquiry will be heard next week.
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NewsNicholson calls for 'no more top down reorganisation' in final board meeting
Sir David Nicholson took the opportunity of his final NHS England board meeting to warn against further “top-down reorganisations” of the NHS.
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News7 March 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 we speak exclusively to Care Quality Commission chief inspector Sir Mike Richards who says the CQC must do more to improve the ...
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust 'implementing value based healthcare'
STRUCTURE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has begun a programme to redesign its mental health services based on the concept of “value based healthcare”.
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HSJ Local
Community trust out of running for £800m integrated care contract
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust’s bid for a £800m older people’s services contract for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has been rejected, while implementation of the project has been delayed by six months.
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HSJ Local
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells specialist cancer surgery suspended
PERFORMANCE: Patients from the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells area are being sent to St Thomas’ Hospital in London for upper gastro intestinal cancer surgery procedures amid concerns about services in the area, it has emerged.
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NewsHSJ Live 07.03.2014: Monitor launches investigation into Manchester trust
The Christie Foundation Trust will be investigated by the regulator, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsRichards: CQC must improve inspection consistency
The Care Quality Commission must do more to improve the consistency of its judgements, the chief inspector of hospitals has said. He spoke after it emerged a leading London teaching hospital successfully challenged the regulator’s plan to issue it a warning notice.
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NewsFirst three trusts rated in new-style CQC regime
The Care Quality Commission has published its ratings of three hospital trusts, the first to receive judgements under its new inspection regime.
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NewsDuty of candour set to be extended to 100,000 incidents
NHS providers will be required to tell patients about all but the very least serious patient safety incidents under the new statutory duty of candour, if the recommendations of a government commissioned review are adopted into law.
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NewsKing's Fund calls for 'urgent shift' in elderly care
Budget-squeezed health and care provision for a rapidly ageing population needs to change urgently, a leading health charity has warned.
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NewsAnalysis: Increase in procurement and competition challenges
Providers are increasingly willing to use the procurement, patient choice and competition regulations to challenge decisions, experts have stated, after HSJ analysis identified six of the first legal challenges to emerge.
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LeaderToo many trust challenges will undermine CQC inspections
Regulator is on a learning curve with new regime
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HSJ Local
Increase in private ambulances causes problems for trust
An increase in the number of private ambulances arriving at Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust’s accident and emergency department has led to “operational difficulties”, the trust has disclosed.
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NewsBorder hospitals 'under pressure'
Pressure is increasing on hospital accident and emergency departments in England because of care failures in Wales, the health secretary has said.
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HSJ Local
Monitor closes Wirral probe
FINANCE: Monitor has closed its investigation into Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, the regulator has announced.
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