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NewsFTs urged to resist procurement price increases
The Department of Health and Monitor have written to foundation trusts encouraging them to take a tough stance towards suppliers who attempt to impose “blanket inflationary price increases”.
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New chair for Dorset Healthcare but director of nursing resigns
WORKFORCE: The director of nursing at Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has resigned after less than three months in the post, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalDeath rate whistleblower fears sack
An NHS whistleblower could be sacked for raising concerns that a hospital was fiddling its death rates - bringing into question promises made by ministers to protect those who speak out in the public interest.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Liverpool bid for foundation status reactivated
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust’s application for foundation status has been reactivated.
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NewsScottish NHS coping better this winter: Neil
The NHS in Scotland is coping “much better” with winter pressures than it did last year, Scottish health secretary Alex Neil said.
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NewsHSJ Live 03.03.2014: More than 320,000 pledges made for NHS Change Day
Pledges have nearly doubled since last year, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsCare.data 'opt-in' is discussed
NHS England has for the first time discussed the possible benefits of moving to a system where patients opt-in to signal consent for their data to be shared in the controversial care.data scheme, HSJ understands.
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NewsCriminal offence of wilful neglect to be extended
A new criminal offence of wilful neglect would be extended across all formal healthcare settings under proposals revealed by the Department of Health.
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NewsFTs and commissioners at odds over funding
There is a £202m discrepancy between what foundation trusts think they are owed by commissioners, and what commissioners think they owe them, Monitor has revealed.
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News28 February issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
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Southern Health death ‘preventable’
A lack of effective clinical leadership contributed to the death of an 18-year-old man at a mental health unit in Oxfordshire, an independent report has concluded.
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NewsFall in screening level revealed
There has been a drop in the percentage of women being screened for breast cancer, NHS figures show.
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Council leader calls for resignation of CCG chiefs
STRUCTURE: A council leader embroiled in a row with with a clinical commissioning group has called for the resignation of its chair and chief clinical officer, after he was cleared of bullying them.
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Dirty stethoscopes 'spread bugs'
Dirty stethoscopes may be helping to spread dangerous bugs around GP surgeries and hospital wards, a study suggests.
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NewsHSJ Live 28.02.2014: David Nicholson apologises over Hitler spoof tweet
Outgoing NHS England chief executive apologies for tweeting a parody video portraying his colleague as the Nazi leader, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: NHS England's HR director to leave
NHS England’s national director for human resources and organisational development has confirmed to HSJ she is leaving the organisation.
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NewsOmbudsman: 'Lack of openness and honesty' at Morecambe Bay
A “lack of openness and honesty” at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust caused further distress for a family which had lost a child, a watchdog has concluded.
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NewsExclusive: Dismay over moratorium on mental health commissioning
An NHS England moratorium on commissioning new specialist mental health services has exacerbated the sector’s bed shortage and led to a newly constructed hospital unit standing empty for six months, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.02.2014: 'Lack of openness and honesty' at Morecambe Bay
A “lack of openness and honesty” at trust caused further distress for a family which had lost a child, watchdog concludes, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment