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NewsHSJ Live 18.02.2014 care.data programme postponed by six months
NHS England has has delayed plans to begin collecting patient data from GP surgeries to later this year following mouting criticism, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsTrust 'loses confidence' in PFI provider
North Cumbria University Hospitals has “lost confidence” in the private finance initiative contractor that manages facilities on its main site after a probe uncovered “major issues” with the way its operating theatres, water systems and gas pipelines were being maintained.
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NewsCaldicott: Information governance knowledge has worsened
The health and social care workforce’s knowledge of good information governance has deteriorated since the NHS reforms were implemented, according to the expert commissioned by the government to examine the issue.
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HSJ LocalTreasury delay risks 'smashing up' Papworth
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust’s chairman has accused ministers of risking “smashing up” one of the “jewels in the NHS’s crown” by continuing to delay the trust’s move to a new site.
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HSJ LocalNew review of children's heart surgery in Bristol
The chair of the high profile public inquiry into paediatric heart surgery in Bristol is to lead a new review into the deaths of a number of children with heart problems at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust.
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NewsNICE rejects drug policy that 'values pensioners less'
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has rejected government proposals that would see an assessment of the benefits a patient may have on society being taken into account when deciding whether to pay for new drugs.
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NewsConcern at medical records sharing
Almost half of the public do not understand plans for sharing their medical records while 80 per cent of GPs are unclear how the data will be used, surveys have shown.
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HSJ Local
Patients operated on with unsterilised instruments
An investigation has been launched after nine patients at a hospital in the North West were operated on with surgical instruments which had not been fully sterilised.
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NewsHSJ map: Large and extended GP providers
Selected GP federations and large-scale providers mapped
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NewsHSJ Live 17.02.2014 Patients at Wirral operated on with unsterilised equipment
Nine patients potentially put at risk of infection when unsterilised instruments used in surgery, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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HSJ Local
Dorset 111 service gets extra funding
FINANCE: Dorset CCG has had to provide South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust with additional funding for the provision of the NHS 111 service.
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News14 February 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 examine the plans for hospital chain being discussed by senior national healthcare leaders. Plus:The Department of Health acknowledges life expectancy at ...
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Cosmetic surgery vows 'appalling'
Government pledges on the cosmetic surgery industry are “appalling” and represent a “wasted opportunity to ensure patient safety”, leading experts have said.
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HSJ Local
CCG terminates community services contract with York
STRUCTURE: York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has agreed to terminate its contract to run community services in Whitby after agreeing that its current offer could be improved.
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HSJ Local
App aims to cut A&E visits
Clinical commissioning group leaders in north London have launched a new mobile app in a bid to help patients access the most appropriate services and cut down on unnecessary visits to accident and emergency departments.
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NewsHSJ Live 14.02.2014 Dalton to examine barriers to hospital chains
Salford Royal chief executive leads team to look at “superhead” style of management, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Pay exceptional managers more than PM, says Hunt
Jeremy Hunt has said some NHS posts warrant a higher wage than that paid to the prime minister.
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NewsFormer M&S boss to review NHS management
The health secretary has appointed the man credited with turning around the fortunes of high street giant Marks & Spencer to lead a major review of NHS management.
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NewsExclusive: £10m of Healthwatch cash 'goes missing'
Nearly a quarter of the funding for local Healthwatch groups has gone missing, according to research by the national body representing them.
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NewsUpdated: scale of special measures leadership change revealed
There have already been nearly 50 leadership changes at the 14 hospital trusts placed in “special measures” last year, new figures show.