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NewsExpanded roles envisaged for non-medical staff
The roles and responsibilities of non-medical NHS staff would be dramatically expanded under the five year forward view
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NewsNHS leaders cautious on extension of better care fund
The better care fund should not be extended until the impact of its first full year of operation has been properly evaluated, NHS leaders have said
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NewsBurnham: 'I hear the call' for more cash
the shadow health secretary has admitted that Labour has not yet solved the issue of health service funding, after NHS England challenged the next government to commit to year on year real terms annual funding growth of more than 1.5 per cent
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HSJ Local
Monitor investigates Wiltshire trust’s finances
FINANCE: The regulator Monitor has opened an investigation into Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust as a result of the provider’s ongoing financial problems.
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NewsNHS plans 'radical upgrade' in public health
The NHS will become an ‘activist agent’ of social change in a ‘radical upgrade’ of prevention and public health, under plans announced today.
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LeaderThe future begins in Stevenstown
The five year forward view is not a traditional ‘blueprint’ for the NHS
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NewsNHS England to review 'improvement architecture'
NHS England is to review the work of NHS quality and leadership improvement organisations in a bid to refocus their work on helping organisations introduce new models of care
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NewsHSJ Live 23.10.2014: The NHS five year forward view - reaction and analysis
Full coverage and reaction to the NHS five year forward view, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsWaiting lists for some specialties up a third
Workforce shortages have resulted in waiting lists for some NHS specialties swelling by almost a third over the past four years.
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LeaderBirmingham row may decide primacy of trusts or CCGs
Out of area referrals dispute has wider consequences
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NewsPrivate providers used sparingly in summer waiting list work
Private providers treated fewer than one in 10 of the patients left on NHS waiting lists for more than 18 weeks during the government’s summer drive to cut queues, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsHigh profile trust chief calls for funding overhaul
The head of a respected foundation trust has called for a major overhaul of financial rules to help popular hospitals cope with the extra demand their reputations attract.
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NewsChains test proved 'impossible', Birmingham chief admits
The chief executive of University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust has admitted its first attempt to “test the concept of the chains model” with a trust from a distance has not worked.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.10.2014: Waiting lists for some specialties up a third
Workforce shortages have resulted in waiting lists for some NHS specialties swelling by almost a third over the past four years, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsStevens plans 'much faster progress' to CCG target funding
The NHS England chief executive has said he wants to make “much faster progress” to clinical commissioning groups receiving their target funding allocations.
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NewsDH sets new bailout conditions for foundation trusts
Foundation trusts could be ordered to sell surplus land or reduce the pay of senior managers as a condition of securing additional funding from the Department of Health
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NewsNHS five year forward view - full coverage on hsj.co.uk
The NHS five year forward view – instigated by the NHS England chief executive to set out the prospects for the service in the run-up to the general election - will be published on Thursday.
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NewsCare UK surgery growth 'slower' than expected
A prominent private provider of elective surgery to the NHS has seen a ‘slower’ than expected growth in demand for its services, despite the government’s £250m drive to clear waiting lists.