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24 January 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.Please note: if iPad users have been experiencing difficulties recently with the app we recommend you delete it from the homescreen and download the latest version from www.hsj.co.uk/tablet-appDownload the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app ...
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Stethoscope 'may soon be obsolete'
The development of new, more accurate and compact ultrasound devices could soon consign the stethoscope to medical history, two US heart experts predict.
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Patient data opt-out 'difficult'
The government has been accused of deliberately making it hard for people to prevent their confidential patient records being sent to a national database.
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'Assurances' sought over scrutiny of interim finance officers
A health minister has demanded assurances over the appointment process for interim finance directors to avoid a repeat of a situation where a primary care trust’s financial position was mis-stated by at least £28m.
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HSJ Live 24.01.2014: Daily Mail admits NICE 'champagne bar' story was wrong
Newspaper prints correction after reporting that thousands was spent on champagne, and the rest of today’s news
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Bennett sets out new approach for merger and failure
Monitor’s chief executive has used an HSJ interview to insist the regulator can offer support to foundation trusts to merge without falling foul of the competition authorities.
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Hunt urges consultants to take responsibility
Care Quality Commission inspectors will check whether hospitals have the name of each patient’s “whole-stay doctor” clearly marked above their bed, the health secretary has revealed to HSJ.
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Monitor watching CCG procurement decisions 'closely'
Monitor is closely observing the decisions clinical commissioning groups are making about transforming community services contracts, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Office conducts A&E 'deep dive' for PM
PERFORMANCE: The Cabinet Office has conducted a “deep dive” investigation on behalf of the prime minister to examine the health system surrounding Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, HSJ has discovered.
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CCGs express concerns about trust's leadership
Leaders of three clinical commissioning groups have written to the chief executive of an acute trust setting out concerns about the quality of the care it provides.
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Trusts 'mis-recording' waiting data
Some hospital trusts are failing to accurately monitor how long thousands of their patients are waiting for treatment, a report has found.
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Bennett defends increased monitoring
David Bennett has admitted Monitor is intervening more regularly at foundation trusts than in the past, due to a “a declined appetite for risk”.
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Boy 'should have received high dependency care', inquest hears
A four-year-old boy who died following major heart surgery on a controversial hospital ward should have been receiving high-dependency care when he suffered a cardiac arrest, an inquest heard on Wednesday.
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Exclusive: NHS England highlights 20 interventions to close funding gap
A majority of clinical commissioning groups could close over half of their funding gap by implementing best practice interventions, NHS England guidance shared with HSJ claims.
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Bennett gets his hands dirty to resolve competition confusion
Monitor chief wants to act as ‘translator’
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Drop in attendances at A&E departments
Attendances to accident and emergency departments have fallen over the course of the past year, according to NHS England data.
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HSJ Live 23.01.2014: Reaction to NAO waiting times report
Reaction to the National Audit Office’s report on waiting times for elective surgery and Jeremy Hunt’s announcement on whole-stay doctors
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Workforce system tender could be worth £1bn
A centrally procured “workforce management system” is set to be made available to NHS organisations as part of a government tendering exercise worth up to £1bn, it has emerged.
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Two more CSU alliances confirmed
Two more pairs of commissioning support units are entering into formal alliances to ensure they can offer a comprehensive set of high quality services, HSJ has learned.
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Outpatient waiting figures soar
The percentage of outpatients waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment is at its highest level since 2008, according to a new report, which also says more hospitals are falling into deficit.