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UHBristol fails cancer target after 'service swap'
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust failed the 62 day cancer target after it ceased to provide breast and urology services.
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NewsHSJ Live 28.11.13: CCGs to be 'assured' each quarter
CCG ratings, our BME Pioneers list 2013 - and the rest of the day’s healthcare news
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NewsGerada predicts growth in online access to healthcare
The number of patients who access healthcare online will grow “exponentially” in coming years in line with increases in internet shopping and banking, a leading medic has said.
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NewsHSJ reveals black and minority ethnic pioneers
BME Pioneers list celebrates those making an impact on health
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Data reveals costly nurse shortfall
Some acute hospitals provide a third less nursing care per occupied bed day than their peers, HSJ analysis suggests.
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Exclusive: Serco withdraws from £800m contract race
COMMERCE: Serco has become the latest bidder to withdraw from a contest to provide integrated older people’s services in a contract worth up to £800m, HSJ has learned.
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Police launch investigation into cancer data 'manipulation' at Colchester
PERFORMANCE: Police in Essex have launched a formal investigation into cancer data ‘manipulation’ at Colchester, they have confirmed.
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NewsHospital sector on the way to centralising AAA surgery
England’s hospital sector will have largely completed a reconfiguration of surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms by April, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsManagers to face 'direct consequences' for failure
Senior NHS managers including chief executives could have their contracts linked to their organisation’s performance in the new Care Quality Commission ratings.
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Consultants call for review of disciplinary action
WORKFORCE: Consultants at a hospital provider have called for an external review of recent disciplinary actions and acknowledged allegations of racial bias in the organisation.
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NewsCNO hails first year of success for nursing strategy
The national nursing strategy for England has “recharged pride”, following the spate of negative publicity that has been aimed at nurses in recent years, according to the chief nursing officer.
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NewsCCGs lobby for access to safety incidents data
Clinical commissioning groups in the North of England are lobbying for direct access to information submitted by their providers to the national database of patient safety incidents, HSJ has learned.
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NewsA&Es to get extra beds this winter
The government’s additional £250m funding for accident and emergency this winter will be spent on more than 2,000 extra beds and extra staff, Jeremy Hunt has said.
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LeaderNHS must conquer nervousness over leadership diversity
The NHS leadership should examine its “snowy peaks”
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NewsDoctors 'sceptical about inquiries'
Four out of 10 doctors do not think inquiries into NHS failings - such as at Mid Staffs - will have a positive impact on the way their hospital works, according to a survey.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.11.2013: Hunt addresses chief nursing officer's summit
Proposals to make it easier to dismiss NHS executives, why the NHS needs more more middle managers, plans for winter additional winter capacity, and the rest of today’s news
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NewsNHS to create 'world's largest safety programme'
The largest single patient safety improvement programme in the world will be created by NHS England in response to the Francis report, the director overseeing it has explained.
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NewsNHS England reviews 'friends and family'
NHS England is reviewing the future use of the controversial “friends and family test”, while alternative patient experience measures have been adopted for two important performance frameworks.
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HSJ LocalColchester Hospital cancer services probe to be published next month
PERFORMANCE: A special review of Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust’s cancer services, being carried out in the wake serious misconduct allegations, will be published in mid December.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park investigates maternity incidents
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park bosses have carried out a review of clinical quality in their maternity services following a cluster of serious incidents.