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NewsBureaucracy burden 'bigger' than previously thought
National bodies should reduce the amount of data they collect from NHS providers by 10 per cent over the next two years and contribute to the cost of any new information requests, a review of bureaucracy in the NHS is set to say.
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NewsGovernment rejects centralist plans for local Healthwatch
The government has rejected a plan by Robert Francis QC to force councils to hand centrally-allocated funding directly to local Healthwatch groups, arguing that councils should be free to decide the groups’ funding.
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NewsNHS England to launch new ‘hospital safety’ website
A dedicated hospital safety website will be launched next year as part of the government’s response to Robert Francis QC’s report, ministers have announced.
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NewsMaternity services 'run deficit'
Many of England’s maternity services run at a deficit and have to be subsidised by other departments, the Foundation Trust Network has told MPs.
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Francis response: trusts to decide on 'named nurse' for patients
Allocating named or key nurses to individual patients is not to be made mandatory, the government response to the Francis report has said.
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NewsThinktank urges more NHS charges
Ministers should consider extending prescription charges, as well as introducing new charges on visits to NHS GP surgeries and some elements of hospital care, to raise £3bn a year for the health service, a think-tank has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 19.11.13: Government response to Francis is published
The government’s full response to the Francis inquiry rejects statutory duty of candour for individual NHS employees.
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NewsNHS England to move into DH offices to save £1m
NHS England is to move its London office into a building with the Department of Health to save around £1m a year.
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NewsNursing leaders divided over minimum staffing levels
Three of the NHS’s most senior nurses have spoken out against the introduction of minimum staffing levels as the profession becomes increasingly divided over the issue ahead of the government’s response to the Francis report.
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NewsHospital boarding should end says study
Forcing hospital patients into other wards because of overcrowding should be eliminated in the NHS to improve standards of care, according to a report by senior medical professionals.
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Yorkshire Ambulance Service misses target for third consecutive month
PERFORMANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service faces a financial penalty after missing its target for responding to the most life-threatening calls for three successive months, according to board papers from Airedale, Wharfdale and Craven clinical commissioning group.
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West Herts gets cash boost to upgrade hospitals
A £16.2m boost from the Department of Health has been awarded to West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust to refurbish its hospitals.
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NewsLegal move over hospital asbestos
A Scottish health board is facing legal action due to asbestos being found at a hospital.
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Yeovil misses ambulance handover target
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Foundation Trust is failing commissioner targets on ambulance handovers, board papers reveal.
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Airedale FT one of first inspected under new CQC regime
PERFORMANCE: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust was due to be inspected the Care Quality Commission’s new acute hospital inspection programme in September.
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Dementia consultation launched by Central and North West London FT
A public consultation to determine the future of older people’s services in Harrow has been launched by Central and North West London Foundation Trust.
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Buckinghamshire to get support on HSMRs from St George's
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is to get specialist support from south London’s St George’s Healthcare TRust on mortality ratio indicators.
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NewsHSJ Live 18.11.13: NHS employers urge against doctors' pay rise
Our live feed looks forward to the government’s official response to the Francis report, due tomorrow, and the debate over staffing issues among clinicians
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NewsExclusive: Official staffing guidance to order 'urgent' nurse staffing reviews
NHS providers should recruit more staff if their current workforce plans do not take account of staff training and unplanned leave, new government backed guidance is set to say.
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NewsExclusive: Prime minister's nursing group challenges government over staffing levels
The prime minister’s nursing advisory group has called for the introduction of a minimum staffing level – placing it in direct opposition to government policy.