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NewsGovernment urged to drop barring scheme
A group set up by the government has urged ministers to consider dropping its plan to set up a barring scheme for NHS managers guilty of misconduct, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Ministers to order staffing reviews in response to Francis
Hospital boards will be ordered to review and publish nurse staffing levels at least twice a year as part of the government’s full response to the Francis report, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsKeogh reveals plan to redesignate emergency services
Hospital emergency departments are set to be reclassified, with as few as 40 of them offering a higher level of staffing and expertise, NHS England has revealed.
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NewsDuty of candour plans 'legitimise cover ups'
Plans to limit a statutory duty of candour on organisations to incidents of death or severe harm will “legitimise cover-ups”, patient groups have warned.
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NewsIntermediate care provision 'stuck', DH director admits
Intermediate care is under pressure with demand outstripping capacity, according to a national audit by a group of leading healthcare organisations.
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LeaderService leaders face a scrap to identify a coherent vision
The NHS is far from free of political interference
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NewsJones overturns neonatal care move
Wales’s first minister has overturned a decision to transfer some specialist neonatal care in north Wales across the border to England.
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Kernow CCG at risk of deficit
FINANCE: Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has warned it is at risk of failing to break even in 2013-14.
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District nurses' working changes meet opposition
Gloucestershire Care Services Trust has defended proposals to change the way its district nurses work amid concerns from the Royal College of Nursing and local campaigners.
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East Leicestershire and Rutland offers bullying training
NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland clinical commissioning group has set aside funding to deliver bullying and harassment training for its staff.
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NewsHSJ Live: 13.11.13: Keogh reveals plan to reclassify A&E services
NHS England’s medical director says they could be designated either “emergency centres” or “major emergency centres”
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NewsRefreshed mandate 'less like political shopping list'
The government has published its refreshed mandate for NHS England, apparently withdrawing or watering down a number of commitments following a struggle between the two organisations.
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NewsConfederation and FTN fill top posts
The two main NHS organisation representative bodies have announced senior appointments today.
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NewsNHS leaders 'need more commercial nous'
The Department of Health’s procurement strategy has been described as a “missed opportunity” to bring about better partnerships between NHS bodies and private or voluntary sectors, in a report shared with HSJ.
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HSJ LocalCouncil loses bid to halt reconfiguration
Enfield Council has lost its legal challenge to a large reconfiguration scheme in north London.
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NewsPM focused on A&E winter measures
Downing Street has confirmed that David Cameron is getting personally involved in overseeing the NHS’s response to expected pressures on casualty departments in England this winter.
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NewsNAO condemns outsourcing deals
Outsourced public sector contracts lack transparency and are won by a small number of firms, the National Audit office has warned.
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George Eliot Hospital Trust appoints finance director
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has appointed Shahana Khan as its director of finance
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NewsHSJ Live: 12.11.13: Revamped mandate reflects government and NHS England clash
Document appears to feature watered-down commitments following conflict
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NewsMonitor suggests changing primary care payment
The health sector regulator has suggested primary care payment mechanisms and commissioning responsibilities should be reorganised, to improve contracting of walk-in centres.