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NewsExclusive: Analysis reveals waiting list surge as hospital demand climbs
Demand for hospital services is reaching record levels with the number of patients on the elective waiting list hitting a five year high, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsRedistributing CCG funding could mean real terms cuts, NHS England warns
NHS England issues stark warning as it publishes details of potential winners and losers from proposed new funding formula
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NewsNew head injury guidelines announced
People who suffer a head injury and require an ambulance should be taken straight to hospitals with resuscitation equipment, according to new guidelines.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.08.2013: Waiting lists at a five-year high
Hospital waiting lists at a five-year high, improving dementia care and the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ Local
Wexham Park trust invests in A&E in urgent improvement bid
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has announced a £3m investment in its emergency department in an attempt to improve facilities following a damning inspection report.
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NewsAnalysed: Rewiring Manchester's mental health services
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing analyses moves to address shortcomings in Manchester’s mental health provision
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NewsBoris Johnson: 'The mayoralty should have a bigger role in healthcare'
The mayor of London has used an HSJ interview to vow to back hospital reconfiguration projects that have the support of clinicians.
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HSJ Local
NHS trust defends chief's pay rise
WORKFORCE: The chairman of a hospital trust which was put in special measures after a major national review of high mortality rates said it would have been a “grave mistake and false economy” not to boost the chief executive’s salary by £25,000.
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NHS staff with HIV ban to be lifted
The government is to lift a ban on NHS workers with HIV carrying out certain procedures on patients.
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HSJ Local
Stephen Eames appointed permanent chief executive at Mid Yorks
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has named Stephen Eames as its permanent chief executive, following the approval of a major service change plan.
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HSJ Local
New technology piles pressure on cancer waits at Royal Devon
PERFORMANCE: The extra demand created by the introduction of robotic surgery at Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust caused the trust to miss cancer waiting targets for three consecutive quarters.
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NewsHSJ Live: 15.08.13: PHE publishes report on excess winter deaths
Medicines optimisation is key focus for CCGs, and the rest of today’s news and comments
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NewsExclusive: Primary care chief wants GPs to form larger providers
GPs should form larger provider organisations or networks as part of a rapid development of out-of-hospital services, England’s lead GP is proposing.
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NewsCCGs line up raft of 'prime contractor' deals
Dozens of clinical commissioning groups are devising innovative contracts in which a lead provider receives an outcomes based payment to integrate an entire care pathway, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Judge rejects council bid to block West London hospital downgrades
STRUCTURE Ealing Council’s attempt to block plans to downgrade four local hospitals has been dealt a major blow after a High Court judge rejected its application for a judicial review.
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HSJ Local
New chair for Kingston Hospital
STRUCTURE: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust’s new chair will start work on September 1.
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NewsHSJ launches new packages for subscribers
Healthcare leaders can now choose when and how they access HSJ, with the launch of three new subscription packages.The new packages mean readers can now read HSJ on the move with our new iPad app, get HSJ magazine in the post every week, or both.They are:Leadership Package: the magazine, the ...
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HSJ Local
'Unsafe and dirty' London hospital slammed
An NHS trust has been issued with three formal warnings after inspectors found “unsafe” conditions including filthy maternity wards and water placed out of the reach of elderly patients.
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LeaderGood inquiries should be short and sharp
The Morecambe Bay inquiry can learn from Keogh, Francis and Berwick
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NewsTelehealth awareness drive is failing survey reveals
An annual survey to establish the level of public awareness of telehealth has revealed nine out of 10 adults have never heard of it.