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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare car park charge to rise
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to increase its patient and visitor car parking charges by 20p for some periods from next month.
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Medical leads sought for south east 111 service
WORKFORCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service and Harmoni are advertising for NHS 111 medical leads.
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Kent and Medway appoints first peer support worker
WORKFORCE: A former Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust patient who recovered from post-traumatic stress disorder is now helping other service users.
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NewsHSJ Live 05.08.2013
How to deal with confidential information included in social media, and the rest of today’s news
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NewsTrust teams up with Capita and Circle in £1bn contract bid
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has teamed up with outsourcer Capita and private health provider Circle to jointly bid for a £1bn older people’s care contract, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAvoid long contract lock-ins says Obamacare IT chief
Trusts should be wary of committing to multimillion-pound contracts with orthodox electronic patient record systems offered by existing market leading IT vendors, Barack Obama’s top health technology official has warned.
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Surgicentre taken over by NHS following safety concerns
A privately-run surgical centre is to be taken over by the NHS following repeated complaints about patient safety.
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NewsHSJ Live 02.08.2013: Obamacare IT chief warning over long contracts
Capita, Circle and trust team up for £1bn bid; Bryan Sivak interview; and the rest of today’s news
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Dartford board members receive staffing plea from frontline
WORKFORCE: Board members at Dartford and Gravesham Trust have been told by frontline nursing staff and patients that they need more staff, board papers reveal.
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Advice for pregnancy risk patients
GPs are being urged to question women with diabetes or epilepsy about their plans for children to prevent placing unborn babies at risk.
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NewsDoctor to stand on pro-NHS ticket
A doctor and former MP is to stand at the 2015 general election to fight the government’s NHS reforms.
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HSJ Local
New chair for Weston brings 'change experience'
WORKFORCE: A former managing director of Debenhams has been confirmed as the new chair of Weston Area Health Trust by the The NHS Trust Development Authority.
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Dartford and Gravesham beating its own surplus plans
FINANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was almost £100,000 ahead of its planned surplus at the end of May, according to board papers.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England apologises after major complaints 'backlog'
National officials have apologised “unreservedly” after the handling of thousands of complaints about GPs and dentists was delayed following the handover to the reformed NHS system.
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NewsCQC 'brutally discredited' Bower and Finney
Former Care Quality Commission executives were “hung out to dry” by a “flawed process” after chief executive David Behan ignored warnings about potential problems with the work of an independent review, it has been alleged.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England chief executive job description
NHS England is advertising for an “honest, open and transparent” individual to become its chief executive.
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NewsCouncil leader proposes alternative rescue plan for Mid Staffs
Staffordshire Council’s leader has proposed an alternative model for the future of the county’s health economy to the one recommended by Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s special administrators.
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NewsProton cancer therapy coming to UK
Cancer patients who currently travel abroad for a special type of radiotherapy will be able to get it in the UK from 2018.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: South Somerset's integration plan
Looking at Somerset’s Symphony integrated care project
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CCG plans transformation of mental health services
STRUCTURE: Coventry and Rugby clinical commissioning group have set out plans to transform mental health services in their area.