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NewsPrivate hospital groups face selling off sites
Private healthcare groups face having to sell off sites after the competition watchdog found 101 private hospitals across the UK have little local competition.
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NewsWarning over migrant health charges
Government proposals for an extended charging system for migrants and short term visitors attempting to access healthcare in the UK could cause unintended damage to NHS services, the British Medical Association has warned.
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Controversial £1bn contract cut by a fifth
COMMERCIAL Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group has cut the value of its controversial integrated older people’s services tender by £200m, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSJ Live 28.08.2013: Steve Field appointed first chief inspector of general practice
Steve Field becomes the CQC’s first chief inspector of general practice, lack of competition in private healthcare, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: CCGs could take over CSUs
NHS England could allow clinical commissioning groups to take ownership of their support service providers, rather than allowing the units to be moved into the private sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCQC inspectors failed to refer 'uncaring' staff to regulators
Care Quality Commission inspectors who witnessed “unacceptable behaviour” at Whipps Cross Hospital failed to refer any staff to their professional regulators, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsNHS spends £1.4bn on redundancy pay-offs
Ministers have been accused of wasting £1.4bn of NHS funding on redundancy pay-offs.
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NewsWelsh cancer patients 'missing out' on new drugs
Cancer patients in Wales are more than four times less likely to receive a newer drug on the NHS than those in England, it is claimed.
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NewsHospitals 'give own food top marks'
A disparity between patients’ and trusts’ ratings of hospital food has been highlighted by a campaign group.
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Integrated care company goes into administration
COMMERCIAL: A company that offered referral guidance to NHS patients in Surrey and provided consultant-led, specialist clinics has gone into administration weeks after losing its contract.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.08.13 Integrating research into clinical care, plus today's news
How a new role is integrating clinical research and care, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsCQC warned against hospital-centric regulation regime
Mental healthcare providers have warned the Care Quality Commission that they do not want their services to be “shoehorned” into a new regulatory regime that has been designed for acute hospitals.
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Controversial decision on Dorset FT merger delayed
STRUCTURE: The decision on whether the first merger between two foundation trusts can go ahead has been delayed until October to give the Competition Commission more time to consider the potential patient benefits.
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NewsGovernment lodges appeal against Lewisham ruling
The government is to appeal against a High Court ruling over a decision to cut services at Lewisham Hospital.
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NewsAnalysis: Mid Staffs administrators' plans would see millions in investment
Hundreds of millions of pounds will be ploughed into the Staffordshire health economy over the next three years, if plans by administrators for the future of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust go ahead.
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News23 August issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidHSJ, 23 August 2013In the magazine this week we reveal the clinical commissioning groups planning overspends in their first year of operation, while consultant cardiac surgeon ...
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NewsFall in number of dentists earning £200,000-plus
The number of dentists earning more than £200,000 a year dropped slightly to around 700 in 2011-12, new figures show.
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Dorset County behind on surplus
FINANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust was behind plan on its surplus by more than £400,000 at the end of May, latest board papers reveal.
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Royal Devon forecasts deficit
FINANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust is forecasting a £77,000 deficit at year end against a planned £100,000 surplus.
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NewsHSJ Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist has been unveiled for the 2013 HSJ Awards.The shortlisted organisations, chosen from a record number of entries, will now make presentations to judging panels made up of 85 influential figures from the health sector. The awards will be presented on 19 November at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. ...