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HSJ Local
Lincs social enterprise in dispute with staff over terms
WORKFORCE: A social enterprise spun out of an NHS community services provider is in dispute with its staff after trying to cut unsocial hours and on-call payments.
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NewsExclusive: Government defends competition rules in letter to Parliament
Lord Howe has written to Parliament playing down the effect of new competition rules, in an attempt to stave off political opposition, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSJ Liveblog 1.3.13 Fleet Street piles the pressure on Nicholson
Four in five people think our long term care system will get worse and the rest of today’s news
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NewsLabour moves to kill off controversial competition regulations
Labour is calling on peers to reject controversial secondary legislation governing competition and the tendering of NHS services.
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NewsCommissioning board chair backs Nicholson
The NHS Commissioning Board has given its backing to its chief executive Sir David Nicholson, amid calls for his resignation.
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NewsRegulator moves to put Mid Staffs in administration
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor has begun the process of putting Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust into administration.
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NewsNHS 111 yet to go live in two out of three sites
Less than a third of England has fully launched the NHS 111 service, with just three weeks to go before the national rollout deadline.
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NewsFrancis hits back at inquiry report critics
Robert Francis QC has defended his report against criticisms it failed to hold senior figures to account and contained too many recommendations.
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NewsLess than two thirds of NHS staff would recommend their trust, staff survey shows
Less than two-thirds of staff would be happy to recommend their trust to a friend or relative, according to the latest NHS staff survey.
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NewsFarrar bureaucracy review: everything's in play
Plans to cut bureaucracy in the NHS by a third are “ambitious but realistic”, the man leading the government’s post-Francis paperwork review has told HSJ.
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NewsNicholson faces 'silent protest' outside board meeting
Health campaigners who are demanding that senior managers are held to account for the Stafford Hospital “disaster” will on Thursday step up their calls for the resignation of Sir David Nicholson.
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NewsCommunity trusts seek payment system reform
Aspirant community foundation trusts plan to lobby for changes to the NHS finance system to prevent activity being driven into acute hospitals.
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NewsExam marking errors hit junior doctors
Thousands of junior doctors have been left in the lurch over their first medical jobs after marking errors in their final exams.
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LeaderRewards for CCG leads must be credible
Failing to address the issue of GPs’ pay is not an option
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HSJ LocalLister Surgicentre faces CQC 'action'
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has said it will take “action” in relation to privately-run Lister Surgicentre, after it concluded patients’ health and welfare continue to be put at risk by the facility.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Sussex wins maternity services grant
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has won a £400,000 grant to spend on its maternity department at East Surrey Hospital.
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NewsHSJ Live rolling news 28.2.2013: Francis at the Commissioning Board
Robert Francis at the NHS Commissioning Board’s meeting in public and the rest of today’s news
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NewsConfed appoints GP as new policy chief
The NHS Confederation has appointed a former chair of the National Association of Primary Care and a former NHS Direct chief executive to senior executive positions, it announced today.
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NewsCommunity services to be focus of extended competition
Community services worth billions of pounds are likely to be made subject to increased competition by guidance to be developed under controversial new secondary legislation, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Howe insists competition regulations protect commissioners
Health minister Earl Howe has insisted government assurances given during the passage of the Health Act on competition rules remain intact, after new regulations sparked accusations of backdoor privatisation of the NHS.