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NewsFrancis report: Cameron will respond after meeting Mid Staffs families
Prime minister David Cameron has met with families and campaigners ahead of the publication of the Francis report into care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsMedics question rationale of Lewisham downgrade
The health secretary has approved plans to downgrade the first hospital using failure regime legislation. However, the downgrade is subject to conditions, the details of which remain unclear.
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NewsMid Staffs myths exposed: the truth about death rates, whistleblowers and the inquiry
Shaun Lintern addresses some of the myths that surround the scandal of poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsNMC clears Mid Staffs former nursing director
A former director of nursing at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been cleared of any wrong-doing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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NewsNHS flaws 'led to scandal' - Taylor
Perverse incentives, which mean it is better for NHS managers to allow standards of care at hospitals to fall rather than admit they are failing, led to the scandal at Stafford Hospital, a health service expert has said.
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NewsSelbie: 'The NHS is not the same as health'
The chief executive of Public Health England has urged a fundamental rethink of how illness and wellbeing are perceived, stating: “The NHS is not the same as health.”
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Lister Surgicentre still a ‘concern’ despite probe verdict
Three patients who died after routine surgery at a privately-run treatment centre in Hertfordshire were given satisfactory care, an independent probe has concluded.
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NewsRegister now to read HSJ's unrivalled coverage of the Francis report
HSJ will be devoting twice as many journalists to the coverage of tomorrow’s Francis report on Mid Staffordshire as any other media organisation.
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 5.2.2013
New court rules may affect clinical negligence cases and the rest of today’s news as the NHS gears up for tomorrow’s Francis report
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HSJ LocalLewisham consultants ask Keogh for evidence over 'lives saved' claim
STRUCTURE: Senior clinicians from Lewisham Hospital have written to NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh to ask him to explain a statistic which Jeremy Hunt attributed to him about mortality at A&E departments.
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NewsCCG leaders claim confidence in detecting and preventing care failure
CCG leaders say they would detect and prevent a serious care failure, an HSJ barometer survey reveals.
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NewsAnalysed: primary care rebate schemes
This week’s HSJ Briefing looks at primary care rebate schemes which, it is hoped, will lead to savings on drugs bills
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NewsCCGs seek to tighten screw on provider contracts
Clinical commissioning group leaders entering their first contract negotiations want to tighten the screw on providers, at the same time as promoting service integration, HSJ’s CCG Barometer survey reveals.
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NewsTwo CQC executives resign
Two members of the Care Quality Commission’s executive team have handed in their notice, HSJ has learned.
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ABPI to discuss NICE role in bid to break pricing deadlock
The government is to hold talks with the pharmaceutical industry on the role of the National Institute for Heath and Clinical Excellence, in a bid to reach agreement on new pricing arrangements.
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HSJ Local
£425m Royal Liverpool hospital PFI decision ‘weeks away’
COMMERCIAL: The Department of Health is “weeks away” from a long-awaited announcement on the £425 million Royal Liverpool Hospital project, it has told HSJ’s sister title Construction News.
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NewsPCTs set up rebate deals despite DH opposition
At least 30 per cent of primary care trusts are defying the Department of Health to set up discount deals with pharmaceutical companies, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsNHS changes vow over Mid Staffs inquiry
A public inquiry into regulators’ failure to prevent routine neglect at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trustl must lead to a more “patient-centred” health service, the NHS Confederation has urged.
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NewsCentral health database challenged
Privacy campaigners and medical groups have questioned a move that will see GPs hand over patient information to a central information bank.
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LeaderCCGs confident but still deliver a kick to the regions
Confident CCGs deride their relationships with regional teams