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HSJ LocalCCGs back down in face of private firm's competition challenge
Commissioners back down in face of private provider challenge over £55m elective contract North east London CCGs agree to extend Care UK’s contract and re-procure in 15 months CCGs claim to have discovered “issues” at NHS provider meaning they have withdrawn contract offer COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in a £55m ...
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NewsNorthern ambulance services form new alliance
Three ambulance services are setting up a strategic alliance to drive efficiencies and improve performance.
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NewsHSJ Awards entries close next week
The window for entering the HSJ Awards 2016 closes next week.
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LeaderWitch hunts and refusing to talk will not help the BMA’s case
Witch hunts and refusing to talk will not help the BMA’s case, says HSJ editor Alastair McLellan
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HSJ LocalHundreds of council staff to transfer to vanguard trust
440 council staff set to transfer to Salford Royal Foundation Trust to become part of a new “integrated care organisation” Set to be one of the first vanguard new care models to be fully realised Some areas have felt unable to fully integrate health and social care contracts due ...
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NewsNHS to face new patient safety investigations from autumn
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will have a budget of £3.6m in first year Expert advisory group calls for process to resolve historical complaints Mike Durkin hails launch of HSIB as “a huge leap forward” The new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will be operating from this autumn with a ...
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HSJ LocalLondon trust investigating three patient deaths
PATIENT SAFETY: Three patient deaths following serious incidents are being investigated at a south London trust.
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NewsRevealed: 2016 winners of the HSJ Value Awards
Surgery Celebrating the achievements of organisations that provide oustanding value in healthcare
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to help 'blacklisted' primary care whistleblowers
NHS England launches re-employment scheme for primary care whistleblowers Patient experience director admits NHS has not given enough attention to whistleblowing at CCGs A new NHS England scheme aims to get primary care whistleblowers back into work, but a senior figure has admitted it needs to do more ...
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NewsHunt rejected expert advice on independence of safety branch
Expert advisers urged health secretary to make new investigation branch independent They also called for all relevant information to be shared with patients and families Government actions risk undermining “effectiveness and public confidence”, says charity boss The health secretary rejected the advice of safety experts who urged him ...
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NewsSpike in demand for 'off-payroll' interim trust executives
Requests for off-payroll trust executives increased from eight to 36 in a year The government has told the NHS to clamp down on off-payroll arrangements “Really good people aren’t staying in the service” warns expert There has been a sharp rise in requests from trusts to hire interim ...
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HSJ Local'Unworkable' primary care contracts put out for re-tender
COMMISSIONING: Twelve primary care contracts in Merseyside have been put out for re-tender – including 11 contracts held by troubled provider SSP Health.
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NewsCQC strategy director to join Ali Parsa tech start up
Paul Bate to lead NHS work for Babylon Health, the digital health company started by Circle founder Ali Parsa Mr Bate instrumental in overhaul of regulation in wake of Francis report and led on CQC’s new strategy Babylon provides services to two GP practices but plans to expand to ...
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HSJ LocalLondon trust to build two mental health hospitals
CAPITAL PROJECTS: South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust has fired the starting gun on the construction of two mental health hospitals.
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HSJ LocalEnfield CCG appoints new chief officer
Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed a interim chief officer following the departure of Paul Jenkins.
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NewsDeputy ombudsman's resignation payout revealed
The former deputy Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Mick Martin, who resigned in the wake of his involvement in a sexual harassment cover-up being exposed, received a payment of at least £67,500 after stepping down, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAnalysis: 20 trusts behind half of A&E performance decline
Twenty trusts responsible for most of the rise in A&E four hour target breaches Eight of the trusts also drove last year’s decline Smaller trusts disproportionately driving the decline Eight trusts hit the 95 per cent target for 2015-16 overall Twenty hospitals trusts are responsible for more than ...
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NewsCQC to move to 'smaller and more frequent' hospital inspections
CQC to inspect every trust annually, examining how well led they are and one core service “as a minimum” High performing trusts will not undergo comprehensive inspections in future Providers will have to “give their view of the quality of care they are providing” as part of annual reporting ...
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NewsRegulator’s budget cut may require job losses
CQC chief executive says it may have to make redundancies to cope with budget cut Funding will go from £249m in 2015-16 to £217m in 2019-20 David Behan promises “good management” to keep job losses to “an absolute minimum” The Care Quality Commission may have to make redundancies ...
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NewsLansley: NHS not sustainable on current funding
Former health secretary Lord Lansley has warned the NHS will not be able to transform care using its current resources and told Parliament the proportion of GDP spent on the NHS cannot keep falling.