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Monitor: Out of hospital care ‘no panacea’ for demand pressure
Monitor has warned providers that schemes to move care out of hospital are not guaranteed to reduce costs or demand pressure.
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Vanguards reveal transformation plans and barriers to change
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are overhauling 111 systems and moving activity out of hospital, but the constraints of finance and workforce shortages are a concern, HSJ has been told.
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Keogh trust to exit special measures after two years
QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust comes out of special measures.
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Exclusive: Hunt orders investigation of 'regulatory gap' baby death case
The health secretary has promised an independent investigation of the death of a baby whose ‘incredibly distressing’ case highlighted a regulatory ‘gap’ in the NHS’s ability to probe historic complaints.
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Exclusive: Norman Lamb to chair mental health commission
Norman Lamb will chair a commission looking at the links between poor mental health, public services and the economy, set up by local authorities in the West Midlands, they have confirmed to HSJ.
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Updated: Greater Manchester CCGs set up shared support service
Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester have established a shared support service function.
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Shelford Group chief takes on new role with tech firm
WORKFORCE: The departing chief executive of Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Sir Jonathan Michael, is to move to an IT software firm.
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Analysis: GP share of NHS spending falls for third year
The share of the total health budget spent on GP services fell for the third successive year in 2014-15, according to figures from annual accounts. This is despite national NHS leaders’ declared intention to expand primary care.
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London devo bid targets more control over primary care
FINANCE: A London-wide proposal to take on devolved powers for health and social care will be submitted to the Treasury today.
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Exclusive: Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield say no to NHS devolution
Several major city regions in the north of England have decided health and care will play no major part in their bids for devolved powers, HSJ has learned.
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Commissioning system analysed: Spending, staffing and leadership
An in-depth look at how CCGs spend their money, their workforce and leadership
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High profile treatments cut from cancer drugs fund
High profile cancer treatments including Roche’s Kadcyla and Avastin are to be removed from the cancer drugs fund.
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There's little chance left for the agency cap to cut hospital deficits
Winter pressures will be biting before they are ready
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This is the chance to stem GP leaders' frustration
Despite the share of health spending in general practice falling
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Exclusive: Nearly a third of CCGs consider rationing services
Nearly a third of clinical commissioning groups have implemented or are considering restrictions to services this year, HSJ research reveals.
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Exclusive: 27 urgent and emergency care systems to get targeted support
Twenty-seven urgent and emergency care systems that are struggling to meet the four hour target will be given targeted support as part of a programme announced today.
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Regional health powers included in Liverpool devolution bid
The Liverpool City Region has declared it wants to explore taking greater control of health functions, including creating a ‘local leadership role’ for ‘performance oversight’.
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Devo Manc leaders request £500m 'pump prime' funding
STRUCTURE: Leaders in Greater Manchester have revealed some of the ‘radical changes’ to the way NHS services could be funded in the region from next year.
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Three more trusts snub national pay agreement
Three more trusts have decided to go against a government approved national pay agreement and award their senior staff a 1 per cent pay rise in line with lower level staff, HSJ has discovered.