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Bristol Community Health appoints finance director
WORKFORCE: Bristol Community Health has appointed Jo Makinson as its finance director.
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HSJ Live 10.07.2015: Darzi - The NHS's approach to patient harm is simplistic and myopic
To reduce patient harm we need to make changes across cultural, technological and procedural boundaries, argues Lord Darzi, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Minister: Hospitals that try to be 'islands of autonomy' will fail
The new minister for NHS productivity has warned that acute trusts will fail if they try to get through the coming NHS savings drive as ‘islands of autonomy’.
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Exclusive: Devolved authorities could 'share' NHS functions
Combined authorities could ‘jointly’ hold NHS powers, instead of them being removed from government or health service bodies entirely, under government devolution plans, HSJ has learned.
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Exclusive: Prior 'not at all against' procurement 'Sunshine Act'
The minister for NHS productivity has revealed that the government may legislate to ensure the relationship between doctors and medical device suppliers is above board.
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Interim provider chosen to deliver NHS 111 service
COMMERCIAL: A 111 service in the West Midlands will be provided in the interim by an urgent care and GP out of hours provider, Vocare, to replace West Midlands Ambulance Service.
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HSJ Live 09.07.2015: Devolved authorities could 'share' NHS functions
Combined authorities could ‘jointly’ hold NHS powers, instead of them being removed from government or health service bodies entirely, under government devolution plans, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Budget: Four more years of public sector pay restraint
Chancellor George Osborne has announced four further years of public sector pay restraint, in a surprise move as part of today’s summer Budget.
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Exclusive: All 111 and out of hours tenders suspended
NHS England has told commissioners to suspend all GP out of hours and NHS 111 procurements while it draws up new rules for creating ‘functionally integrated’ urgent care services, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Live 08.07.2015: Budget 2015
Latest analysis and reaction to budget, including four more years of NHS pay restraint
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Osborne sets deadline for future devo deals
The government is working towards Greater Manchester style devolution deals with at least three other areas in the north of England, George Osborne revealed today. The chancellor also confirmed plans for devolution to Cornwall that were revealed by HSJ and Local Government Chronicle last week.
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CCGs confirm winner of £285m 'prime provider' contract
STRUCTURE: Two Yorkshire clinical commissioning groups have confirmed that Locala Community Partnerships has been named preferred bidder to be their lead provider for a £285m ‘prime provider’ community services contract.
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Coroner criticises mental health trust after patient hanging
PERFORMANCE: A coroner has criticised Camden and Islington Foundation Trust for a “lack of cohesion and clinical direction” after a patient hanged himself.
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HSJ unveils its inaugural Patient Leaders
HSJ has announced its 50 foremost patient and citizen leaders in healthcare this evening in an event at the Patient Safety Congress in Birmingham
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Exclusive: Plan to combine regulators and safety in single 'new body'
Many of the functions of Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are expected to be brought together in a single ‘new body’, which would also take on new patient safety and improvement work, HSJ has been told.
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Exclusive: Letters show how CCGs directed to up activity plans
Letters seen by HSJ reveal how NHS England ordered clinical commissioning groups to change their contracts with acute providers to reflect an assumption that hospital activity would grow this year.
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NICE director: NHS England 'didn't like answer' on safe staffing
A senior figure at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has suggested NHS England scrapped its work on safe staffing guidance because it ‘didn’t like the answer to the question’.
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NHS should not move to 'blame free culture', says Lord Prior
The NHS has to make more effort to tackle bullying among staff, but should not move to a ‘blame free’ culture, according to health minister Lord Prior.
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Social enterprise publishes clinical data via online database
TECHNOLOGY: A social enterprise which provides community services across south London has published anonymised clinical data onto a website created by the Greater London Authority to aid public scrutiny of the way services are run.
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HSJ Live 07.07.2015: HSJ reveals the best places to work for 2015
The 120 top employers in the NHS have been announced today, plus the rest of today’s news and comment