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NHS England planning new choice and competition research
NHS England is planning to conduct new research on choice and competition in the NHS, according to the organisation’s latest business plan.
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Lamb warns against referrals for ‘gay conversion’ therapy
Health minister Norman Lamb has written to NHS England calling for reassurances that GPs are not referring gay and lesbian people to controversial practitioners who say they can “cure” people of homosexuality.
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HSJ Live 07.04.2014: Robert Harris to step down as NHS England director of strategy
Robert Harris has announced he is to step down from the national position, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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CCG leaders: Reforms have not improved control of cost and activity
The ability of the NHS to control costs and curb hospital activity has not improved with the government’s reorganisation of the NHS, according to many leaders of the clinical commissioning groups created by the reforms.
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CCGs open services to competition out of fear of rules
More than a quarter of clinical commissioning leaders open services up to competition out of fear of rules
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Second proposed FT merger under competition scrutiny
STRUCTURE: The Competition and Markets Authority has begun a review of the proposed merger between Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust and its troubled neighbour Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust.
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Keogh trust's ability to train doctors affected by staffing shortages
WORKFORCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust is launching a recruitment campaign to address a staff shortage which has affected its ability to train junior doctors.
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Commissioning end of life care: keeping terminally ill people out of hospital
An HSJ Twitter chat in association with Marie Curie Cancer Care
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Marsden and Brompton in royal rumble over land sale
Two of London’s most famous teaching hospitals are locked in dispute over the sale of land in central London.
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Trust's FT bid delayed by CQC findings
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s bid for foundation status has been further delayed, following a Care Quality Commission inspection which found the trust “required improvement”.
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Working time rules 'hit treatment'
Rules aimed at ensuring doctors do not work long hours are leading to cancelled operations and clinics for patients, a government-ordered review has found.
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CCG leaders voice serious concern over public health
Clinical commissioning leaders have expressed serious concerns about the current state public health services.
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Commissioning services through any qualified provider: an HSJ survey
Should any qualified provider be extended to new areas?
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HSJ Live 04.04.2014: CCG leaders voice serious concern over public health
HSJ clinical commissioning barometer survey finds CCG leaders concerned about public health services, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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Unison seeks ballot for NHS industrial action
The largest healthcare union has warned of a “winter of unrest for the NHS” as it revealed plans to ballot members for industrial action.
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Bar on multiple directorships dropped to aid trust takeovers
The Department of Health plans to change the law to allow chairs of NHS trusts to serve on the boards of more than one organisation, in a move it says could smooth the takeover process for unsustainable providers.
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TDA budget to grow by 66 per cent as costs of regulation mount
The NHS Trust Development Authority will see its budget grow by two thirds in 2014-15, in the latest indication of the price tag attached to the Department of Health’s new focus on regulation.
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Commission moots payment for NHS care
Panel led by senior economist aims to challenge distinction between NHS and social care funding
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Information Centre urged DH to intervene in Care.data last year
The Health and Social Care Information Centre urged the Department of Health in December to intervene in NHS England plans to publicise the controversial Care.data project, HSJ has learned.
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Staff raise 'racially motivated bullying' concerns at trust
WORKFORCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors visiting Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals were told of “significant tensions” and “racially motivated bullying and harassment” among staff at the trust, a report published this week reveals.