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HSJ Live: 04.12.13 A&E attendance highest in spring, not winter
Analysis of Health and Social Care Information Centre figures, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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Private sector wins access to NHS pension
Private providers of health service funded care will be granted access to the NHS Pension Scheme under proposals announced today.
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Exclusive: GMC and NMC handling of Mid Staffs cases reviewed
The Professional Standards Authority is to review the Nursing and Midwifery Council and General Medical Council’s handling of alleged misconduct cases relating to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust staff, HSJ has discovered.
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Mental health spending study axed by DH
The government has axed an annual study of spending in mental health services a year after HSJ revealed it had shown the first fall in spending for a decade.
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Oxford gets AHSC status, but Birmingham and Newcastle fail
Newcastle and Birmingham have failed in their attempts to become academic health science centres, although Oxford’s bid has succeeded.
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Data video: the growing QIPP shortfall explained
Commissioners are slipping behind on their efficiency plans
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Five thousand deferrals in GMC skills check
Thousands of doctors did not immediately pass a new set of skills checks during the first year of assessments, figures show.
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VCJD fears spark blood donor probe
An independent inquiry will be carried out into the safety of blood donations following fears of infection from vCJD, the human form of “mad cow disease”, it has been reported.
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Glove left inside patient after op
A hospital trust has apologised after a surgical glove was left inside a patient following an operation.
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HSJ Live 03.12.13 Mental health spending study axed by DH
Study cut a year after HSJ revealed a fall in spending, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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Analysis: Elderly prioritised in spend of £250m A&E fund
HSJ analysis of the 53 trusts due to receive a share of the Department of Health’s £250m winter pressure fund shows many are prioritising improvements to the care of the frail elderly.
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Circle to advise Chinese on employee ownership
Circle Partnership – the private provider that runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust – has signed a deal to advise one of China’s biggest multinationals on how to duplicate its own employee-ownership model.
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Monitor to review services in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
STRUCTURE: Monitor has launched a review of health services in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes in an attempt to avert “significant problems ahead” at two hospitals.
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Hundred thousand NHS genomes to be mapped
Up to 100,000 NHS patients with cancer and rare diseases are to have their genetic codes mapped by 2017 under new plans announced by health minister Lord Howe.
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Royal Wolverhampton FT bid delayed
Royal Wolverhampton Trust will be unable to achieve foundation status for about at least six months after a Care Quality Commission inspection raised concerns about staffing levels.
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East and North Hertfordshire reports £262k deficit
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust reported a year to date deficit of £262,000 at the end of October, which was £1.4m behind its plan.
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Papworth appoints Skanska to lead hospital move
COMMERCE: Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust has named construction group Skanska as its preferred bidder to develop a £165m hospital building under the private finance initiative.
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'Nanosponge' may help beat MRSA
Mopping up MRSA toxin with a sponge may be a new way to defeat the antibiotic-resistant superbug, research has shown.
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Great Ormond Street warned over data breaches
The Information Commissioner has warned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust to assess the strength of its data policy after patients’ personal medical information was sent to the wrong addresses.