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Jones overturns neonatal care move
Wales’s first minister has overturned a decision to transfer some specialist neonatal care in north Wales across the border to England.
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Kernow CCG at risk of deficit
FINANCE: Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has warned it is at risk of failing to break even in 2013-14.
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District nurses' working changes meet opposition
Gloucestershire Care Services Trust has defended proposals to change the way its district nurses work amid concerns from the Royal College of Nursing and local campaigners.
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East Leicestershire and Rutland offers bullying training
NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland clinical commissioning group has set aside funding to deliver bullying and harassment training for its staff.
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HSJ Live: 13.11.13: Keogh reveals plan to reclassify A&E services
NHS England’s medical director says they could be designated either “emergency centres” or “major emergency centres”
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Refreshed mandate 'less like political shopping list'
The government has published its refreshed mandate for NHS England, apparently withdrawing or watering down a number of commitments following a struggle between the two organisations.
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Confederation and FTN fill top posts
The two main NHS organisation representative bodies have announced senior appointments today.
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NHS leaders 'need more commercial nous'
The Department of Health’s procurement strategy has been described as a “missed opportunity” to bring about better partnerships between NHS bodies and private or voluntary sectors, in a report shared with HSJ.
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Council loses bid to halt reconfiguration
Enfield Council has lost its legal challenge to a large reconfiguration scheme in north London.
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PM focused on A&E winter measures
Downing Street has confirmed that David Cameron is getting personally involved in overseeing the NHS’s response to expected pressures on casualty departments in England this winter.
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NAO condemns outsourcing deals
Outsourced public sector contracts lack transparency and are won by a small number of firms, the National Audit office has warned.
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George Eliot Hospital Trust appoints finance director
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has appointed Shahana Khan as its director of finance
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HSJ Live: 12.11.13: Revamped mandate reflects government and NHS England clash
Document appears to feature watered-down commitments following conflict
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Monitor suggests changing primary care payment
The health sector regulator has suggested primary care payment mechanisms and commissioning responsibilities should be reorganised, to improve contracting of walk-in centres.
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Chief executive of London specialist trust to retire
The chief executive of a leading London specialist trust is stepping down ahead of a major capital project.
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Analysed: drug pricing scheme promises better access to new medicines
Commissioners have been told they will gain easier access to the latest drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence after the Department of Health reached a deal on pricing with the pharmaceutical industry.
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Nursing directors warned to ensure safe staffing levels
Directors of nursing who fail to ensure their hospitals have adequate numbers of nurses could find themselves facing fitness to practise panels, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned.
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New database hailed in cancer fight
Weather forecasting science is being used to predict the most effective ways to fight cancer in a ground-breaking new development.
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Basildon and Brentwood CCG forecasts £2m end of year deficit
FINANCE: Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group had a year to date deficit of £1.86m, as of September, and a forecast year end deficit of £2.024m, according to board papers.