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HSJ LocalTariff 'paradox' often leaves trusts better off if patients contract infections
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The elimination of surgical site infections may leave trusts worse off financially for their work on certain specialisms, a study conducted by Plymouth Hospitals Trust suggests.
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NewsThird of nursing directors concerned about staffing levels
A third of nursing directors believe they regularly have too few nurses to ensure safe staffing levels on their wards, a survey of some of England’s most senior nurses suggests.
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NewsGP practices 'need IT overhaul'
Some GP practices are “stuck in the 1990s” because of outdated technology, a report has found.
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NewsHunt calls for restraint on NHS executive pay
There should be “real restraint” on the amount of money NHS bosses earn, the health secretary has said.
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Former newspaper boss to chair Bristol Community Health
WORKFORCE: Bristol Community Health has appointed a new chair and four new non-executive directors including a staff member and a former newspaper boss.
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Plymouth appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Consultant radiologist Phil Hughes has been appointed medical director at Plymouth Hospitals Trust.
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NewsHSJ to reveal top innovators in health
This evening HSJ will reveal its list of top 50 innovators in the healthcare sector. The names will be announced by HSJ editor Alastair McLellan at an event in central London.HSJ Innovation WeekHSJ Top Innovators supplement In this inaugural HSJ Top Innovators list, we sought to identify people whose contributions ...
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NewsHSJ Live: 06.11.13: Our first list of NHS innovators revealed tonight
HSJ discloses its top 50 original thinkers midway through Innovation Week
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NewsCCGs and NHS England report growing budget shortfalls
The number of clinical commissioning groups expecting to record a deficit at the end of this year has nearly tripled to 24, while NHS England is also expecting to overspend its own budgets by £93m.
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NewsHSJ's inspirational women call for action
Senior health service figures are being asked to address the under-representation of women in leadership of the NHS, in the wake of HSJ’s Women’s Issue earlier this year.
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NewsCQC named as highest paying arm's length body
The Care Quality Commission employs the highest paid senior executives among the so-called NHS arm’s length bodies, it has emerged.
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NewsPrimary care contracting faces cuts and possible outsourcing
NHS England’s primary care contract managers will be reorganised and reduced by September next year, with the services potentially being outsourced.
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NewsAnalysed: Lamb's integration pioneers
The Department of Health’s integrated care “pioneers” will be monitored centrally to check progress against their plans and could be stripped of their status if they lose their way, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsMinisters to legislate on £3.8bn pooled budget
The government will amend the Care Bill so it can force clinical commissioning groups to share a chunk of their budgets with local authorities, a health minister has told HSJ.
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NewsReport urges shift in pharmacy role
Soaring demand for GP and emergency services could be reduced if there is a “radical shift” in the role of pharmacists, a new report claims.
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NewsHSJ Live: 05.11.13: Nicholson faces grilling over managers' pay by MPs
David Nicholson tells committee that jobs are among hardest in world
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NewsMore emergency departments breach waiting time targets
Increasing numbers of accident and emergency patients are being treated outside the maximum four hour wait year on year over the past four summers, an HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsHSJ celebrates innovation in healthcare
This week HSJ will announce our list of the 50 most innovative people in the sector.
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NewsCQUIN bar 'set too low' says innovation chief
The standards required by trusts to receive incentive payments designed to drive innovation were “probably set too low”, NHS England’s innovation chief said last week.