All News articles – Page 439
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders inquiry into NHS 'never events'
Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review into preventable “never events” in NHS hospitals amid concern that the numbers of serious mistakes are not reducing.
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NewsExclusive: National radiology review launched over 'significant backlog' fears
The Care Quality Commission has launched a national review of radiology capacity after it found “significant backlogs of radiology reporting in some trusts.”
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Revealed: Lack of Treasury funding delays consultant contract to 2019
A new contract for senior doctors in England will be delayed until 2019 due to a lack of transition funding from the Treasury, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOut of hours care provider bought for £11m
An out of hospital care provider has been bought by a private limited company.
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NewsHSJ chief executive of the year revealed
The leader of a mental health and community services trust has been named chief executive of the year at the 2017 HSJ Awards.
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NewsWinners of 2017 HSJ Awards revealed
More than 1,500 people gather for annual celebration of the finest achievements in the NHS, with winners named in 23 categories at the 2017 HSJ Awards.
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NewsGovernment pledges £3.5bn capital to NHS over next five years
The Treasury has commited an extra £3.5bn to NHS capital spending over the next five years, with the service expected to raise the same sum itself through land sales.
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NewsNew money for pay rises in exchange for contract reform
New money will be set aside to fund a pay rise for more than 1 million NHS staff but only if unions agree to reform the Agenda for Change contract.
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NewsChancellor's funding announcement 'plugs some holes' in NHS budget
The chancellor has announced £2.5bn of extra revenue funding to be spread over the next two financial years, plus an in-year boost of £335m for winter pressures.
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NewsBabylon pilot was not pursued by CCGs
Commissioners in London have ditched a planned pilot of Babylon Health’s primary care app after patients in a test “tried speed up GP access, rather than [use] the symptom checker”.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.11.17: Twelve STP projects given £260m capital funding
Live coverage and reaction as chancellor Philip Hammond makes budget statement
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NewsCounty leaders plan major stroke service shake-up
Kent and Medway is hoping to become the first area to offer patients thrombectomy outside a neuroscience centre as part of a wider shake-up of stroke services, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Half-time report
The must read stories and biggest talking points in health policy
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NewsAutumn budget 2017: How to tell if the NHS has won or lost
The chancellor is expected to announce new funding for the NHS in the budget. HSJ highlights what to look out for and what the government will want in return.
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NewsTrusts must reduce deficits by two-thirds to hit official forecast
NHS trusts must reduce their combined monthly deficit to £107m to meet the official forecast figures in the second half of 2017-18, after recording a monthly deficit of almost £300m in the first half of the year.
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NewsDaily Insight: Thinking outside the red box
The must read stories and biggest talking points in the NHS
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NewsCorrected: Vanguard areas saw fall in GP referral rate last year, analysis shows
Areas covered by new care model vanguards saw a fall in the GP referral rate during 2016 and 2017, and very slightly lower growth in emergency admission rates than the rest of England, analysis by HSJ indicates.
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NewsWarning over surgery delays for thousands of patients
A leading surgeon was warned thousands of patients are not being prioritised for gallbladder surgery after pancreatitis – despite the risk of the condition returning that in some cases could kill them.