All News articles – Page 447
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CQC seeks change in powers to 'favour' patients
The Care Quality Commission has asked the Department of Health to change its regulations so they “operate in favour” of service users.
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CCGs' financial forecast deteriorates by £70m in a month
The forecast overspend by clinical commissioning groups this year has increased by almost £70m in the last month, as local leaders struggle to hit efficiency targets.
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Exclusive: Trusts could be refused bailouts to pay suppliers
Dozens of providers have become reliant on “working capital” loans to ensure staff and invoices are paid Email seen by HSJ outlines further controls on these payments NHS trusts will not be guaranteed bailout support even when suppliers have put an account “on stop” The Department of Health ...
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Social care precept could rise to 3 per cent
The government is set to allow councils to raise council tax by 6 per cent over the next two years to boost funding for social care, HSJ’s sister title Local Government Chronicle has reported.
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Hunt: Health and care need 'greater share of resources'
Jeremy Hunt said more resource will need to go into health and care Reaffirms plan to “fully” integrate health and social care Says people need to start saving for social care like pensions Jeremy Hunt has said a “greater share of our national resources” will need to be ...
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Hunt to force trusts to publish avoidable deaths data
Jeremy Hunt will introduce new regulation to force NHS trusts from March 2017 to estimate and publish how many of its deaths might have been preventable He was responding to today’s CQC deaths review, and said he was accepting all its recommendations Avidable death data to be published quarterly ...
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Mapped: Nearly all areas a long way behind on GP access
Nearly half of clinical commissioning groups are not providing “full” extended GP opening hours anywhere in their patch, HSJ analysis of the latest official data shows.
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HSJ Live 13.12.16: Hunt quizzed in Parliament over NHS funding
NHS England chief executive questioned by the House of Lords committee on long-term NHS sustainability.
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18 week waits, October 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for October 2016
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Mike Richards: Death investigations poor and 'need an overhaul'
Sir Mike Richards says systems for reviewing deaths need a “overhaul” and were worse than expected Calls for new national framework to be in place by April 2017 Substantial variation in rates of deaths receiving “initial review” The NHS’s approach to investigating and reporting deaths is worse than ...
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What's new in care models: Half a loaf is better than no bread at all
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.
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Daily Insight: Mind the gap
HSJ’s round up of the must read stories and talking points from Monday
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Private provider withdraws from regional urgent care deal
Care UK has pulled out of a contract to provide NHS 111 and out of hours services across several clinical commissioning group areas six weeks after it was awarded, putting the intended launch date of the service at risk.
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HSJ is recruiting four new correspondents
HSJ is looking for more correspondents and reporters to join its award winning and fast growing team.
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Council funding crisis 'not a reason' to block STPs, warn Stevens and Mackey
The fact NHS budgets cannot be used to solve the social care funding crisis “is not a legitimate reason” for failing to press on with STPs, Simon Stevens and Jim Mackey have warned.
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Majority of councils plan to use tax freedom for social care
The majority of eligible councils are set to make use of the council tax social care precept in 2017-18 to raise extra funds for cash-strapped services, early indications suggest.
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STPs not doing 'justice' to mental health face intervention
NHS England to offer support to STPs not doing mental health “justice” Claire Murdoch says some STPs have “beautiful” plans for mental health, but others do not After contract negotiations for 2017-19 are completed, her team will begin working with STPs to improve mental health plans Warns contracts must ...
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Regional review set to consider major overhaul of CCGs
Leaders in Greater Manchester want to commission an independent review of the current commissioning arrangements in the region.