All News articles – Page 454
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NewsMinister: 'We got it wrong on Hep C drug'
A health minister said the NHS needs to be better prepared for the budget impact of new medicines such as the oral drug for Hepatitis C, and admitted “we didn’t get it right”.
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NewsAHSNs beefed up amid overhaul of £750m 'innovation' budgets
Ministers and NHS leaders are planning to beef up the role of academic health science networks and overhaul how £750m of “innovation” funding is deployed.
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NewsDaily Insight: Rolling back (medical) regulation
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NewsHSIB to roll out maternity investigations across England by March 2019
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will not achieve national coverage of maternity incidents until March next year, it has told HSJ.
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NewsJeremy Hunt to strip General Medical Council of powers
The General Medical Council is to be stripped of its right to appeal tribunal decisions on doctors’ fitness to practise, less than three years after it was granted the power.
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NewsSafety regulators reviewing concerns about Babylon's 'chatbot'
Safety regulators are reviewing concerns raised about Babylon Healthcare’s symptom checker “chatbot” following multiple complaints, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDaily Insight: A big promise on cancer
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NewsStaff from 13 unions accept NHS pay deal
NHS staff from 13 trade unions have voted to accept the government’s new pay offer.
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NewsRevealed: Social enterprises now dominate GP out of hours sector
Most out of hours GP services are now delivered by social enterprise companies which are being “hobbled” by long term underfunding, according to a representative body.
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NewsWinners revealed for HSJ Value Awards 2018
Twenty organisations have been honoured in the 2018 HSJ Value Awards – which recognise and celebrate outstanding improvements in care quality and efficiency made by NHS staff.
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NewsNHS hit by seven-fold increase in bill for certain drugs
NHS commissioners were hit by a seven-fold increase in the bill for certain generic drugs in 2017-18, after some medicines were subject to massive price hikes.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt pushes for big cancer pledge in new NHS plan
Jeremy Hunt wants an ambitious cancer pledge to be a core plank of the government’s new NHS plan, with senior figures pushing for the service’s £7.5bn cancer budget to be doubled over the longer term, HSJ understands.
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NewsDaily Insight: Hunt loses confidence in ridiculed GP pledge
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NewsDecision over Carillion Hospital 'in autumn' as costs soar
A government decision on the future of a privately financed major acute hospital that was hit by Carillion’s collapse is not expected until autumn.
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NewsExtending 'safe space' could erode public confidence, MPs warned
Giving NHS trusts “safe space” powers to investigate themselves will “erode public trust and confidence”, Sir David Behan has warned MPs.
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NewsBoards told they are failing on infection control
NHS trust boards have been told to do more on infection risks after an analysis by NHS Improvement found many were not receiving detailed information.
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NewsNICE chief: NHS faces 'startling costs' from new treatments
The NHS faces a “material challenge” to fund new personalised drugs and deal with the “startling costs” of new medical technology, says the chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsUpdated: Trust with worst financial performance aims for £156m deficit this year
The trust with the worst financial performance in the country is looking to end 2018-19 with a deficit of £156m, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust abandons private patient unit plan
A hospital trust has had to abandon a plan for a new provider to rebuild and run its private patient unit.
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