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  • Treasury
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    Exclusive: Treasury could tighten grip on NHS capital spending

    2016-09-29T07:00:00Z

    NHS trusts told to scale back capital spending plans Treasury could insist on signing off even small projects Difficulties with delivering transformation projects under discussion NHS trusts have been told to scale back their capital spending plans and warned that the Treasury could insist on signing off even ...

  • Scales of justice
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    Daily Insight: Junior doctors' day in court

    2016-09-28T17:30:00Z

    HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read stories and biggest talking points

  • Jeremy Hunt
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    Updated: Hunt acted lawfully over junior doctors' contract, court rules

    2016-09-28T12:31:00Z

    Junior doctors lose legal case to stop new contract Judge rules health secretary’s decision was “within the scope of his lawful powers” Jeremy Hunt criticised for “loose” language during contract dispute Jeremy Hunt acted lawfully in his decision to press ahead with the new junior doctors’ contract, a ...

  • Technology jpg
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    Landmark patient data probe sparks 'serious concerns'

    2016-09-28T12:10:00Z

    NHS accused of wrongly sharing hospital data of 1.2m patients Privacy group says NHS’s hospital data does not comply with anonymisation standards NHS Digital says it does comply with standards Researchers raise “serious concerns” about impact on life saving studies The UK’s data watchdog is set to make ...

  • Simon Stevens
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    Simon Stevens: There's no new reform plan for the NHS

    2016-09-28T07:00:00Z

    Simon Stevens says there is “no new reform plan for the NHS” and the government wants it to “get on with” reshaping services NHS England chief executive says “minimum efficient scale of some acute services” has increased Applications to split into subdivisions could result in “modest adjustment” in STP ...

  • Simon Stevens
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    Exclusive: NHS free to 'abandon payment by results'

    2016-09-28T07:00:00Z

    NHS England and NHS Improvement “entirely open” to health economies dropping payment by results, says Simon Stevens Follows planning guidance proposals for whole system control totals NHS England chief executive says alternative proposals must “stack up in the round” The NHS England chief executive has said he and ...

  • Bristol
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    Daily Insight: Another super-CCG on the cards

    2016-09-27T17:30:00Z

    The essential health stories and talking points from Tuesday

  • David Behan
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    CQC patient expert contract 'not performing'

    2016-09-27T11:32:00Z

    CQC board meeting reveals Remploy expert by experience contract “not performing” as expected Incumbent experts claim inspections allocated haphazardly as Remploy subcontracts its duties CQC met Remploy to discuss 11 areas where it expects improvement The Care Quality Commission has ongoing concerns over its patient experts contract with ...

  • Tsting swabs
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    First set of standardised products for NHS providers announced

    2016-09-27T11:04:00Z

    NHS Improvement announces first tranche of standardised products to boost procurement volumes and cut prices Twelve products cover £100m of trust spending and could result in 25 per cent savings Regulator says it would prefer “coalition of the willing” to enforcing compliance through contracts Read the products list and ...

  • Dame Julie Mellor
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    Exclusive: New investigation reveals full extent of watchdog’s failures

    2016-09-27T10:35:00Z

    PHSO was warned twice about concerns over her deputy’s involvement in cover-up Dame Julie Mellor did not read tribunal judgement until HSJ exposed her deputy’s actions in February Investigation concludes the PHSO’s structure “does not represent current thinking about good corporate governance” NHS ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor was ...

  • Hospital and patient
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    Revealed: Less than a third of trusts hitting revised A&E targets

    2016-09-27T07:00:00Z

    Less than a third of providers have hit “reset” targets for A&E for July NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey says primary care access and school holidays were factors Less than a third of trusts have achieved the new, lower accident and emergency targets for July, which they ...

  • Older woman in wheelchair
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    CCG and advisers accuse each other over £750m contract collapse

    2016-09-26T17:53:00Z

    Review lays bare chaotic process which led to £750m contract collapse Cambridgeshire CCG and its advisers blame each other for failure on key issues Concerns raised about process and budget set by CCG to deliver deal NHS England says it will scrutinise big contracts more closely in future ...

  • Cambridge
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    Daily Insight: UnitingCare saga continues

    2016-09-26T17:48:00Z

    HSJ’s round-up of Monday’s top stories and debate

  • Doctor strike Jan 2016
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    Junior doctors strike action called off

    2016-09-24T21:11:00Z

    Junior doctor strike action which was planned for the next three months has been suspended, the British Medical Association announced this evening. 

  • Petrie dishes
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    Daily Insight: Teaching trust IT crash goes from bad to worse

    2016-09-23T17:15:00Z

    The must read stories and analysis from Friday

  • Lung xray
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    NHS England targets 'long tail' of specialised provision

    2016-09-23T15:29:00Z

    Service reviews planned to cut “long tail” of providers doing small amounts of specialised work Prosthetics, spinal cord injury and paediatric burns services could be reconfigured in 2017-18 STPs must set out plans for collaborative commissioning with NHS England in cancer, mental health or learning disabilities NHS England ...

  • USBs
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    NHS Digital grapples with 1.2 million patient data breaches

    2016-09-23T15:18:00Z

    NHS Digital still unable to respect data preferences of patients from 51 GP surgeries NHS Digital must contact 1.2 million patients before 19 October to tell them their confidential data may have been shared against their wishes More than a third of organisations that received unauthorised NHS data ...

  • Healthcare assistant
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    Survey: HCAs being used as 'nurses on the cheap'

    2016-09-23T13:49:00Z

    Almost 40 per cent of healthcare assistants say they have not received the training necessary to provide the care they are expected to deliver, according to a survey published today.

  • David Behan
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    CQC told to change culture after data loss 'never event'

    2016-09-23T12:22:00Z

    Independent security review says July’s loss of 500 people’s data should be a “wake-up call” “Mismatch” between CQC policy and staff behaviour CQC considering second review next year to check on progress of organisational change An independent review has told the Care Quality Commission it needs a “culture ...

  • Calendar
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    Planning guidance: The NHS's two-year to-do list

    2016-09-22T17:55:00Z

    A round-up of HSJ’s in-depth coverage of the NHS planning guidance until 2019