All News articles – Page 537
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NewsExclusive: Leading FTs lay groundwork for hospital chains
Three of England’s most well respected foundation trusts are working on a partnership through which they can lay the groundwork to build and run hospital chains, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDrug pricing deal change 'cuts NHS England's ability to provide care'
NHS England faces a ‘direct cut’ in its ability to provide care to patients as a result of a change to the deal that caps the price the government pays for branded medicines, a senior health economist has said.
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NewsThousands of mental health patients still detained in police cells
Almost 4,000 people detained under the Mental Health Act are still being forced to stay in police cells rather than a hospital, despite a 54 per cent fall over the last three years.
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NewsOutside scrutiny has become ‘unforgiving’, warns longest serving NHS chief
The NHS’s longest serving chief executive, who has just marked 50 years in the service, says regulation and unreasonable expectations are making senior leaders’ roles more difficult than at any other point in his career.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Get on with it vanguards
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NewsNHS staff to face new sanctions under ‘Sunshine rule’
NHS staff who fail to disclose payments and hospitality received from drug suppliers and medical device makers will be sanctioned under new regulation, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguards urged to quickly become ‘battering ram of change’
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are the ‘battering ram of change’ and should quickly test new ideas to be replicated nationally, the director of NHS England’s new care models programme has said.
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NewsPublic health cuts 'short sighted, short term and unwarranted'
Cutting public health budgets by £200m is ‘short sighted, short term and unwarranted”, according to the Local Government Association and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers.
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NewsExclusive: CSU procurements paused amid uncertainty over costs
At least two procurements for commissioning support services have been paused, HSJ has learned. This comes amid uncertainty over how stranded costs will be paid for if a commissioning support unit loses a contract.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Bringing down a 'monster'
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NewsBacklash expected over cancer drugs delisting
Talks are under way to identify high profile treatments to be removed from the cancer drugs fund in the coming months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCare UK claims commissioners broke competition rules
Private provider Care UK has accused NHS commissioners in north east London of breaking rules around price competition.
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NewsPrivate providers could take big hit from NHS price changes
Private hospitals could see a steep cut in their income from NHS funded services under draft prices proposed for 2016-17, Monitor has warned.
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NewsRoundup: FT finances by numbers
Over recent weeks, HSJ has been looking at the state of the foundation trust sector’s finances and highlighting key figures and trends. Here is a roundup of some the talking points from our series.
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NewsExecutive Summary: ‘Churn is just another way of spelling crisis’
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NewsNHS England to look at costs hindering primary care expansion
NHS England is looking at how to bring down financial barriers deterring GPs from taking on out of hours work, participating in new care models and expanding primary care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNurses could 'walk away' from NHS over pay restraint
Nurses could ‘walk away’ from the NHS in the face of four more years of pay restraint, the new chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing has told HSJ.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Another day, another letter
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and debate
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NewsExclusive: CQC to review care for newborns following baby’s death
A national review of the quality of care for seriously ill children is being launched by the Care Quality Commission following the death of a baby more than a decade ago.
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NewsNational officials tell hospitals seven day service priorities
Hospitals have been told by national officials to focus on improving access to medical consultants and diagnostic services as part of efforts to improve care for NHS patients at weekends.