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NewsRoyal college attacks 'ill conceived' appointment by HEE
Health Education England has been accused by a medical royal college of making an “ill informed and ill conceived decision” by appointing a non-medic to a key role overseeing the training of radiologists in the North.
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NewsTrusts must double efficiency savings to avoid 'crude rationing', report warns
New financial controls require 4 per cent efficiency savings from NHS providers, says Nuffield Trust report Savings of 2 per cent widely deemed to be realistic target for the sector, as outlined in Carter review Think tank warns of “crude rationing” to achieve savings required by 2020 NHS ...
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News16 CCGs launch integrated NHS 111 and urgent care services
Sixteen West Midlands CCGs launch integrated NHS 111 and out of hours service Care UK to deliver NHS 111 services across the region Seven urgent care providers have formed an alliance agreement to integrate with 111 services Patients can access social care through new 111 service Sixteen West ...
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NewsMarginal rate for specialised services shelved again
NHS England and NHS Improvement have again shelved the introduction of a marginal rate Regulators twice previously aimed to introduce the measure New proposals include increases to top-up payments for specialised services, including for cardiac, respiratory and cancer services Regulators have again shelved plans for a marginal rate ...
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NewsTariff proposal would see maternity spend increase by 8 per cent
The number of women to be put on intensive care pathway is expected to rise from 7.1 per cent to 11.3 per cent The number of women put on standard care pathways is expected to drop from 65.5 to 50 per cent Six additional conditions to be added to ...
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NewsNHS England 'not holding Capita to account' for support contract failings
Problems with primary care support service provided by Capita “regularly played down”, optometrists and opticians body claims NHS England not “doing all they should” to hold company to account, letter says Staffing capacity for primary care support services “not what it should be” Problems with primary care support ...
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NewsBoard member: NHS Improvement using CQC's name 'indiscriminately'
Board member Michael Mire accuses NHS Improvement of using CQC’s name “indiscriminately” Asks if regulator’s name was included in recent pay growth review to make it “more acceptable” Mr Mire hints at wider concerns about how the CQC will manage future challenges A senior Care Quality Commission board ...
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NewsNHS England loses HIV drug judicial review
NHS England has lost a judicial review about whether it has the power to commission a preventative HIV drug.
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NewsSmall jump in doctors applying for NHS training despite contract dispute
Year on year increase in doctors applying for specialty training and GP training Ten per cent of posts for 2016 remain unfilled Further recruitment drives for some specialties planned More than 120 additional junior doctors have applied for specialty training in the NHS and more than 170 trainees ...
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NewsTim Kelsey hired as Australia's digital health chief
Ex-NHS England director appointed to Australian government digital agency Digital Health Agency has been created to lead “My Health Record” project Mr Kelsey left England at the beginning of the year to join IT firm Telstra Tim Kelsey, formerly NHS England’s national director of patients and information, has ...
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NewsDaily Insight: Warning against 'railroaded' reconfiguration
Today’s must read stories and talking points in health
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NewsNHS Improvement accused of 'dangerously short' pathology shake-up timetable
NHS Improvement accused of setting “dangerously short” timescale for pathology restructuring plans Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine claims trusts being “railroaded into consolidation” Concerns raised about lack of clarity regarding Carter review efficiency target NHS Improvement has been accused of imposing a “dangerously short timescale” on ...
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NewsReducing unwarranted variation: free online guide for HSJ readers
Read HSJ’s guide to reducing unwarranted variation.
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NewsTracking money 'acid test' for £4bn mental health plans, says Confed chief
Guaranteeing promised funds reach frontline services will be the “acid test” for NHS England’s mental health plans, a senior health leader has said.
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NewsYorkshire 'inadequate' CCG appoints new chief officer
A struggling clinical commissioning group in Yorkshire, put in “financial special measures” last week, has appointed a new accountable officer.
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NewsNHS England to cover GP indemnity cost increase
NHS England has said it will cover the “inflationary rises” in indemnity costs for GP practices from April 2017.