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NewsNearly 600 GP practices closed since 2010
Nearly 600 GP practices have closed in the last five years, data seen by HSJ reveals.
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NewsLords approve devolution bill 'wrecking' amendment
The government has suffered a blow to its insistence on places adopting directly elected mayors in return for substantial devolution deals.
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NewsNHS can be 'world leader' on patient safety, say healthcare leaders
The NHS can be a ‘world leader’ in many areas of patient safety but only if it starts taking immediate action to improve, healthcare leaders have said in a report published by HSJ today.
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NewsHSJ Live 14.07.2015: Midlands trusts to create £1bn turnover alliance
Three West Midlands hospital trusts are to create an alliance with catchment population of more than 1 million, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Midlands trusts to create £1bn turnover alliance
Three West Midlands hospital trusts are to create an alliance with a combined turnover of almost £1bn and a catchment population of more than 1 million, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Providers expected to use unofficial NICE staffing guidance
NHS providers may have to increase the number of nurses in emergency departments after regulators and the Department of Health suggested trusts need to consider new safe staffing evidence from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsMinister denies Carter was 'pressured' into £5bn savings figure
The author of a report on NHS efficiency was not pressured into putting a headline savings figure on his initial findings, a government minister has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 13.07.2015: Trusts threaten to quit negligence scheme
At least 17 NHS trusts are considering opting out of the national risk pool for clinical negligence claims, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Trusts threaten to quit negligence scheme
At least 17 NHS trusts are considering opting out of the national risk pool for clinical negligence claims, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrior: Tax funded NHS 'has to be questioned' if economic growth lags behind demand
A health minister has said the premise of a tax funded NHS ‘has to be questioned’ if future economic growth lags behind rising healthcare demand for a long time.
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NewsOutdated ambulance sat navs contributed to patient deaths
Ambulance delays due to out of date satellite navigation systems could have contributed to two patient deaths, according to incidents reported to the National Reporting and Learning System.
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NewsTriple awards success for HSJ
HSJ was last night named business media brand of the year at the PPA Awards, considered the ‘Oscars’ of the UK magazine sector.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.07.2015: Darzi - The NHS's approach to patient harm is simplistic and myopic
To reduce patient harm we need to make changes across cultural, technological and procedural boundaries, argues Lord Darzi, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: NICE to publish A&E staffing guidance not wanted by NHS England
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will publish recommended nurse staffing levels for accident and emergency departments despite being asked by NHS England to drop the work, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Devolved authorities could 'share' NHS functions
Combined authorities could ‘jointly’ hold NHS powers, instead of them being removed from government or health service bodies entirely, under government devolution plans, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMinister: Hospitals that try to be 'islands of autonomy' will fail
The new minister for NHS productivity has warned that acute trusts will fail if they try to get through the coming NHS savings drive as ‘islands of autonomy’.
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NewsExclusive: Prior 'not at all against' procurement 'Sunshine Act'
The minister for NHS productivity has revealed that the government may legislate to ensure the relationship between doctors and medical device suppliers is above board.