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NewsOmbudsman: Errors 'hit every generation'
NHS errors have had a “devastating impact” on every generation from the cradle to the grave, a new report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reveals.
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NewsStevens considers 'freeing up' funds for 'service change'
Simon Stevens has indicated part of NHS funding could be designated to be spent on investment to ‘kick start service change’
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NewsMapped: Candidates for health economy 'special measures'
Whole health economies could face intervention for poor performance under a new approach proposed by the NHS national bodies, under the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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NewsOsborne's NHS spending claim disputed
Health finance experts have strongly disputed the chancellor’s claim that a ‘similar increase’ in NHS spending to the one achieved in this parliament would meet the funding call in the NHS Five Year Forward View
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NewsHSJ Live 29.10.2014: HSJ launches new app
App available for tablets and smartphones on both iOS and Android, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsChildren's heart surgery review 'put centres in competition with each other'
The controversial review of children’s heart surgery in Leeds and Newcastle pitched trusts into an acrimonious competition, a report has concluded
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NewsTariff consultation delayed
The publication of a consultation document for the 2015-16 national tariff payment system has been delayed by three weeks, officials have confirmed.
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NewsBirmingham health leaders back forward view care models
Healthcare leaders in Birmingham are already seeking to establish the new models of care provision proposed in last week’s NHS Five Year Forward View, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ Live 28.10.2014: Coverage of Simon Stevens at the health committee
Simon Stevens, Paul Baumann and Bruce Keogh appear in front the health select committee, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsPriory Group sets sights on community contracts
A major private provider of mental healthcare beds in the UK is planning a significant expansion into the sector’s community services market
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NewsGPs 'should diagnose social ills'
Family doctors should be on the lookout for signs of radicalisation, trafficking or cyber-bullying in child patients, according to the professional body for GPs.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.10.2014: Devon CCG warns 'services will suffer' due to unaffordable demand
The country’s biggest clinical commissioning group will have to take immediate action to prioritise patient access to services in the face of unaffordable increases in demand, it has warned, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsHSJ showcases the best innovation in healthcare
All week we celebrate the innovators making a difference to patient care and policy in the health service
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NewsA&E emergency admissions at highest ever level
Emergency admissions to accident and emergency departments have hit their highest level since records began, the latest NHS England figures reveal.
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NewsLamb admits integration evidence is still 'embryonic'
The care minister has described the evidence that health and social care integration will save money as still ‘embryonic’.
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NewsSecure hospitals staff to strike
Staff at three high security psychiatric hospitals will strike on October 24 following a dispute with the government over health workers’ pay.
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NewsHSJ Live 24.10.2014: Osborne comments on forward view funding demand
Questions around chancellor’s claim that he can ‘conceive’ of country ‘affording’ £8bn, plus the rest of the day’s new and comment
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News24 October issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.
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NewsEmployers issue warning to doctors over contract talks
NHS Employers has threatened to close the medical consultant contract to new doctors or those changing jobs following last week’s breakdown in pay negotiations with the BMA
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NewsLabour 'still plans Health Act repeal'
Labour still intends to repeal the Health Act 2012 despite the shift in focus away from competition in the NHS Five Year Forward View, a shadow health minister has told HSJ.