All News articles – Page 593
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NewsGPs hold only a quarter of accountable CCG roles
GPs occupy just a quarter of accountable officer posts in clinical commissioning groups, a comprehensive survey by HSJ has revealed.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.10.2014: CQC publishes state of care report
State of care report finds “unacceptable” variation in safety and quality, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Government set to release more A&E rescue funding
The health service is set to receive a further multimillion pound government bailout aimed at avoiding a politically embarrassing failure of the accident and emergency waiting target during winter
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NewsTop Right team successfully scales Kilimanjaro
A team from HSJ’s parent company Top Right Group has successfully scaled Kilimanjaro for the Great Ormond Street Hospital children’s charity - and have raised almost £50,000 in the process
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NewsRevealed: Specialised services failing to make the grade
One in five specialised hospital services fall short of the quality standards set for them by leading clinicians, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUpdated: High profile panel calls for London health commissioner
A health commissioner post should be created in London to coordinate the work of councils, clinical commissioning groups and Public Health England, a panel of health experts headed by former health minister Lord Darzi has suggested.
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NewsExclusive: Health ombudsman was investigated over contract 'failings'
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman was subject to a National Audit Office investigation this year after it awarded a former business partner of ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor a six figure contract, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLabour seeks to mollify reorganisation fears
Labour has sought to reassure clinical commissioning groups that its health reforms would not amount to a top-down ‘big bang’ shake up of the NHS.
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NewsHSJ Live 15.10.2014: Specialised services failing to make the grade
One in five specialised hospital services fall short of the quality standards set for them by leading clinicians, HSJ can reveal, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsWelsh NHS should elect health commissioners, Conservatives say
Elected health commissioners would be introduced to the Welsh NHS under a Conservative administration.
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NewsGynaecologist denies defrauding NHS
A gynaecologist who was unfit to work defrauded the NHS out of tens of thousands of pounds, a jury has heard.
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NewsHSJ Live 14.10.14: Wye Valley put in special measures
Wye Valley Trust has been placed in special measures after being rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsSurge in care claims puts pressure on CCGs
Clinical commissioning groups in one area are on track to spend up to £10m more than expected
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NewsRamsay appoints UK chief
Ramsay Health Care has appointed Mark Page as chief executive of its UK operations.
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NewsDiscuss the pitfalls of bad planning with Monitor's head of sector development
Join Suzie Bailey for an online Q&A at 12pm on 22 October
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NewsFurther priorities for mental health waiting times revealed
Mental health trusts could be asked to hit a suite of new waiting time targets by 2020 at a cost of more than £130m a year.
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NewsReturned drug money should not fund waiting list drive
The billions of pounds due to be clawed back from pharma firms under a new NHS pricing deal should not be diverted to help hospitals cut waiting lists, the head of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry has urged.
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NewsCome clean over treatment errors, regulators urge
Health professionals must be open and honest with patients when something goes wrong with their treatment, regulators have said.
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NewsWarning to NHS over paediatric reconfigurations
Hospital trusts should ensure adequate children’s community services are in place before closing in-patient units, a senior leader in paediatrics has warned
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NewsHSJ Live 13.10.2014: NHS staff strike ends
Thousands of midwives, nurses and ambulance drivers strike over pay for first time in 32 years, plus the rest of the day’s new and comment