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NewsCCGs lead creation of 'around 100 digital footprints’
NHS commissioners have led the creation of around 100 ‘digital footprints’ to develop technology strategies for their health economies, an NHS England director has announced.
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NewsMid Staffs trust pleads guilty over patient deaths
The former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has today pleaded guilty to charges brought under health and safety legislation relating to four patient deaths.
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NewsAnalysis: New junior doctor contract won't stop strike action
A new contract offer for junior doctors working in the NHS in England has been published by the Department of Health and NHS Employers today.HSJ’s workforce correspondent Shaun Lintern examines the new offer and explores why the eleventh hour proposal is unlikely to stop a strike by junior doctors, who ...
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NewsKPMG wins £1m contract to design NHS Improvement
KPMG has won a contract to design how NHS Improvement will be created and function.
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NewsNHS England to review staff training after mental health homicides
NHS England is reviewing the quality of training for staff who assess the root causes of homicides by mental health patients.
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NewsTrusts seek more cash support and buyouts for PFIs
Several hospital trusts have told HSJ they are seeking additional support to cover the costs of their private finance initiative deals or intend to buy out the schemes.
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NewsExecutive Summary: The tech revolution starts... again
HSJ’s daily digest of the must read stories and debate in health policy
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NewsHSJ annual lecture: Watch Hunt's speech in full
Jeremy Hunt’s full HSJ annual lecture is available to watch on demand.
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NewsExclusive: Stafford child death investigation to consider case for new inquest
An independent review into the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital will examine whether there should be a second inquest after its terms of reference were expanded, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Majority of A&E departments fail liaison psychiatry standards
Almost three-quarters of England’s liaison psychiatry services in hospital emergency departments are rated substandard, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England to rate providers on tech with new index
A new index will rate NHS providers’ technological capabilities and eventually be part of the statutory regulatory regime, an NHS England director has told HSJ.
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Executive Summary: No winners, bigger fees
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s must read health policy stories
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NewsTrust CQC fees could increase by 75 per cent next year
The fees NHS trusts pay to the Care Quality Commission could be hiked by as much as 75 per cent next year.
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NewsRevealed: DH’s spending review bid for up to £5.6bn IT funding
A Department of Health bid to the government spending review has said the NHS will need up to £5.6bn to deliver its technology plans, HSJhas learned.
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NewsTrust chiefs warn bed occupancy already at winter levels
Bed occupancy in acute trusts is already at the most pressured winter levels, trust chief executives and directors have told HSJ.
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NewsHeart surgery ‘anticipated’ to be axed from at least one northern hospital
Health service leaders in the north have suggested that congenital heart surgery will be withdrawn from at least one hospital in the region.
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NewsNHS England abandons CSU procurement timetable
NHS England has relaxed the deadlines for support services to be procured amid lack of enthusiasm from clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsDH consults on three year budgets for CCGs
Ministers are consulting on proposals to give commissioners budgets of at least three years to enable longer term planning.
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News£75m fund to close learning disability hospital beds
Plans to close up to half of inpatient beds for people with learning disabilities following the Winterbourne View scandal have been announced by the NHS and local government bodies.