All News articles – Page 598
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Labour 'needs to address funding to universities' to meet workforce pledge
Labour would have to address a shortage of funding to universities if it were to deliver on its pledge for 36,000 extra NHS staff if it formed a government, HSJ has been told
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Finance experts: Labour £2.5bn pledge 'not enough' for long term
A Labour proposal for a funding increase for the NHS has been welcomed by health economists – but met immediate calls for a longer term financial settlement to secure and transform the service.
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Miliband announces £2.5bn NHS 'time to care fund'
Labour party leader Ed Miliband today announced it would introduce a “£2.5bn NHS Time to Care Fund”, increasing health service funding at a greater rate than at present, if he formed a government next year.
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Lib Dems propose health and wellbeing boards commission primary care
The Liberal Democrats want GP services to be commissioned by health and wellbeing boards, according to a paper setting out the party’s likely policy direction in the run up to next year’s general election.
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Hearing aid charging opposed in feedback exercise
FINANCE: North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has revealed overwhelming public opposition to its proposals to restrict funding for hearing aids. However, the CCG claimed that much of the evidence cited by a national charity opposing the plans “lacked relevance”.
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NHS England outlines successor to telehealth programme
NHS England has revealed details of the long awaited successor to its 3 Million Lives telehealth programme, which has been scrapped
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Warning over trauma admissions
Doctors have warned that major trauma admissions among the elderly are increasing across the UK but their care is currently “poorly managed”.
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HSJ Live 23.09.2014: Burnham: Hospitals should become integrated care organisations
Labour commits to increased NHS spending, reaction and analysis, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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Burnham: Change will be 10 year journey not a ‘big bang’
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has today unveiled further details of his 10 year plan to merge health and social care
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Interim appointed to lead specialised services for NHS England
NHS England has appointed Richard Jeavons to lead its commissioning of specialised services in an interim capacity, HSJ can reveal.
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TDA launches NHS communications strategy
The NHS Trust Development Authority has launched a strategy to support NHS trusts with their communication activities.
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Group established for 'innovative' smaller hospitals
A new group for small and medium-sized hospitals has been set up by the Nuffield Trust to look at how they can adapt their business models.
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HSJ Live 22.09.2014: Labour 'to fund NHS spending rise with mansion tax'
Labour will pledge to increase NHS funding paid for by a “mansion tax, the BBC reports, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NHS uses 'flawed definition' of whistleblowers, study finds
Some NHS organisations are using a ‘fundamentally wrong definition’ of whistleblowers when dealing with staff who raise concerns, according to a study of cases submitted to the government’s review of the issue.
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Exclusive poll: Public approval for government's NHS handling grows
The past three months have seen a strengthening of public approval for the government’s treatment of the NHS, an exclusive HSJ/FTI Consulting poll has found.
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19 September 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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National officials call for 'rapid action' on failing waiting targets
The bosses of clinical commissioning groups and NHS providers have been told to raise their game to hit waiting time targets in a letter from NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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Providers report 'unprecedented' financial problems
NHS providers have suffered “unprecedented” financial problems in the first few months of this year, new official figures suggest.
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Concern over ambulance queue death
Heartbroken relatives of a grandmother who died while waiting in a queue of ambulances outside a hospital have demanded an apology from health bosses.
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Mental health patients 'let down'
Almost one in three people with mental health problems do not know where to turn in the event of a crisis, new figures show.