All News articles – Page 610
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NewsComplaints against doctors double
The rise in the use of social media has contributed to a doubling of complaints against doctors in five years, it has been reported.
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NewsHSJ 21.07.2014: The future of NHS leadership - unpicking Griffiths' complex legacy
HSJ reflects on the past reforms and future leadership challenges following three decades of healthcare management change in the wake of the milestone Griffiths report, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsEfficiency savings proposed for next financial year
Monitor and NHS England have proposed a single efficiency factor of between 3 and 5 per cent for 2015-16 across the health service
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NewsControversial emergency care payment rules to stay put
There will be no change next year to controversial rules that restrict the payments hospitals receive for emergency admissions and readmissions
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NewsMonitor signals the end of mental health block contracts
Monitor has signalled the end of block contracts currently used to fund NHS mental health providers as part of a major shake up of the national payment system due to be introduced next year.
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NewsPricing authorities to tighten grip on specialist service payments
Monitor and NHS England have floated plans to tighten their grip on specialist services pricing while mounting a push for local commissioners to move away from national NHS prices
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NewsNew body to control healthcare reconfigurations under Labour plans
A Labour administration would establish a new agency to oversee reconfigurations of NHS services, the shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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NewsNew minister's 'war on superbugs'
New science minister Greg Clark has started his job with a declaration of war against superbugs.
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NewsCommissioning system belatedly balances £97bn budget
NHS England has belatedly managed to set plans to balance its £97bn budget for 2014-15.
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NewsHSJ Live 18.07.2014: New minister's 'war on superbugs'
New science minister Greg Clark has started his job with a declaration of war against superbugs, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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News18 July 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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NewsNHS finances 'stretched to limit'
NHS finances have been ‘stretched to the limit’, influential think tank The King’s Fund has warned.
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HSJ Live 17.07.2014: NHS finances 'stretched to limit'
NHS finances have been ‘stretched to the limit’, influential think tank The King’s Fund has warned, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsThird of CCGs do not plan to retender community services
More than a third of CCGs have no plans to retender their community services, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsPut GP services alongside every emergency department, advise doctors
New guidelines from a host of medical Royal Colleges call for all emergency departments to have co-located out of hours GP services, to help prevent rising demand from overwhelming the urgent care system.
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NewsDuty of candour extended to cover wider set of incidents
A statutory duty of candour in the NHS will cover a wider set of incidents than previously expected, and will force NHS trusts to apologise to affected patients, it has emerged.
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NewsLamb condemns 'shunting' of mentally ill children
A health minister has accused NHS organisations of “shunting” mentally ill children into specialist inpatient care for financial reasons.
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NewsTwo further Keogh trusts leave special measures
Two further trusts placed in regulatory “special measures” last summer have been removed from the regime, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsCQC working on special measures regime for GPs
The Care Quality Commission is working on a “special measures” regime for GP practices, the body has confirmed.