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NewsFT finance: Biggest spenders on private healthcare
Foundation trusts spent more than £475m on sending patients to private and third sector providers in 2014-15 - a 43 per cent increase on the figure two years ago.
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Executive Summary: BMA draws the battlelines
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and talking points
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NewsBMA outlines 'three major issues’ over contract changes
The British Medical Association has set out its main concerns over the proposed changes to medical contracts being sought by the government and NHS Employers.
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NewsDalton: Carter review will only take the NHS so far
Sir David Dalton has said the Carter review’s efficiency recommendations for providers will only take the sector ‘so far’. Providers should form groups in some areas to reduce variation in quality.
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News'Incoherent' healthcare regulation needs 'radical overhaul'
Healthcare regulation in the UK is ‘incoherent’, ‘expensive’ and requires a ‘radical overhaul’ according to a review by the body which oversees the work of organisations such as the General Medical Council.
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NewsExecutive Summary: What we learnt last week
HSJ’s roundup of key developments from a lively week in health policy
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NewsRCN claims victory on unsocial hours pay for BMI Healthcare employees
The Royal College of Nursing has said that it has secured a deal with the private provider BMI Healthcare for better unsocial hours weekend rates for clinical staff.
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NewsNHS England clarifies financial directions to CCGs following regulator letter
NHS England has written to clinical commissioning groups to give ‘clarity’ over statements issued to providers by Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority this week.
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NewsDH used 'off limits' funds to avoid busting spending budget
The Department of Health used funds that were supposed to be ringfenced to help balance its revenue budget last year, its annual accounts show.
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NewsDrug pricing scheme ‘must be more transparent’, says commissioning chief
The deal struck between the government and the pharmaceutical industry to limit the amount the NHS spends on branded drugs must become ‘more transparent’, the director of NHS Clinical Commissioners has said.
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NewsExecutive Summary: The prime minister's intervention
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and talking points
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BMA and NHS Employers in 'exploratory' talks
Representatives from the British Medical Association and NHS Employers have held talks that could lead to the resumption of formal negotiations over changes to medical contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England to create safe staffing 'oversight' group
An advisory group including senior figures from across the health service is being created by NHS England to oversee future work on safe staffing guidance.
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NewsExclusive: Prime minister intervened in NHS England drug decisions
The prime minister intervened in NHS England’s consideration of funding for drugs to treat several rare conditions with a letter to its chief executive, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExecutive Summary: 'Will you be sacked over money or quality?'
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and talking points
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NewsDH prepares controls over trusts' capital spending
The Department of Health is preparing to announce controls over capital spending for NHS providers.
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News‘Cash is king again’: trust chiefs respond to Monitor letter
Trust leaders have told HSJ about their wide ranging concerns over the implications of a letter sent by regulators calling on them to take tough measures to improve their financial positions.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Are you among the essentials?
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NewsMonitor: 'We are not telling trusts to stop hiring clinical staff'
Monitor has insisted it is “not telling trusts to stop recruiting clinical staff” in its letter to them outlining emergency measures to try to reduce their deficits.
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NewsSpecialist radiotherapy overhaul could result in decommissioning
An overhaul of specialist radiotherapy services could result in a number of existing providers being decommissioned, a consultation paper published by NHS England suggests.