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NewsHunt calls for safeguarding review in wake of Savile abuse
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for regulators and trust leaders to review safeguarding procedures after an investigation revealed that “weak systems” in hospitals had allowed celebrity Jimmy Savile to abuse scores of patients over many years.
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NewsCCGs 'should have more control over winter pressures funding'
A clinical commissioning group leader has called for commissioners to have more control over “winter pressures” funding, rather than having to pass it directly to providers.
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NewsNHS England to develop new indicator for nurse staffing
Almost half of NHS hospitals and inpatient areas recorded nursing shift ‘fill rates’ of more than 100 per cent in May, according to figures released as part of the government’s patient safety drive.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor launches probe of community service contracts
Monitor has launched an investigation into clinical commissioning groups’ intentions for the £10bn community services sector, HSJ has learned.
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News'Significant' interest in commissioning through evaluation delays programme
A decision on which hospitals will provide three cutting edge interventional cardiology treatments will not be made until September, 18 months after the NHS stopped funding them.
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NewsExclusive: Clinical egos driving specialised commissioning costs
Doctors’ desire for “kudos” is leading to new treatments being introduced without good evidence of their effectiveness or adequate challenge from NHS England.
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NewsSimon Stevens: ‘open’ areas for new GPs could cut inequalities
Bringing down barriers faced by new GP providers wanting to enter the market in underdoctored areas could help cut health inequalities, the chief executive of NHS England has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 26.06.2014: Value in Healthcare Awards shortlist announced
New awards from HSJ seek to recognise and reward outstanding efficiency and improvement by the NHS, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsAround 180 CCGs bid for primary care co-commissioning
Bids to co-commission primary care have been submitted by around 180 of England’s 211 clinical commissioning groups, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England: CCG interest in controlling CSUs 'evaporates'
The appetite of clinical commissioning groups to take control of their support service suppliers has dwindled, NHS England has claimed today.
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NewsStevens putting 'rigour' into care fund approval process, minister says
Simon Stevens is ‘insisting on real rigour in the process’ of approving better care fund plans, care services minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsAirline style briefings aim to improve patient safety
Trusts taking part in the new Sign up to Safety campaign will be asked to commit to giving patients “airline style” safety advice on their stay in hospital, a trust chief executive leading the campaign has said.
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NewsNew patient safety website draws on 'old' data
Trusts pinpointed as having a poor patient safety incident reporting culture on a new website have criticised the measure and its use of old data.
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Doctors' language checks launched
Doctors from EU countries could from today face tough English language checks as part of fitness to practice tests.
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NewsLord Carter outlines early priorities for procurement
The new NHS procurement champion has urged trusts to be open minded about the benefits of a more centralised purchasing system
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NewsPractices increasingly relying on primary care staff to fill GP shortfalls
GP surgeries in areas with some of the highest patient to doctor ratios are increasingly relying on nurses to plug gaps left by the shortage of medics
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NewsHSJ Live 25.06.2014: Around 180 CCGs bid for primary care co-commissioning
Bids to co-commission primary care have been submitted by the majority of England’s 211 clinical commissioning groups, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsFrancis to explore NHS 'culture of fear' in new whistleblowing inquiry
Sir Robert Francis QC is to lead a review of how whistleblowers are treated in the NHS, it has been announced today.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts set to be highlighted for reporting concerns
Six trusts that have been in special measures over the past year are among those set to be named as having a poor culture of reporting patient safety incidents