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Pioneering pathology joint venture posts multi-million pound profit
One of the first public-private joint venture pathology services for the NHS has posted its first multi-million pound profit
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HSJ Live 06.05.2014: Minister attacks 'disingenuous' unions on pay
Dan Poulter has accused health unions of being “deliberately disingenuous” in local pay negotiations, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Stevens expands on primary care co-commissioning plans
The chief executive of NHS England has revealed further details of his plan to hand clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care.
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Live Q&A: mental health and unemployment
Find out how Oxfordshire is helping service users back into work
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NHS patient safety figures released
More than 40,000 patients suffered “significant” harm while cared for in the NHS in England during a six-month period last year, new figures show.
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Exclusive: Post-Francis recruitment surge welcomed by minister
Exclusive: The recent and continuing surge in new NHS posts for nursing and other frontline roles has been welcomed by health minister Dan Poulter as the “right thing to do” in response to the Mid-Staffordshire scandal.
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Exclusive: Minister attacks 'disingenuous' unions on pay
Dan Poulter has accused health unions of being “deliberately disingenuous” in local pay negotiations for issuing a negotiating guide that breaks with the “spirit” of a previous deal.
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HSJ Live 02.05.2014: Carruthers appointed chair of Portsmouth Hospital Trust
The NHS Trust Development Authority has confirmed that Sir Ian Carruthers has been appointed chair of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust,, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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2 May 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.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue HSJ Nigel Edwards questions the recetn rehtoric on the virtues of community care and calls for a new model. Plus:Being admitted to ...
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Stevens invites CCGs to bid for primary care commissioning role
Simon Stevens has confirmed he plans to give some clinical commissioning groups the ability to co-commission primary care with NHS England.
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Treasury approves Papworth move to Addenbrooke's site
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust has finally secured its long-awaited move to a site on Addenbrooke’s hospital, thanks to a £165m funding package agreed by the Treasury.
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NHS financial crisis 'inevitable'
A financial crisis in the health service is “inevitable”, a leading health charity has warned.
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Specialist hospitals fear NHS England centralisation plans
Specialist hospitals have urged NHS England to re-think its “one-size-fits-all” approach to centralising specialised acute services because it puts their independence at risk.
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New penalty cap could reduce total NHS bill
Trusts could see a significant reduction in penalty payments for breaching NHS targets in 2014-15, according to new analysis.
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Respect, dignity and compassion to become mandatory for NHS training posts
New recruits to NHS training posts will be expected to pass a “values-based” test from next year in a bid to embed respect, dignity and compassion in future workforces.
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HSJ Live 01.05.2014: Hunt and Stevens speak at Clinical Commissioners' conference
Challenge for CCGs to co-commission primary care, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HMRC backtracks on VAT recovery changes
The NHS has been given a reprieve from an estimated £500m tax bill after HM Revenue and Customs backtracked on its attempt to standardise VAT rules on contracted out services across all government departments.
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Winterbourne View scheme an 'abject failure', minister admits
Combined health and local government drive to help people with learning disabilities move out of hospitals has been an “abject failure”, Norman Lamb has said
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Exclusive: Later arrival at hospital means staying for days longer, analysis shows
Being admitted to hospital a few hours later in the day often means patients spending several days longer on wards, according to new analysis shared with HSJ.
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Patients given anti-psychotic drugs
More than two thirds of inpatients with learning disabilities in specialist units are given anti-psychotic medication, a census commissioned in response to the Winterbourne View Hospital scandal has shown.