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CQC to probe end of life care
The Care Quality Commission is to launch an investigation into inequalities in end of life care this summer.
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Data video: A&E performance 2013-14 analysed
HSJ reporter Sophie Barnes talks about English A&E departments’ performance, with emergency admissions at major A&E units at their highest level in a decade
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Patient safety scheme piloted
A “ground-breaking” scheme which aims to improve patient safety by ensuring better communication between GPs and pharmacists is to be piloted by health boards in Scotland.
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Warning issued over hospital kidney deaths
At least 1,000 hospital patients in England die each month from avoidable kidney problems, according to a new study commissioned by the NHS.
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Tax rules raise doubts over CSU autonomy
NHS England’s plan to make commissioning support units autonomous could be rendered financially unviable by government tax rules, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Live 22.04.2014: Nurse training review gets under way in the east
Major review of nurse training and education in the East of England launched, and the rest of today’s news and comment.
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Cancer trust embarks on pathology joint venture
One of Europe’s biggest pathology firms has secured its first NHS contract as the Christie Foundation Trust becomes the latest trust to join up with a private provider to deliver pathology services.
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New doctor rota in death rate link
Staggering junior doctors’ training rotations could help to prevent the “black Wednesday” phenomenon, medical experts have said.
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CCG ordered to review egg freezing policy
A Clinical Commissioning Group has been told by a High Court judge that its policy on assistive reproduction technique - is “unlawful”.
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Exclusive: Serious disturbance at Broadmoor followed staffing concerns
Police and ambulance crews were called to a serious disturbance at Britain’s most high-profile secure mental health hospital - months after staff raised concerns about under-manned wards, it has emerged.
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18 week target breached for first time in three years
The NHS has breached the target for 90 per cent of admitted patients to start treatment within 18 weeks for the first time since 2011, the latest figures from NHS England reveal.
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High infection rates 'unacceptable', says NICE
The number of patients getting an infection while under NHS care is “unacceptably high”, health officials have warned.
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NHS England faces 'unfunded' redundancy costs
NHS England has an “unfunded cost pressure” for 2014-15, which sources have linked to a large-scale redundancy programme it failed to finish last year.
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CQC to launch crisis care inspections in summer
Services for people in mental health crisis are to be put under the spotlight this summer with a round of targeted inspections by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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UK low in hospital beds league
Britain has fewer hospital beds per head of population than most other European countries, a report has found.
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NHS a 'political football', claim healthcare leaders
Healthcare leaders have criticised the political class for treating the NHS as a “political football” instead of engaging in a meaningful debate about its future.
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Mid Staffs dissolution deferred by six months
Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust will remain in business until at least October despite the regulator’s desire to dissolve the organisation “as soon as possible”, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Live 16.04.2014: CQC to launch crisis care inspections in summer
Mental health crisis care is to be put under the spotlight by the Care Quality Commission with a series of targeted inspections later this year, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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Updated: Unison votes to ballot members on industrial action
One of the largest healthcare unions Unison is to ballot its 460,000 health members over plans to take industrial action – including strike action – following the government’s imposed pay deal.