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NewsMonitor readies itself to refer tariff row to CMA
Monitor’s pricing team are readying themselves to be able to refer rejected tariff proposals for 2015-16 to the Competition and Markets Authority as soon as next month, should the regulator’s board decide to do so.
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Exclusive: Clinical leaders 'more willing to challenge diktats', research finds
Clinical leaders are ‘more willing to challenge or ignore diktats and messages from above’ than their managerial colleagues in clinical commissioning groups, research shared exclusively with HSJ has found.
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NewsTariff proposal threatens delayed discharge schemes
Schemes to reduce the number of patients with a delayed discharge have been scaled back because commissioners can no longer afford to fund them under current tariff arrangements, trust chief executives have told HSJ.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.04.2015: Tariff proposal threatens delayed discharge schemes
Schemes to reduce delayed discharge scaled back because commissioners can no longer afford to fund them under current tariff arrangements, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsCQC's board concerned over hospital report delays
The Care Quality Commission’s board has highlighted concern about the time taken by the watchdog to publish hospital inspection reports.
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NewsAstraZeneca president 'would not back pricing deal again'
The UK president of drug giant AstraZeneca has indicated she would not sign up to another deal similar to the current pharmaceutical pricing scheme unless the NHS makes a ‘substantial’ increase of drugs access.
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NewsHSJ Live 24.04.2015: Catch-up on today's news
Care UKExplore the results from HSJ’s election survey, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsCQC denies inconsistent treatment of Hinchingbrooke
The Care Quality Commission has denied accusations that its inspection of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust was ‘flawed’ or that the high profile trust was treated differently to other providers it has inspected.
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NewsAnalysis: Some CCGs expect deficits up to three times higher than planned
A clutch of clinical commissioning groups ended 2014-15 expecting deficits up to three times higher than planned, even as the majority saw their outlook for the year improved by a funding rebate.
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NewsExclusive: Quarter of DH civil servants want to leave in next year
Almost a quarter of civil servants working in the Department of Health want to leave within the next 12 months or as soon as possible, according to an internal staff survey.
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NewsHSJ Live 23.04.2015: Why the Mail's 'NHS fat cats' story is so offensive
Michael White on NHS “fat cats”, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsHSJ Live 22.04.2015: Hinchingbrooke rating upgraded following re-inspection
CQC has upgraded Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust’s rating from ‘inadequate’ to ‘requires improvement’ but it remains in special measures, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsElection 2015: Where do the main parties agree on health?
With two weeks to go until the general election, the NHS is a top priority for voters, and all the main parties have set out their key health policy pledges in their manifestos.
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NewsLib Dems commit to increase NHS pay with inflation
The Liberal Democrats will make a commitment today to increase NHS pay at least in line with the rate inflation from the next financial year.
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NewsMore CCGs tendering services due to fear over competition rules
More than 40 per cent of commissioners say their organisations are inviting competition for NHS services due solely to their concerns about controversial competition rules, an HSJ survey has found.
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NewsSurvey: Third of CCGs consider limiting access amid cash squeeze
More than a third of clinical commissioning groups are considering introducing limits on access or eligibility for services this year amid huge financial pressures, the latest HSJ survey of CCG leaders suggests.
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NewsCCG barometer survey: interactive graphics
Full figures showing clinical commissioning group leaders’ views about the prospect of health and wellbeing board being responsible for health services, and the impact of competition rules.
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NewsExclusive: CCG leaders fear political priorities would come first under HWBs
A large majority of commissioning leaders believe clinical priorities would lose out to political priorities if lead responsibility for NHS services was handed to health and wellbeing boards, an exclusive HSJ survey has found.
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NewsExclusive: Labour will not force universities to take extra student nurses
Universities and hospitals will not be forced to take extra nursing students this year under Labour’s plan to increase trainee numbers by 1,000, HSJ has been told.
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NewsHSJ Live 21.04.2015: Labour will not force universities to take extra student nurses
Universities and hospitals will not be forced to take extra nursing students this year under Labour’s plan to increase trainee numbers by 1,000, plus the rest of today’s news and comment