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'More children' on adult wards
The number of under-18s admitted to adult mental health wards or treated on them is rising, figures show.
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NewsMental health service cuts warning
A “lost generation” of young people could occur if key mental health services are not protected from funding cuts, charities have warned.
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NewsCCGs angered by NHS England instruction to set up £250m risk pool
Clinical commissioning group representatives have condemned a direction from NHS England saying they must contribute £250m to a national fund for “legacy debts” of primary care trusts.
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NewsHSJ Live 12.03.2014: Spectacular health images among award winners
Remarkable pictures from the Wellcome Image Awards 2014, which showcases the advances made in health imaging
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NewsIn pictures: cancer cells and heart tissue among image award winners
See some of the Wellcome Image Awards winners
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NewsNicholson: CCGs 'encouraged' to protect mental health parity
Clinical commissioning groups have received guidance to “encourage and support” them to deliver parity of esteem for mental health services, Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsIntegration 'pioneers' issue tender for 10 year contracts
Commissioners in Staffordshire are inviting providers to bid for two ten-year contracts for integrated services worth a total of £1.2bn.
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NewsCancer care guidance 'not checked'
NHS organisations are not being checked to see whether they are adhering to “best practice” guidance issued by health regulators, a charity has warned.
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NewsBurnham warns on patient records
The government is failing to ensure that insurance companies will not be able to buy patient medical records through the controversial NHS data scheme, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.03.2014: MPs to vote on Care Bill 'hospital closure' clause today
MPs are to vote today on Clause 119 of the Care Bill, which could give the health secretary powers to close down hospitals within 40 days, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England challenged over primary care support redundancy plans
NHS England has been warned it could face unfair dismissal claims over plans to make about 900 commissioning staff redundant, HSJ has learned.
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NewsManchester AHSC agrees major drug trial partnership
One of the country’s most developed academic-NHS centres has agreed a major partnership with a pharmaceutical giant, aiming to increase the number of patients in clinical trials.
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NewsMinister backs 'assisted dying' bid
Care minister Norman Lamb has backed moves to legalise “assisted dying”.
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NewsCall for lung ‘allocation’ system
It is a “scandal” that one in three cystic fibrosis sufferers who are waiting for donated lungs die while on the transplant list, a charity has warned.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.03.14: Minister backs 'assisted dying' bid
Care services minister Norman Lamb said he would vote in favour of allowing terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to choose to be helped to kill themselves, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsRegulator launches investigation of The Christie
Monitor has launched an investigation into the governance of prestigious cancer specialist, the Christie Foundation Trust, the watchdog announced this evening.
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NewsExclusive: Leaked emails reveal high level row over special measures move
The chair of a large teaching hospital has resigned in protest after claiming the NHS Trust Development Authority had pre-judged the results of a Care Quality Commission inspection, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCQC whistleblower claims 'constructive dismissal'
A claim of constructive dismissal brought by a former Care Quality Commission inspector who blew the whistle to the Francis inquiry will be heard next week.
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NewsDH: New care.data safeguards will not affect research or commissioning
The government has published the legal measures it hopes will allay fears over the controversial care.data programme, and insisted they will not prevent information being available for commissioning, research and public health.
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NewsHSJ Live 07.03.2014: Monitor launches investigation into Manchester trust
The Christie Foundation Trust will be investigated by the regulator, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.