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News7 March 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 we speak exclusively to Care Quality Commission chief inspector Sir Mike Richards who says the CQC must do more to improve the ...
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NewsNicholson calls for 'no more top down reorganisation' in final board meeting
Sir David Nicholson took the opportunity of his final NHS England board meeting to warn against further “top-down reorganisations” of the NHS.
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NewsFirst three trusts rated in new-style CQC regime
The Care Quality Commission has published its ratings of three hospital trusts, the first to receive judgements under its new inspection regime.
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NewsDuty of candour set to be extended to 100,000 incidents
NHS providers will be required to tell patients about all but the very least serious patient safety incidents under the new statutory duty of candour, if the recommendations of a government commissioned review are adopted into law.
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NewsKing's Fund calls for 'urgent shift' in elderly care
Budget-squeezed health and care provision for a rapidly ageing population needs to change urgently, a leading health charity has warned.
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NewsBorder hospitals 'under pressure'
Pressure is increasing on hospital accident and emergency departments in England because of care failures in Wales, the health secretary has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 06.03.2014: Increase in procurement and competition challenges
HSJ analysis identifies six of the first legal challenges to emerge from providers, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsAnalysis: Increase in procurement and competition challenges
Providers are increasingly willing to use the procurement, patient choice and competition regulations to challenge decisions, experts have stated, after HSJ analysis identified six of the first legal challenges to emerge.
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NewsRichards: CQC must improve inspection consistency
The Care Quality Commission must do more to improve the consistency of its judgements, the chief inspector of hospitals has said. He spoke after it emerged a leading London teaching hospital successfully challenged the regulator’s plan to issue it a warning notice.
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NewsHunt says NHS on track for patients' access to their GP records
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said 95 per cent of NHS patients will be able to access their GP care records online, free of charge, by the time of the next general election.
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NewsOmbudsman criticises 'unreasonable and unfair' patient ban
A foundation trust has been ordered to apologise to a patient for wrongly banning her from accessing NHS services and using a template letter to imply she was abusive and violent.
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NHS England accuses Monitor of "unpicking" choice and competition framework
A disagreement between NHS England and Monitor appears to be delaying the release of resources to help commissioners navigate choice and competition issues in the NHS, recent board papers reveal.
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NewsLarge providers dominate clinical senates
HSJ analysis has given the most detailed picture so far of the make-up of clinical senates, revealing the extent of large acute trusts’ influence over the advisory bodies.
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HSJ Live 05.03.2014: BMA consultants' leader calls for 'principled' contract negotiations
The Chair of the BMA Consultant Committee calls for contracts to recognise “excessive hours worked”, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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NewsNicholson: ‘Not speaking to Mid Staffs relatives my biggest mistake’
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said he “bitterly” regrets not doing more to engage with the families of patients who died as a result of care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsLabour review: councils must prove "readiness" to take on care of "frail" patients
A report commissioned by Labour on how to bring about integrated care has backed an evolutionary approach to giving health and wellbeing boards the lead role in planning local services.
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NewsMoore: Nursing directors should 'over-recruit' by 10pc
Hospital managers should “over-recruit” nursing staff by 10 per cent in order to ensure the best quality care for patients, according to a former nurse who now leads one of the UK’s leading acute trusts.
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NewsVoluntary redundancy unavailable to CSU staff
NHS England has instructed commissioning support units not to offer voluntary redundancy to employees as they undertake a redundancy programme to cut 300 jobs.