All News articles – Page 649
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NewsRCGP chair backs co-commissioning of general practice
The chair of the Royal College of GPs has backed the co-commissioning of general practice by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsInquiry chair says evidence summaries will emerge
Summaries of evidence from witnesses who appear at the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be made public, the inquiry chair has said.
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NewsExclusive: Councils boost care fund pools
Several councils are planning to pool their entire adult care budget with the NHS in one of the biggest boosts to the integration of care between the two sectors to date, it has emerged.
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NewsDH tightens grip on informatics policy
The Department of Health has strengthened its grip on the NHS’s informatics policy by making a key policy group directly accountable to itself, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPatients 'uninformed on data plan'
Patients are not being given clear enough information about what will happen to their personal health records under a new NHS data mining scheme, the Information Commissioner’s office has warned.
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NewsSerco pledges commitment to direct care role
Outsourcer Serco this week insisted it remained committed to directly providing community care services after signing a deal with another care firm to advise it on its troubled Suffolk contract.
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NewsInformation centre strategy signals ‘turf war’ with NHS England
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is drawing up a technology strategy in a move predicted to put it on a collision course with NHS England.
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NewsGP practices 'receiving £258m for no identified purpose'
NHS England has spent about £258m a year on GP services with no identifiable justification, a review has found.
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NewsMany healthcare assistants start work without training
A quarter of trusts allow healthcare assistants to start work on the wards without undergoing any training for the job, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsImpact of culture change revealed one year after Francis
Staff wellbeing and organisational culture are being taken more seriously
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NewsHSJ Live 05.02.2014 South Devon investigates Vasco-Knight
South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust launches internal investigation into its chief executive Paula Vasco-Knight after a tribunal last week found the trust covered up “nepotism” claims against her.
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NewsCQC may 'outsource' market oversight analysis
The Care Quality Commission has said it currently lacks the skills to deliver a new duty of “market oversight” of the adult social care sector.
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NewsSnap survey: what changes have you seen since the Francis report?
Tell us what impact the report has had at your organisation
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NewsCCGs urged to use freedoms to set prices following tariff row
NHS England and Monitor have said clinical commissioning groups can set their own prices for mental health and community services following claims that there is an institutional bias against the sector.
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NewsNHS 'demoralised and degraded'
The NHS is “demoralised, degraded and confused”, two years into its reorganisation, shadow health minister Andy Burnham has claimed.
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NewsExperts urge action on cancer rises
More must be done to address the “alarming” rise in cancer cases, experts have said.
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NewsHSJ Live 04.02.2014 NHS 'demoralised and degraded'
Shadow health minister Andy Burnham claims the health service is “demoralised, degraded and confused” two years into its reorganisation, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsAnalysis: Oxfordshire case shows that incumbency counts
Despite the controversy over Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s outcomes based contracting plans, it was ultimately not the local providers that forced Dr Richards out – it was a vote by local GPs who may have been voting on any number of local or personal issues.
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NewsPrior: reform the NHS 'or see it go bust'
A radical shift in the culture of the NHS is needed to rid it of outdated working practices, cure it of widespread bullying and heal the damaging rift between managers and clinicians, the chairman of the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsAmbulance response times worsen
Ambulance response times to 999 calls for patients with life threatening conditions have got worse over the last two years, official figures show.