All News articles – Page 652
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NewsPatient data opt-out 'difficult'
The government has been accused of deliberately making it hard for people to prevent their confidential patient records being sent to a national database.
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Stethoscope 'may soon be obsolete'
The development of new, more accurate and compact ultrasound devices could soon consign the stethoscope to medical history, two US heart experts predict.
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NewsHSJ Live 24.01.2014: Daily Mail admits NICE 'champagne bar' story was wrong
Newspaper prints correction after reporting that thousands was spent on champagne, and the rest of today’s news
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News24 January 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.Please note: if iPad users have been experiencing difficulties recently with the app we recommend you delete it from the homescreen and download the latest version from www.hsj.co.uk/tablet-appDownload the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app ...
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NewsDrive to be launched to join up mental health crisis care
All mental health providers will be expected to implement a single point of access for patients suffering crises in the next year, NHS England’s national clinical director for mental health has revealed.
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NewsMonitor watching CCG procurement decisions 'closely'
Monitor is closely observing the decisions clinical commissioning groups are making about transforming community services contracts, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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NewsTrusts 'mis-recording' waiting data
Some hospital trusts are failing to accurately monitor how long thousands of their patients are waiting for treatment, a report has found.
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NewsBennett defends increased monitoring
David Bennett has admitted Monitor is intervening more regularly at foundation trusts than in the past, due to a “a declined appetite for risk”.
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NewsBennett sets out new approach for merger and failure
Monitor’s chief executive has used an HSJ interview to insist the regulator can offer support to foundation trusts to merge without falling foul of the competition authorities.
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NewsHSJ Live 23.01.2014: Reaction to NAO waiting times report
Reaction to the National Audit Office’s report on waiting times for elective surgery and Jeremy Hunt’s announcement on whole-stay doctors
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NewsHunt urges consultants to take responsibility
Care Quality Commission inspectors will check whether hospitals have the name of each patient’s “whole-stay doctor” clearly marked above their bed, the health secretary has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsDrop in attendances at A&E departments
Attendances to accident and emergency departments have fallen over the course of the past year, according to NHS England data.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England highlights 20 interventions to close funding gap
A majority of clinical commissioning groups could close over half of their funding gap by implementing best practice interventions, NHS England guidance shared with HSJ claims.
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NewsWorkforce system tender could be worth £1bn
A centrally procured “workforce management system” is set to be made available to NHS organisations as part of a government tendering exercise worth up to £1bn, it has emerged.
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NewsLeaders should be 'more willing' to embrace technology
The health service could save tens of millions of pounds if its leaders were more willing to embrace technology to manage their workforce, according to a report from London School of Economics academics and a thinktank.
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NewsTwo more CSU alliances confirmed
Two more pairs of commissioning support units are entering into formal alliances to ensure they can offer a comprehensive set of high quality services, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOutpatient waiting figures soar
The percentage of outpatients waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment is at its highest level since 2008, according to a new report, which also says more hospitals are falling into deficit.
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NewsMPs: CQC is 'being turned around'
The Care Quality Commission has gained a “renewed sense of purpose”, according to a Commons health committee report.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.01.2014: Outpatients waiting figures soar
King’s Fund report finds percentage of outpatients at its highest since 2008, and the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsConsultation launched on CSU redundancies
Up to 300 commissioning support unit staff are facing redundancy under a job cuts programme coordinated by NHS England.