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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Minister intervenes in funding row
The care services minister has warned NHS England he may intervene to ask it to reconsider funding decisions if they undermine the government’s commitment to parity of esteem for mental health.
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NewsCCGs hit by swings in funding allocation
More than a tenth of clinical commissioning groups have lost at least £10m of the funds originally earmarked for them for this year, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsHeart guidance 'could save lives'
Coroners could help save the lives of hundreds of people by telling bereaved family members to get themselves screened for inherited heart conditions, a charity has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 21.01.2014 Legal challenge issued over £16m service tender
CCG faces legal challenge over a procurement using ‘prime contractor’ model, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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NewsGovernance concerns over care.data project
NHS data chiefs have raised “concerns in respect to the governance arrangements” of the pioneering care.data project, according to papers published last week.
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NewsClegg: commissioners must step up to plate on mental health
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has urged NHS commissioners to “step up to the plate” on helping the government achieve parity of esteem for mental health.
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NewsBoards told to curb use of independent providers
Scottish health boards have been told to clamp down on their use of the private sector for treating NHS patients.
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NewsHealth database sparks privacy fears
Debate has reignited about the sale of patient records containing information on mental health conditions, diseases like cancer and habits such as drinking or smoking being sold to organisations such as drug and insurance companies.
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NewsCCG backs down in patient involvement procurement row
A clinical commissioning group leading one of the most high profile procurements in the NHS has agreed to publish commercially sensitive documents following a threat of legal action.
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NewsHSJ Live 20.01.2014 Clegg: commissioners must step up to plate on mental health
The deputy prime minister launches a new national mental health action plan, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsDr Foster founder joins CQC
The Care Quality Commission has appointed one of the founders of health informatics firm Dr Foster Intelligence to advise on how the regulator uses data to monitor health and social care providers.
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NewsMinister calls for OFT's merger role to be 'scrapped'
Care services minister Norman Lamb has said he wants the Office of Fair Trading’s role in competition in the NHS to be “scrapped”, and expressed concern over the costs and delays caused by the regulator’s intervention in an attempted foundation trust merger.
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NewsExclusive: Clegg to launch mental health action plan
Nick Clegg is next week expected to launch a national mental health action plan, advocating a further push towards “parity of esteem” between the sector and the rest of healthcare, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsTiny needles make jabs less painful
Scientists have designed smaller needles that take the pain out of injections.
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Doctor 'laughed at' consultant plea
A junior doctor was laughed at by a senior colleague when she suggested a consultant should examine a four-year-old girl who died hours later after suffering a severe infection, an inquest has heard.
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NewsTameside's Lorenzo difficulties continue
The first trust to accept a sweetener payment to switch to the Lorenzo electronic patient record system has admitted it continues to face a series of risks to patient safety and performance arising from its implementation.
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News17 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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NewsHSJ Live 17.01.2014 Dr Foster founder joins CQC
Roger Taylor to advise CQC on data, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsMicromanagement won’t deliver value says business guru
Interview: Michael Porter on his “strategy that will fix healthcare”
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Private hospital groups forced to sell sites
Two private hospital operators have been told by the Competition Commission that they must sell off nine hospitals between them in order to improve competition in the private healthcare market.