All News articles – Page 662
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NewsCCGs permitted to ditch QOF and national GP contract
Clinical commissioning groups will be free to allow GP practices to move off the national pay for performance framework and to create new contract arrangements
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NewsHSJ Live 04.11.2014: NHS England to set out plans for ‘NHS app store’, says Kelsey
The NHS is set to make a fresh push on allowing GPs to prescribe apps under plans for an ‘NHS app store’, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsTrust special administration process under fire after Mid Staffs' demise
The process established to dissolve Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should be overhauled to make it more “financially efficient”, two of the chiefs taking over its services have said
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Council refuses to sign off integration plan
A council has refused to sign off its better care fund plan after failing to reach an agreement with NHS commissioners on how to use part of the pooled budget
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NewsHSJ celebrates healthcare's BME pioneers
A week of articles examining equality and diversity at all levels of healthcare
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NewsExclusive: Stevens warns leaders that funding increase will depend on A&E performance
Senior NHS chiefs have begun ramping up the pressure on providers and commissioners to improve performance in A&E during a round of high level meetings which began last week
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NewsCommunity trusts not 'squeezed out' by forward view
Community trusts should play a key role in delivering the new range of care models outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View, a key sector figure has said
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NewsHSJ Live 03.11.2014: Community trusts not 'squeezed out' by forward view
Community trusts should play a key role in delivering the new range of care models outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View despite receiving very little mention in the flagship paper, a key sector figure has said, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsNHS Employers: Reform of pay systems remain a priority
The struggle for favourable working conditions goes on
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NewsMinisters take first steps to imposing contract deal on doctors
Ministers have taken the first step towards imposing a contract deal on medical consultants and junior doctors
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NewsHunt: NHS has 'responsibility' to help councils
Health service must help with local government’s ‘tough financial settlement’, the health secretary has said
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NewsHSJ Live 31.10.2014: Ministers take first steps to imposing a contract deal on doctors
Ministers have taken the first step towards imposing a contract deal on medical consultants and junior doctors, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive survey: HR managers back end to pay restraint
NHS staff should be awarded a pay rise in line with inflation beyond 2015-16, according to a poll of HR managers by HSJ
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NewsMajority of HR managers would support imposing a contract on doctors
Most NHS senior human resources directors would support the imposition of national employment contracts on medical staff, an HSJ survey has found
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NewsHSJ unveils healthcare’s top innovators in 2014
Clinicians, patient leaders, policymakers and managers are among the names in the second HSJ Top Innovators
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NewsMorecambe Bay inquiry delayed until February amid 'reluctant' witnesses
An inquiry into poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay will not publish its final report until February as it tries to convince ‘reluctant’ witnesses to give evidence
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Unions announce second strike
The NHS is to face a second day of strike action as unions continue their dispute with the government over NHS pay
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NewsFirst foundation trust authorisations in more than a year
Three NHS providers have been authorised as foundation trusts – the first time the status has been conferred in more than a year
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News'There's no getting away from difficult choices over staff pay,' says Burnham
A Labour government would use pay restraint and make ‘difficult choices’ about the wages of NHS frontline staff if the party wins the election next year
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NewsCCGs to support health and wellbeing boards under Burnham vision
CCGs could be morphed into the operational arms of HWBs, which will take on the role of ‘signing off’ health plans, Andy Burnham has suggested