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NewsUniversity Hospitals Birmingham 'partners' with trust 150 miles away
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust is to partner with a struggling FT more than 150 miles away in a bid to help the organisation make desperately needed improvements.
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News27 June 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.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.06.2014: University Hospitals Birmingham 'partners' with trust 150 miles away
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust is to partner with a struggling FT more than 150 miles away in a bid to help the organisation make quality improvements, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Major shake up of Health Education England revealed
Health Education England is planning a ‘drastic’ reorganisation to slash its £85m running costs by 20 per cent.
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NewsHunt calls for safeguarding review in wake of Savile abuse
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for regulators and trust leaders to review safeguarding procedures after an investigation revealed that “weak systems” in hospitals had allowed celebrity Jimmy Savile to abuse scores of patients over many years.
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NewsCCGs 'should have more control over winter pressures funding'
A clinical commissioning group leader has called for commissioners to have more control over “winter pressures” funding, rather than having to pass it directly to providers.
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NewsHSJ Live 26.06.2014: Value in Healthcare Awards shortlist announced
New awards from HSJ seek to recognise and reward outstanding efficiency and improvement by the NHS, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsSimon Stevens: ‘open’ areas for new GPs could cut inequalities
Bringing down barriers faced by new GP providers wanting to enter the market in underdoctored areas could help cut health inequalities, the chief executive of NHS England has said.
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NewsExclusive: Clinical egos driving specialised commissioning costs
Doctors’ desire for “kudos” is leading to new treatments being introduced without good evidence of their effectiveness or adequate challenge from NHS England.
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News'Significant' interest in commissioning through evaluation delays programme
A decision on which hospitals will provide three cutting edge interventional cardiology treatments will not be made until September, 18 months after the NHS stopped funding them.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor launches probe of community service contracts
Monitor has launched an investigation into clinical commissioning groups’ intentions for the £10bn community services sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England to develop new indicator for nurse staffing
Almost half of NHS hospitals and inpatient areas recorded nursing shift ‘fill rates’ of more than 100 per cent in May, according to figures released as part of the government’s patient safety drive.
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NewsAround 180 CCGs bid for primary care co-commissioning
Bids to co-commission primary care have been submitted by around 180 of England’s 211 clinical commissioning groups, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England: CCG interest in controlling CSUs 'evaporates'
The appetite of clinical commissioning groups to take control of their support service suppliers has dwindled, NHS England has claimed today.
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NewsStevens putting 'rigour' into care fund approval process, minister says
Simon Stevens is ‘insisting on real rigour in the process’ of approving better care fund plans, care services minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsAirline style briefings aim to improve patient safety
Trusts taking part in the new Sign up to Safety campaign will be asked to commit to giving patients “airline style” safety advice on their stay in hospital, a trust chief executive leading the campaign has said.
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NewsNew patient safety website draws on 'old' data
Trusts pinpointed as having a poor patient safety incident reporting culture on a new website have criticised the measure and its use of old data.
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Doctors' language checks launched
Doctors from EU countries could from today face tough English language checks as part of fitness to practice tests.
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NewsLord Carter outlines early priorities for procurement
The new NHS procurement champion has urged trusts to be open minded about the benefits of a more centralised purchasing system