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Mental health trust urged to improve in post-Francis inspection
The Care Quality Commission has issued a warning notice to Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust - the first mental health provider inspected under its new inspection regime.
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NewsNHS England steps up work on pooling budgets
NHS England has begun detailed work on how to pool its primary care budgets with other commissioners, one of its senior leaders has revealed.
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NewsHSJ Live 23.04.2014: HSJ bids to identify top 50 service integrators
Project launched with sister title LGC to identify most influential people in the integration of health and care services, plus the rest of today’s comment and news.
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NewsExclusive: Better care fund checks prioritise dementia and falls
Many NHS and council leaders will assess the effectiveness of the government’s £3.8bn plan to integrate health and social care with performance measures on dementia, falls and long-term conditions.
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NewsCQC to probe end of life care
The Care Quality Commission is to launch an investigation into inequalities in end of life care this summer.
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NewsData video: A&E performance 2013-14 analysed
HSJ reporter Sophie Barnes talks about English A&E departments’ performance, with emergency admissions at major A&E units at their highest level in a decade
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NewsPatient safety scheme piloted
A “ground-breaking” scheme which aims to improve patient safety by ensuring better communication between GPs and pharmacists is to be piloted by health boards in Scotland.
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NewsWarning issued over hospital kidney deaths
At least 1,000 hospital patients in England die each month from avoidable kidney problems, according to a new study commissioned by the NHS.
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NewsTax rules raise doubts over CSU autonomy
NHS England’s plan to make commissioning support units autonomous could be rendered financially unviable by government tax rules, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.04.2014: Nurse training review gets under way in the east
Major review of nurse training and education in the East of England launched, and the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsCancer trust embarks on pathology joint venture
One of Europe’s biggest pathology firms has secured its first NHS contract as the Christie Foundation Trust becomes the latest trust to join up with a private provider to deliver pathology services.
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New doctor rota in death rate link
Staggering junior doctors’ training rotations could help to prevent the “black Wednesday” phenomenon, medical experts have said.
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NewsCCG ordered to review egg freezing policy
A Clinical Commissioning Group has been told by a High Court judge that its policy on assistive reproduction technique - is “unlawful”.
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NewsExclusive: Serious disturbance at Broadmoor followed staffing concerns
Police and ambulance crews were called to a serious disturbance at Britain’s most high-profile secure mental health hospital - months after staff raised concerns about under-manned wards, it has emerged.
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News18 week target breached for first time in three years
The NHS has breached the target for 90 per cent of admitted patients to start treatment within 18 weeks for the first time since 2011, the latest figures from NHS England reveal.
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NewsHigh infection rates 'unacceptable', says NICE
The number of patients getting an infection while under NHS care is “unacceptably high”, health officials have warned.
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NewsNHS England faces 'unfunded' redundancy costs
NHS England has an “unfunded cost pressure” for 2014-15, which sources have linked to a large-scale redundancy programme it failed to finish last year.
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NewsCQC to launch crisis care inspections in summer
Services for people in mental health crisis are to be put under the spotlight this summer with a round of targeted inspections by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUK low in hospital beds league
Britain has fewer hospital beds per head of population than most other European countries, a report has found.