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HSJ Live 28.05.2013: Health Education England Mandate
NHS heading for financial train crash warns Lord Warner, medical students to be encouraged to become GPs under new mandate, and the rest of today’s news
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A&E performance tracker: Some improvement but new trusts miss target
Accident and emergency performance has improved slightly, but some trusts which had been hitting the waiting time target have seen performance suddenly plummet.
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Exclusive: CCG concern over 'top slice' to fund property company shortfall
Clinical commissioners have raised concern about a “top slice” to their budgets to fund a shortfall in the earnings of the new national NHS property company.
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Foundation trusts 'boost UK wealth'
Foundation trusts in the NHS benefit the UK economy to the tune of £30bn a year, a new report has found.
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Patient-centred care training urged
NHS staff should be required to take classes in “patient-centred care”, a think tank suggested after a poll found that almost three-quarters of NHS professionals do not think that patient care is given enough priority in the health service.
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Hunt announces GP out-of-hours responsibility plans
GPs should be ultimately responsible for out-of-hours care - even if they don’t personally provide it, the health secretary has said.
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RCGP: GP funding 'stretched to limits'
GP funding is being “stretched to the limits”, the Royal College of GPs has said, predicting that the money allocated to family doctors will fall by nearly £200m over the next three years.
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Forty-two trusts won't submit foundation applications by April 2014
Forty-two of the 101 NHS providers yet to become foundation trusts will either not do so in their present form, or will breach the current government’s previous authorisation deadline of April 2014.
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Exclusive: CCGs doubt CSUs' ability to innovate
Many clinical commissioning groups doubt whether their support service providers can work in an innovative way, or are well led, a survey has found.
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New NICE chair prioritises multiple conditions, care and money
The new chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has set out his priorities in the role in an interview with HSJ.
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Nursing leaders say they will act in response to Francis
Nursing leaders have said they will take action following criticism by Robert Francis QC that they have not done enough to respond to his public inquiry report.
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HSJ Live 23.05.13: Hunt to make GP announcement
Hunt expected to announce plans to reform out-of-hours care, elderly care and a chief inspector of general practice this afternoon
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Minister 'nervous' about criminal sanctions on individuals
Health minister Lord Howe has said he is “nervous” about the proposal by Robert Francis QC for individual healthcare staff to be liable for criminal sanctions.
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NHS England gives green light on £70m innovation networks project
NHS England has licensed 15 academic health science networks which it hopes will improve the uptake of innovative treatments by trusts and generate economic growth.
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Most leaders would leave if groups' budgets were given to councils, survey finds
Large numbers of clinical commissioning group leaders would leave their roles if the groups’ budgets were given to local authorities, as has been proposed by the shadow health secretary.
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CCG Barometer: Confident commissioners voice gripes with new system
Clinical commissioning group leaders’ confidence in delivering on their responsibilities has increased, but they are grappling with significant confusion in the reformed NHS system.
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Information, patient involvement and service change are weak areas, say CCG leaders
Informatics, patient involvement, and service change are clinical commissioning group leaders’ weakest areas, according to their responses to the HSJ/GatenbySanderson barometer survey.
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Patient safety chief admits NHS 111 likely to have harmed patients
Patients have been harmed by NHS 111, NHS England’s director of patient safety Mike Durkin has said.
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HSJ Live 22.05.13: Reaction to Nicholson retirement announcement
Reactions to David Nicholson’s announcement and the rest of today’s news