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NewsNicholson retirement: What next for NHS England?
NHS England’s challenges as Sir David Nicholson announces his departure.
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NewsWho could succeed Sir David as NHS England chief executive?
Speculation about potential successors to Sir David Nicholson as chief executive of NHS England has focued on 10 names.
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NewsRetirement announcement follows months of scrutiny and criticism
Sir David Nicholson’s announcement of his retirement follows several months of intense criticism and scrutiny of his leadership, and his role in relation to the Mid Staffordshire care failures.
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NewsExclusive: David Nicholson to leave by March 2014
Sir David Nicholson will step down by March next year as NHS England chief executive.
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NewsHealthcare leaders fear 'unintended consequences' of hasty Francis legislation
Senior figures have warned of “unintended consequences” of rushed legislation in response to the Francis report.
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NewsHunt backs chief inspector of GPs plan
Jeremy Hunt has backed plans for a chief inspector of general practice, to be based in the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsLabour highlights hospital capacity fall
Hospitals are “dangerously close to full”, Labour has warned, after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6 per cent since the coalition government took office.
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NewsCCGs defy Hunt by planning to increase competition for out-of-hours GP care
More than one in five clinical commissioning groups are planning to “introduce” competition for out-of-hours primary care in the next year, an exclusive HSJ survey reveals.
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NewsHSJ Live 21.05.2013: David Nicholson to retire
Sir David Nicholson will retire as chief executive of NHS England in March 2014 - latest reactions and tweets inside
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NewsPatients able to complain to Monitor about anti-competitive behaviour
Monitor will consider complaints about anti-competitive commissioning from individual patients and representative groups, under new guidance.
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NewsRevealed: NHS holds 'risk summits' over A&E concern
Pressures in accident and emergency have been the largest single trigger for “risk summit” meetings which are being called to address quality, safety and performance concerns under the new NHS system, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsA&E performance tracker to 12 May: England's hospitals miss waiting target
HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week
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NewsClinical commissioners say GPs under pressure as A&E row escalates
NHS Clinical Commissioners, which represents a large number of clinical commissioning groups, has said GP “workloads are at breaking points and GPs are ready to buckle under the strain”, which will affect willingness to take part in commissioning.
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NewsHSJ Live: 20.05.2013 Monitor publishes procurement guidance for CCGs
Regulator reveals draft guidance to help CCGs adhere to Section 75
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NewsKelsey: Prescriptions and observations IT are clinicians' top priorities
Trusts will be able to bid for a share of a £260m fund to finance e-prescribing and real time patient record keeping systems, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced today.
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Uncertainty grows over NHS Direct's future
NHS Direct may not continue to deliver the NHS 111 service beyond the end of this financial year, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: Mass board resignations at ex-NHS social enterprise
The chair and other non-executive directors of a social enterprise providing NHS community services have resigned en masse following a row over executive pay, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHunt plans £260m to help hospitals go digital
Hospitals are due to be funded to improve their “outdated” paper patient notes and prescriptions, under plans expected to be announced by the health secretary.
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NewsLamb: 'No parity' in mental health services
The lack of equality in emergency hospital services for mental health patients needs to be addressed, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 17.05.2013: Jeremy Hunt announces electronic patient record push
Jeremy Hunt is announcing a new push on - and investment in - electronic prescription and recording systems in hospitals, and the rest of today’s news.