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NewsHSJ Live 8.5.2013: Nick Seddon named Number 10 health policy adviser
Downing Street appoints new health policy adviser, how the Queen’s speech proposals will affect the NHS, and the rest of today’s news.
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NewsExclusive: CCG performance and assurance regime unveiled
Clinical commissioning groups will be rated four times a year on their performance and annually on their organisational capability, under a draft assurance regime to be published today.
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NewsExclusive: Acute and community provider may compete to lead frail elderly service
An acute provider and a community health trust are likely to compete to be the lead provider of services for the frail elderly under planned changes to contracting in Oxfordshire.
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NewsAsthma care variation warning
There is an “alarming variation” across the country in the numbers of asthma patients who are admitted to hospitals after suffering from an asthma attack, a charity has said.
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NewsGP commissioning leader defends CCGs over NHS 111 failure
Blaming local commissioners for the failure of NHS 111 in some parts of the country is a “bit rich”, the president of NHS Clinical Commissioners has told HSJ.
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NewsHSJ Live 7.5.2013: Fallout from NHS 111 continues
The government has been heavily trailing its proposed legislation on social care reform and integration, the latest on the NHS 111 developments, and the rest of today’s news.
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NewsEast of England pathology shake-up details emerge
Trusts involved in a controversial pathology services reconfiguration are to consult staff on the changes later this month, amid union claims that major logistical issues surrounding the project remain unresolved.
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NewsCommissioners raise concerns over Caldicott recommendations
Efforts to integrate care and improve services with better use of patient data could be hindered by proposals in the government-commissioned Caldicott review, it has been warned.
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NewsNHS England area teams told to lead A&E recovery
NHS England’s local area teams have been given less than a month to develop accident and emergency “recovery plans” for their patch, the organisation’s interim deputy chief executive has announced.
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NewsAddressing hearing loss services 'could save £28m'
The health service could save £28m by introducing a “joined up approach” to diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss and dementia, a charity has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 3.5.2013: NHS England plans A&E 'recovery plan'
Coverage of today’s NHS England board meeting including plans for the commissioning board to lead a national A&E “recovery plan”, and the latest on the NHS 111 debacle, and the rest of today’s news.
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NewsSavile review seeks NHS staff views on celebrity fundraisers
The barrister overseeing the reviews of Jimmy Savile’s involvement with the NHS is seeking evidence from staff on celebrity association with organisations.
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St George's breached six national standards, CQC inspection finds
St George’s Healthcare Trust in London was found in breach of six national quality standards after an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection in January.
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Young medics' working lives 'bleak'
Almost three in 10 junior doctors are stretched so thin that they do not have time to deliver quality patient care, a poll suggests.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers want CCG topslice to fund health and social care integration
Part of clinical commissioning groups’ budgets – potentially worth more than £1bn – should be used to fund integration with council-run social care services, Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: A&E performance plummets as majority of trusts miss target
Accident and emergency waiting time performance plummeted in April, as hospital leaders told HSJ they were grappling with the after-effects of “the worst winter anyone can remember”.
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NewsHSJ Live 02.05.2013: CCGs may have to use budgets for social care integration
HSJ reveals the scale of the accident and emergency waiting time surge in recent weeks, and how the government wants clinical commissioning groups’ funds to be spent on social care.
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NewsMedics slam radiotherapy 'red tape'
A group of doctors has claimed in a letter that changes to NHS commissioning is delaying radiotherapy treatment and putting patients’ lives at risk.
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NewsCare claims backlog 'will take five years to clear'
The deluge of retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding that flooded into the NHS last year will take at least half a decade to be resolved, lawyers have warned.