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Exclusive: Government confirms CCG quality premium rules
Legal regulations are expected to confirm shortly that the clinical commissioning group quality premium bonus can be paid to individual GP practices but must “improve services for patients”, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Live 8.3.2013: Hunt and Keogh on care quality
Coverage of speeches by Sir Bruce Keogh and Jeremy Hunt at the Nuffield Trist, and the rest of today’s news
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Board approaches Mark Britnell over deputy chief role
Former NHS director general Mark Britnell has been approached about the possibility of becoming the NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive, it has emerged.
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Save hospitals 'for seriously ill'
Caring for patients in the community and their own homes and saving hospitals for the seriously ill and those needing complicated operations could be the way forward for the NHS, a report has claimed.
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HSJ Live 7.3.13: Mark Britnell approached over commissioning board deputy post
Newspaper claims Mark Britnell, formerly an NHS director general, has been interviewed by the NHS Commissioning Board, while campaigners win a victory over child heart surgery, and the rest of today’s news
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GPs could be first for Ofsted ratings
GPs could be the first healthcare providers to be subject to new Ofsted-style ratings but it could take up to five years to develop the system for hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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Exclusive: Regulators team up on 'failure and distress regime'
Monitor and the Care Quality Commission are developing a “single failure and distress regime” which aims to increase the consequences of quality failures for trusts.
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Corporate manslaughter case attempt brought against Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson could face a private criminal prosecution for corporate manslaughter over deaths at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ can reveal.
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Hospital trust chooses merger partner
A west London district general hospital has snubbed a merger bid from Imperial College Healthcare Trust, opting instead to join with an established foundation trust, HSJ understands.
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NMC seeks new powers in wake of Mid Staffs
Ministers have been challenged to make urgent changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s powers in order to improve public protection – as it emerged just 13 nurses are currently facing sanctions in relation to the high profile care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Minimum nurse staffing levels 'not the answer', says minister
Health minister Dan Poulter appeared yesterday to reject the Francis Report’s call for nationally recognised minimum nurse staffing levels.
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Warning on hospitals' PFI spending
Hospital spending on private finance schemes is increasing at an alarming rate, a report by the Nuffield Trust suggests.
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Exclusive: Caldicott to recommend new NHS duty to share data
The Caldicott review into information governance in health and social care is likely to recommend a new duty to share information between agencies where it is in a patient’s best interests.
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HSJ Live 6.3.2013
David Cameron appears to back Sir David Nicholson in PMQs, exclusive interview with Dame Fiona Caldicott and the rest of the today’s news
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Wollaston: Nicholson should go after transition
An influential Conservative member of the Commons health committee has told HSJ that Sir David Nicholson should oversee the end of the NHS reorganisation, and then resign as NHS Commissioning Board chief executive.
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Nicholson 'absolutely determined' to see reform transition through
Sir David Nicholson has defended himself before MPs and said he is “determined” to remain in post as the government’s NHS reforms are introduced.
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Government to amend controversial competition rules
The government will amend its controversial competition regulations, minister Norman Lamb has said.
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Nicholson defends himself to MPs over Mid Staffs failings
Sir David Nicholson has defended himself before MPs and said he is “determined” to remain in post as the NHS reforms are implemented.
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HSJ Live 5.3.2013: Nicholson faces MPs over Francis report
Sir David Nicholson defended his record under questioning by the Commons health committee, in an evidence session looking at the findings of the Francis report. The commissioning board chief executive said that high mortality rates at Stafford Hospital were not known by local system managers at the time of the ...
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Ex-health secretaries say Sir David should stay
Four former health secretaries have said Sir David Nicholson should not lose his job as NHS chief executive in the wake of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and other alleged care and management failings.