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NewsExclusive: NHS England chief executive job description
NHS England is advertising for an “honest, open and transparent” individual to become its chief executive.
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NewsSpecial administrator recommends dissolving Mid Staffs
The special administrators appointed to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have recommended the organisation is dissolved and its maternity service closes.
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NewsHigh Court quashes Lewisham downgrade decision
The decision to downgrade services at Lewisham Hospital has been quashed in the High Court.
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NewsUPDATED: Deal reached on consultant contract talks
An agreement has been reached between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association on terms to renegotiate the consultant contract.
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NewsUPDATED: How HSJ has covered the NHS 111 rollout debacle
A round-up of HSJ’s comprehensive coverage of the problematic NHS 111 rollout, from its announcement in 2010 to the most recent developments
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Plan to change gender reassignment surgery guidelines is dropped
NHS England has shelved proposals to change how it commissions gender reassignment surgery following clinicians’ concerns
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NewsExclusive: Dalton reveals he is not applying for NHS England job
Former NHS Commissioning Board chief operating officer Ian Dalton has ruled himself out of contention for the NHS England chief executive’s job.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury raid on pensions could drain billions from NHS
Treasury plans to recalculate the value of public sector pensions and introduce a single tier pension could leave the health service facing an annual bill of £2.5bn, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ Live 31.7.2013: Reaction to Lewisham and Mid Staffs announcements
Lewisham High Court decision, the future for Mid Staffs, Robert Francis QC at the CQC’s board meeting and the rest of today’s news and comments
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NewsUPDATED: Wide variation in response rates for friends and family test
Significant variation between trusts in the response rates to the friends and family survey has sparked fresh concern about the test’s validity following publication of the first national results on Tuesday.
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NewsDorrell: CQC failed on 'independence of action'
The chairman of the Commons health committee has revealed his concerns over the relationship between the Care Quality Commission and the parliamentary health service ombudsman.
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NewsFirst national friends and family test scores due
A new test designed to shine the spotlight on poor care has found some “shocking and eye opening” cases of maltreatment in NHS hospitals, reports suggest.
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NewsFewer inquests held for women than men
Doctors are less likely to report the death of a woman to a coroner than they are a man’s, a study has found.
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NewsPush for payment by results reform gathers pace
NHS England wants to investigate the scope for scrapping payment by results for some services as early as 2015-16, its director of strategic finance has told HSJ.
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NewsHSJ Live: 30.07.2013 Friends and Family Test scores analysed
First national Friends and Family scores published; disruptive innovation does more harm than good says Clare Gerada, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsDH to target 'huge waste' in orthopaedics procurement
The Department of Health is expected to target “huge waste” in the cost of orthopaedic supplies when it releases its procurement strategy shortly, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS Direct confirms 111 withdrawal
NHS Direct has confirmed it is seeking to pull out of all 11 of its contracts to provide NHS 111 as they have proved “financially unsustainable”.
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NewsNHS could learn from PC World: Keogh
The NHS should act more like high street retailers in supplying state-of-the-art products to customers for less money, according to the country’s top doctor.
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News'Failings' in NHS 111 hotline
A new 24-hour health hotline is failing patients, according to an undercover television investigation.
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NewsHSJ Live: 29.7.2013 NHS 111 'in chaos' after NHS Direct pulls out of contracts
NHS Direct announcement comes on the day a TV investigation finds services are unsafe due to a lack of nursing staff.