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Government: Mid Staffs inquiry may lead to another health bill
A letter from health minister Earl Howe to members of the House of Lords admits the government may need to bring forward another health bill in response to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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Exclusive: government defending 'autonomy clause'
The government is resisting attempts to scrap the Health Bill’s so called “autonomy clause”, but close to offering a compromise amendment on the duties of the health secretary, HSJ understands.
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Unions claim blood service review 'victory'
Unions have claimed victory over a campaign to prevent parts of the NHS blood and organ transplant service being privatised.
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NHS 111 could struggle to meet demand
Attempts to “stitch together” different models of provision for the new NHS 111 non-emergency phone number could lead to a fragmented service that will struggle to cope with peaks in demand, the Ambulance Service Network has warned.
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Primary care spend fell fastest last year - Information Centre
Spending on primary care last year fell more quickly than expenditure on the rest of the NHS, figures from the NHS Information Centre reveal.
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Revalidation push lacking sufficient resources
A third of organisations say they have insufficient resources to properly check doctors’ fitness to practise through the revalidation system.
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Public health workforce 'dispirited' as uncertainty goes on
The government’s lack of action to dispel uncertainty about the future of the public health workforce is “dispiriting” and poses the “real risk” of losing expert staff, the Faculty of Public Health has said.
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Finance directors 'optimistic' on savings plans but local fears persist
NHS finance directors are “cautiously optimistic” about their savings plans but increasingly pessimistic about the finances of their local health economies, a King’s Fund survey has revealed.
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NHS Blood and Transplant part-privatisation plans dropped
The government has dropped proposals to part-privatise NHS Blood and Transplant.
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Lords propose greater transparency in new Health Bill changes
Proposed amendments to the Health Bill would effectively subject private and third sector bodies to the Freedom of Information Act by giving commissioners more power to require information from them.
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Protection for whistleblowers to become constitutional right
Protection for NHS whistleblowers will be enshrined in the NHS constitution from next year, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced.
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Chief exec leaves underperforming ambulance trust
An ambulance trust chief executive who retired suddenly around the time the organisation was fined £5m for poor performance received a lump sum worth twice his annual salary, HSJ can reveal.
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DH commissioning support vision revealed
The Department of Health’s vision for the development of commissioning support, which reveals the services likely to be delivered on a national scale, has been leaked to HSJ.
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Mental health patient recalls rise as community teams struggle
A dramatic rise in the number of people with serious mental illness being recalled to hospital has led to concern that community mental health teams are overstretched.
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NHS savings measures needed until 2020, King's Fund warns
The financial squeeze driving the NHS’s £20bn savings programme will not end in 2015, and the service faces a “productivity gap” of half as much again in the subsequent five years, the chief economist of the King’s Fund has warned.
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Government eyes timing as Health Bill amendments pour in
The government is preparing for months of House of Lords debate over the Health Bill, including potential changes.
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Lansley's candidate for Commissioning Board chair narrowly wins MPs' backing
The health secretary’s preferred candidate to become NHS Commissioning Board chair has only won endorsement from the House of Commons health committee on the casting vote of its chair.
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Older patients' heart care 'not equal'
Heart attack patients aged over 85 are less likely to receive specialist care from a cardiologist in hospital and vital heart medicines after leaving, according to research.
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NHS whistleblowers to get better protection
Greater protection for whistleblowers in the health service will be a kep part of a changed NHS Constitution, according to UK health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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Improved hospital IT would save 'thousands' of lives
The extended and better use of IT could dramatically cut hospital deaths across England, a report claims, after a Birmingham trust saw deaths fall by 17 per cent in a 12-month period.