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NewsLansley orders Care Quality Commission investigation
Andrew Lansley has ordered a review into the Care Quality Commission’s handling of criticism of its management.
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NewsCare homes review website planned
Care homes for older people are to be reviewed and rated by members of the public on a new website, under plans being developed by the government.
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NewsCommissioning board chair praises NHS’s 'spectacular' record during last decade
NHS Commissioning Board chair Malcolm Grant began the first formal meeting of the organisation by praising the “spectacular increase” in public support for the service under the Labour government.
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NewsCommissioning board names medical and finance chiefs
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has been appointed to the same post on the NHS Commissioning Board, it was confirmed to HSJ at the organisation’s first meeting today.
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NewsHigh-risk surgery care 'poor' for more than half of patients
More than half of high-risk patients undergoing surgery do not receive good care, according to a study which paints a “disturbing” picture of some NHS services.
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NewsPublic sector pensions offer fails to ease dispute
The public sector pensions dispute remained deadlocked tonight despite a move by the government to improve arrangements for more than half a million NHS workers.
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NewsReform plans risk fragmenting child health services, NHS Confederation says
The government’s NHS reforms risk fragmenting care for the most vulnerable children, a study published today says.
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NewsOsborne sets out details of NHS local pay review
Chancellor George Osborne has claimed there is a “clear case” for changing the national NHS pay deal in a letter setting out eight areas to be considered in a forthcoming review.
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NewsPostponement of NHS pension contributions hike for lower paid
An extra 530,000 lower paid staff have been spared from making extra pension contributions next year after the Department of Health made a concession in the long-running pensions dispute.
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NewsReforms causing 'continued chaos' to frontline services - BMA
The government’s reforms of the NHS “continue to cause chaos” on the ground, doctors leaders said today.
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NewsSir David Nicholson back at the top of HSJ100
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has returned to the top of HSJ100 – which ranks the people with greatest influence on health policy and the NHS – for the third time.
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NewsTraining and education transition warning as guidance delayed
The influence of smaller trusts and the independent scrutiny of NHS education and training could be undermined by government reforms, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS staff turnover figures shows workforce contracted by 2 per cent
The NHS workforce shrank by 2 per cent in the year to August, staff turnover figures analysed by HSJ reveal.
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Monitor to review FT assessment process but 'the bar will remain high'
Monitor is to review its assessment process for applicant foundation trusts but has stressed that “the bar will remain high”.
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NewsExclusive: Lansley to step up push on variation as second NHS atlas published
Huge regional disparities in the quality of healthcare are due to be revealed by the second NHS Atlas of Variation, and a series of additional government analyses.
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NewsPCTs take easy option on AQP
Primary care trusts have been accused of being “unimaginative” in the services they have chosen to open up to competition through the any qualified provider policy.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs, national board and fellow GPs will tackle 'underperformers' - Lansley
Clinical commissioning groups will tackle GP practice members which are shown to be failing by new outcomes data, but the NHS Commissioning Board will also have the power to intervene, Andrew Lansley has told HSJ.
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NewsFlory plans CCG finance chief 'accreditation' process
It will be “very, very difficult” to find chief financial officers for all of the 200-plus clinical commissioning groups that will take over NHS commissioning from 2013, David Flory has warned.
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NewsNHS pension scheme deficit predicted within three years
The Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast the NHS pension scheme will pay out more money than it receives in 2013-14, meaning it will require a £500m Treasury bailout.