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NewsGovernment sets out four themes of listening exercise
The government has set out the four areas that it will focus on during the “listening exercise” launched today.
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NewsHealey: government must drop part three of bill
The whole of part three of the health bill, which deals with the role of Monitor, must be dropped if the bill is to win Labour backing, shadow health secretary John Healey has said.
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News'Future Forum' will advise PM on NHS reforms
The government is launching a panel which it has named a “Future Forum” to advise to changes on its NHS reforms.
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NewsHip and knee patients 'waiting in pain'
Patients waiting for hip and knee surgery are suffering in pain for longer periods of time after being denied surgery to save money, it has been claimed.
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NewsForeign GPs face tougher sanctions
NHS doctors who qualify overseas are more likely to face tough sanctions in disciplinary hearings, research has shown.
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NewsExclusive: Steve Field to front PM's 'listening exercise' advisory panel
Immediate past chair of the Royal College of GPs Steve Field is to chair a panel as part of the government’s “listening exercise” over NHS reform, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAny qualified provider will 'open up' IT market - Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged to open up the NHS IT market to a wider range of suppliers, and said that he wants to put private providers under the same data reporting obligations as public organisations.
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NewsCommissioning Board control of GP contracts would be 'disaster'
It will be a “disaster” if primary care services are performance managed centrally, a senior GP has warned.
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NewsExclusive: national social enterprise could handle communications for GP consortia
The Department of Health is considering setting up a national social enterprise to handle communications for commissioning consortia, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCommittee's recommendations 'fit with policy', says leading GP
Several of the health committee’s key recommendations for changes to the reforms “fit with the policy” and could be made without disturbing it, a leading GP commissioner has said.
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NewsHealth dangers of prolonged night shifts revealed
The government has been urged to limit the length of night shifts to eight hours after a study warned that the growing number of people working through the night face health risks.
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NewsHalt NHS changes while debating bill, says Lord Owen
Andrew Lansley should be prevented from implementing any further changes to the NHS while the Health and Social Care Bill is being debated, Lord Owen has said.
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NewsPublic sector managers wary of increased strike threat
Most employers fear increasing levels of industrial action in the next year, especially as public spending cuts start to take effect, a new study reveals.
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NewsHealth committee proposes strengthened 'commissioning authorities'
MPs have proposed major amendments to the Health Bill to increase the accountability of commissioning organisations.
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NewsOne month's delay to NHS reforms
The Health Bill’s progress through Parliament is to be delayed by a month, HSJ understands, to give health secretary Andrew Lansley time to listen to concerns about the possible impact on the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: Imperial chief to quit post
The chief executive of one of the country’s largest NHS trusts is to quit his post to take up a role in Singapore.
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NewsBiggest learning and development cuts in public sector - CIPD
More than two out of three organisations have cut funding for learning and development this year, with the biggest impact hitting the public sector, new research reveals.
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NewsPFI hospitals 'asset stripping', claims campaign group
Hospitals built under the private finance initiative are closing beds and cutting jobs in a “desperate bid” to balance their books, a campaign group has claimed.
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NewsUnison poll reveals privatisation unease
A survey of over 2,000 adults by Unison showed that three out of four were opposed to any move to have private companies running parts of the NHS blood and transplant service.
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NewsMiliband attacks PM on NHS reform
Ed Miliband will seek to turn the screw on David Cameron over controversial NHS reforms today by accusing him of “betraying” Britain’s proudest institution.