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NewsNHS Professionals chief announces departure
NHS Professionals chief executive Neil Lloyd has announced he is stepping down at the end of April.
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News'Infected blood' compensation extended nationwide
People in Northern Ireland who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood through the NHS will receive extra compensation.
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NewsBudget forecast sees Cameron's NHS pledge challenged
Prime minister David Cameron was accused of breaking the coalition’s pledge to increase funding for the National Health Service as soaring inflation threatened to undermine the government’s spending plans.
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NewsNHS IT contractor for sale
A healthcare software firm heavily involved in the government’s £12.7bn plan to update the NHS’s IT infrastructure has issued a “come and get us” plea to potential buyers.
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NewsInflation figures suggest £857m NHS cut next year
Inflation forecasts in yesterday’s budget show Department of Health funding will drop by £857m in real terms next year compared with planned 2010-11spending set out in October.
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NewsLansley: reform criticisms 'not valid'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has hit back at critics of his health reforms, saying some concerns were “not valid” and opposition from unions was “not necessarily representative” of the health professions.
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NewsLansley switches to 'any qualified provider'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley appears to have made a change in the rhetoric of the health reforms to further quell concerns over competition in the NHS.
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NewsConfed calls for brakes to be put on personal health budgets
The NHS Confederation is calling on the Department of Health to delay a national roll out of personal health budgets to allow further evaluation to take place.
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NewsMonitor predicts 20 FT contract disputes
Rows over 2010-11 contracts could increase foundation trusts’ risk ratings by the end of this year, Monitor has predicted.
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News£252m underactivity bill sparks renewed calls for contract renegotiations
The NHS has paid £252m to private providers for work that was never carried out, leading to renewed calls for contracts to be renegotiated.
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NewsInform patients about GP service conflicts of interest - DH adviser
Patients referred to GP services commissioned by the consortium to which the practice belongs must be told of the potential conflict of interest and offered an alternative, a government adviser has told HSJ.
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NewsFunding formula change boosts South
A ministerial decision to give less weight to health inequalities when allocating £85bn of NHS funds has privileged the South over deprived northern areas, an HSJ investigation has found.
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Heart surgeons call for strong revalidation regime
A leading heart surgeon has called for the planned doctor revalidation system to be toughened up after a study found many NHS clinicians were reluctant to make use of outcomes data.
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NewsMonitor capacity holds up community service transfers
Monitor has admitted that its own capacity issues are largely to blame for the delayed transfer of community service providers.
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NewsNon-EU visitors to be charged for care
Ministers are considering charging non-European Union nationals for primary care, the Department of Health has announced.
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NewsWatch now: KPMG head of health on the challenges facing the NHS
Alastair McLellan interviews Andrew Hine, UK head of health, KPMG, on the issues facing the NHS in 2011.
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NewsTwo regions' PCT groups and chief executives confirmed
Primary care trust clusters are rapidly being established ahead of the June deadline, and their chief executives appointed.
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NewsExclusive: Commissioners curtail soaring referrals
Figures revealing outpatient appointments are set to rise by just 1 per cent this year are being hailed as proof that commissioners have finally curtailed spiralling referrals.
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NewsConfess 'longstanding problems' in consortia handovers, PCTs told
Commissioners have been told to produce handover notes for commissioning consortia so they are not left to “discover for themselves afresh” any “longstanding problems” with local services.
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NewsHowe promises to 'expose' underperforming GPs
GPs will be “monitored, supported and held to account” by consortia as the NHS moves to “expose substandard general practice”, health minister Lord Howe has told HSJ.