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NewsNorth West hospital cash incentives 'cut A&E deaths'
Financial incentives could improve hospital mortality rates, according to a study.
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NewsNational Audit Office raises concern over Hinchingbrooke franchise
The National Audit Office has raised questions about the procurement process for one of England’s first privately run NHS hospitals.
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Learning disability team shortlisted for award
PERFORMANCE: Dimensions UK’s Folkstone team has been shortlisted for award in the Great British Care Awards.
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NewsCommissioner behaviour is main barrier to independent sector providers
Tendering behaviour is preventing a more diverse provider landscape, Monitor has indicated.
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CCG Barometer: CCGs fear political flak for controversial service shifts
Clinical commissioning group leaders are enthusiastic about their ability to improve services, including through controversial moves such as closing emergency services and limiting treatments, but they fear politicians will stand in their way.
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CCG Barometer: 'Weak support' a major concern for clinical commissioners
Weak support services could be one of the greatest barriers to clinical commissioning groups’ success and undermine attempts to control spending, CCG leaders fear.
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NewsExclusive: CCG leaders favour integration over competition
The first survey of CCG leaders has found they want providers to work closer together
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NewsMake telehealth plans public, says Labour
The Department of Health is under renewed pressure to publish evidence to support its claims that using telehealth could save the NHS £1.2bn, after the Labour party joined those calling for publication of its calculations.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners admit outsourcing advert error
Commissioners have admitted a mistake was made in the awarding of a £60m community services contract after independent sector providers were excluded from the process.
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HSJ LocalThirteen hospital staff test positive for tuberculosis
Thirteen staff working at a dialysis unit at the centre of a tuberculosis outbreak have tested positive for the infection, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalWeston abandons ambition to form integrated care organisation
STRUCTURE: Plans for an integrated care organisation incorporating England’s smallest acute have been abandoned, it has been confirmed.
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NewsPatient, professional and NHS bodies announce joint push on reconfiguration
The NHS Confederation, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and National Voices have announced a joint project to produce practical advice on how to reconfigure health services.
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NewsFour-fold regional variation in use of private sector providers
Independent providers carry out four times the proportion of elective procedures in some regions as in others
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NewsBlood and Transplant reports 'dramatic decline' in young donors
Health officials are appealing for new blood donors to come forward after a “dramatic decline” in the number of younger donors.
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NewsMinister criticises end of life care 'misinformation'
A health minister has hit out at “misreporting and misinformation” about the controversial method of withholding food and drink from terminally ill patients so they die more quickly.
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HSJ Local
Three cases of C difficile at Worthing Hospital in September
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust reported three cases of hospital attributed Clostridium difficile during September against an in-month trajectory of seven.
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NewsHunt backs new standards for NHS managers
A new set of standards for NHS managers, non-executives and GP leaders will put “care, compassion and respect for patients” at the heart of leadership in the health service, the health secretary has said.
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HSJ LocalRat droppings found in operating theatre
Forty operations have been cancelled at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust after rat droppings were found in an operating theatre.
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NewsRevalidation to cost £970m over 10 years
Medical revalidation will cost the NHS £970m over the next 10 years, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsUpdated: Care UK buys Harmoni
Care UK has bought out-of-hours provider Harmoni for £48m in a deal that will create an organisation providing unscheduled care for more than 15 million patients.