News – Page 1084
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NewsCCGs seek to tighten screw on provider contracts
Clinical commissioning group leaders entering their first contract negotiations want to tighten the screw on providers, at the same time as promoting service integration, HSJ’s CCG Barometer survey reveals.
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NewsPCTs set up rebate deals despite DH opposition
At least 30 per cent of primary care trusts are defying the Department of Health to set up discount deals with pharmaceutical companies, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsTwo CQC executives resign
Two members of the Care Quality Commission’s executive team have handed in their notice, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCCG leaders claim confidence in detecting and preventing care failure
CCG leaders say they would detect and prevent a serious care failure, an HSJ barometer survey reveals.
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NewsAnalysed: primary care rebate schemes
This week’s HSJ Briefing looks at primary care rebate schemes which, it is hoped, will lead to savings on drugs bills
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ABPI to discuss NICE role in bid to break pricing deadlock
The government is to hold talks with the pharmaceutical industry on the role of the National Institute for Heath and Clinical Excellence, in a bid to reach agreement on new pricing arrangements.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs worker suspended over photos
A worker at Stafford Hospital has been suspended after taking photographs of patients in breach of staff guidelines.
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NewsNHS changes vow over Mid Staffs inquiry
A public inquiry into regulators’ failure to prevent routine neglect at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trustl must lead to a more “patient-centred” health service, the NHS Confederation has urged.
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NewsCentral health database challenged
Privacy campaigners and medical groups have questioned a move that will see GPs hand over patient information to a central information bank.
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HSJ Local
Full authorisation for Bradford Districts CCG
STRUCTURE: Bradford Districts CCG has been authorised with no conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
Avon cancer network winding up
STRUCTURE: The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Service Network has stopped providing monthly performance reports to primary care trusts but is unable to release funding back to the PCT to carry on the work.
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HSJ Local
High sickness rates at North Somerset Community Partnership
WORKFORCE: High sickness levels at North Somerset Community Partnership are causing concern for commissioners who fear it could be due to understaffing.
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HSJ Local
Northumbria nurse given Queen's award
WORKFORCE: A community nurse in Northumberland and North Tyneside has been given the Queen’s Nurse title after being nominated by a patient.
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HSJ Local
North East GPs 'prescribe paracetamol at more than twice expected rate'
FINANCE: GPs in seven North East primary care trusts are prescribing paracetamol at twice the expected rate and could save the NHS an estimated £2.5m a year by their bringing reducing to the national average, the healthcare analysis firm CHKS has said.
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NewsWards dangerously understaffed, warn more than half of nurses
Nearly a quarter of nurses say their trust is at risk of a Mid Staffordshire-style care breakdown
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HSJ Local
Colin Renwick named GP chair of Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven CCG
STRUCTURE: Dr Colin Renwick has been named GP chair of Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven CCG.
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HSJ Local
Airedale struggling with four hour waiting target
PERFORMANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust failed the four hour waiting target for Quarter 3, commissioner papers say.
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HSJ Local
Guys & St Thomas' missing A&E target for Q4
PERFORMANCE: Guys & St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is narrowly missing the A&E four-hour wait target of 95 per cent for quarter four, a report reveals.
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HSJ Local
Bristol CCGs plan new urology service
COMMERCIAL: The contract for community urology services in Bristol is to be extended on a three month rolling basis while commissioniners finalise plans for a cluster wide service.
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HSJ Local
London Ambulance Service Trust performance buckles in December
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service Trust missed response and handover time targets in December, board papers reveal.