News – Page 1555
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NewsConservatives warming to vertical integration, says Nuffield director
The Conservatives are warming towards the vertical integration of community services, the director of the Nuffield Trust has told a meeting at the NHS Confederation annual conference in Liverpool.
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NewsManagers need to be 'open' with staff about redundancy risk
NHS managers must be honest with staff about the possibility of redundancies when they talk to them about the need to improve productivity, workforce experts have told delegates.
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NewsQuality advisers say all NHS information should go online
Nearly all information for the NHS would be published online after being collected by a single national body, under proposals being considered by the government.
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NewsRose Gibb wins £175k appeal
Rose Gibb is £175,000 better off today after the Court of Appeal ruled the former chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust should be paid her severance deal.
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NewsManagers must not underestimate effect of EU law
NHS managers should not underestimate the effect EU law could have on the supply and organisation of their services, a NHS Confederation session was told.
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NewsDH raises cost-cuts target by a third
The Department of Health has increased the size of the reduction in NHS management costs by March 2012 by more than a third.
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NewsMiddle managers biggest losers in training squeeze
Operational managers will be the biggest NHS losers as the spending squeeze shrinks career development funds, according to a survey shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsPCTs will be able to 'park' provider arms
Primary care trusts will be allowed to “park” their provider arms with other NHS organisations in order to meet the deadlines for transforming community services, under the revised operating framework.
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NewsPressure eases on 18-weeks referral
Performance management of the 18 weeks referral-to-treatment and primary care access targets will stop immediately, the revised operating framework states.
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NewsTougher version of CQC annual health check scrapped
A tougher version of the annual health check that would have branded struggling trusts “poor” has been scrapped in light of the change of government and revised operating framework.
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NewsNHS staff seek justice over parking
A solicitor representing doctors and nurses at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust is challenging a ban on staff using an on-site car park between 7.30am and 8pm.
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NewsLord Hutton to lead NHS pension probe
NHS pensions are to be scrutinised by an independent commission formed to address the “growing disparity” between provision in the public and private sectors.
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News‘HCAs can help boost satisfaction ratings’ claim
A three-year study into the role of healthcare assistants funded by the Department of Health suggests their strong connection to patients can help trusts improve satisfaction ratings.
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NewsPCT to downgrade A&E despite Lansley policy
The first major reconfiguration decision since the general election was taken last week, with NHS Nottinghamshire County deciding to downgrade an accident and emergency department.
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NewsEaston: 'QIPP and Lansley reform are the same thing'
The government’s NHS reforms must be seen as part of the process of saving £20bn, the NHS quality and productivity tsar has said.
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NewsSir Michael Marmot 'nervous' about health equalities implications of budget
Sir Michael Marmot, author of the “Fair Society, Healthy Lives” report published earlier this year, has told a plenary session of the NHS Confederation conference that the changes to the benefits system made him “nervous about the redistribution” of wealth, and the effects that would have on health.
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NewsMembership model failure has made Confed 'stronger', says chair
The NHS Confederation has emerged from the failure of the NHS Employers’ membership scheme a stronger organisation, according to its chair Sir Keith Pearson.
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NewsPool NHS and social care budgets, says Confed acting chief exec
Pooled health and social care budgets should be considered in order to help get through the public sector spending squeeze, NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards has said.
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NewsTotal Place could improve health and social care integration - Confed
Integrating health and social care services at “neighbourhood” level could deliver tailored care, reducing deprivation and improving value for money, the NHS Confederation says.
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NewsTrusts should be ‘thinking big’ in their savings plans
Organisations making cash-releasing savings must embrace large scale change and “think big”, a myth-busting report by the NHS Confederation warns.