News – Page 684
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NewsNHS England director: 'Budget constraint' to blame for hepatitis C drug delays
Delays to the introduction of groundbreaking, cost effective hepatitis C drugs have occurred because of ‘budget constraint’, NHS England’s specialised commissioning director has indicated.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees living wage pay rise for 460 staff
WORKFORCE: A West Midlands acute trust is to increase salaries for its lowest paid staff to ensure they earn the living wage.
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NewsFirst eight urgent and emergency care vanguards revealed
The first wave of urgent and emergency care vanguard sites has been revealed by NHS England.
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NewsMapped: The urgent and emergency care vanguard sites
HSJ’s map of the eight sites identified by NHS England as the first urgent and emergency care vanguards.
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HSJ LocalFirst ever tariff hike agreed for troubled trust
FINANCE: Monitor has agreed to increase the tariff paid to University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, which is likely to result in more than £20m of extra funding for the troubled provider this year.
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire bodies create ‘commissioning congress’
CONFIGURATION: Commissioners across Staffordshire will come together to create a region-wide transformation programme through the establishment of a ‘commissioning congress’, it has been announced.
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NewsBreast cancer drug remains on CDF after ‘significant concessions’
A breast cancer drug will remain on the list of treatments patients can access through the cancer drugs fund after the manufacturer made ‘significant concessions’ on the price.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt says hospital chief found ‘fit and proper’
The health secretary has said that a hospital chief executive has been assessed as ‘fit and proper’, after regulators considered a series of serious concerns against him.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust pledges to protect specialist children’s service
WORKFORCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is to take on more staff to stop a struggling specialist children’s service from collapsing.
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NewsNHS England unveils revamp of cancer drugs fund
The cancer drugs fund should become a ‘managed access’ fund, which would pay for new drugs for a set period before they are approved or rejected by NICE, NHS England has said.
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NewsHEE review: Primary care should be favoured for running community nursing
A series of recommendations have been set out by a major review of primary care workforce commissioned by Health Education England.
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NewsDevolution amendment could halt most ambitious local health proposals
Some of local government’s more ambitious proposals for the devolution of responsibility over health could be blown off course by an amendment to the devolution bill passed in the Lords.
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NewsReview to consider ‘cancer drugs fund’ for innovative medicines
The government’s accelerated access review will look at whether the principle of the cancer drugs fund could be extended to non-cancer treatments, its chair has said.
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NewsOut of area mental health placements increase suicide risk, inquiry warns
The practice of sending mental health patients up to hundreds of miles from home for a bed should be stopped because of the risk of suicide, a national inquiry has warned.
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News'Massive relief' over NHS England decision on rare condition drug
A drug at the centre of a row over preventable deaths and policy delays could become routinely available on the NHS, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS England review calls for shake-up of children's heart surgery
An NHS England review into congenital heart disease services has called for a major shake-up of how they are provided, proposing a ‘three tier’ model of care.
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NewsTDA 'broadens' support for challenged trusts
The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed improvement directors to two trusts struggling with performance and leadership issues.
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