News – Page 695
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NewsCare.data to restart this month
The controversial Care.data project is set to restart later this month. Information and opt out forms are due to be sent out to patients in one of the pilot areas.
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NewsNICE safe staffing decision not about money, says chief nurse
NHS England chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has said the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will continue to be used for evidence reviews on safe staffing ‘where appropriate’.
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NewsMonitor and TDA to join under new chief
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are to work much more closely together and under a single leader, with a new chief executive due to be appointed by the end of the summer.
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NewsExclusive: Efficiency rankings must not be 'crude weapon', Carter warns
Lord Carter has warned that the new metric he is developing to rate the productivity of every hospital in England must not be used as a ‘crude weapon’ in trust regulation.
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NewsCarter review sets out plan to save NHS £5bn a year
A law could be introduced to force medical sales representatives to report all financial relationships with hospitals in a bid to drive down NHS procurement costs, a government backed review has said.
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NewsKeogh: 'Quality should define finance' for chief execs
The NHS England medical director has said the quality agenda ‘should define the financial strategy’ for NHS chief executives, amid growing pressure to make cost savings.
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NewsFears health visitors will be target in £200m cuts round
Providers of health visiting services fear they could face funding cuts after the government said it would reduce councils’ public health budgets by £200m.
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NewsTrust probes why 250k patient pathways out of date
External investigators are examining why 250,000 patient pathways were not properly updated on the computer systems at a West Yorkshire acute trust.
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HSJ LocalSouth Tees hit by regulatory double whammy
PEFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Seven day GP access brings '3pc reduction in A&E activity'
Seven day access to primary care in areas of Greater Manchester has brought a three per cent reduction in accident and emergency activity, according to an evaluation of the project.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Carrying forward Norman’s torch
A roundup of Tuesday’s important developments for healthcare leaders
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HSJ LocalHearing aid rationing plan gets council green light
FINANCE: A West Midlands clinical commissioning group’s controversial proposal to restrict access to NHS funded hearing aids has been narrowly approved by a council scrutiny committee.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief speaks out over commissioning 'disaster'
COMMISSIONING: The chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has urged the NHS to learn from the commissioning mistakes which led to the collapse of the trust’s dermatology service.
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HSJ LocalCCG to start specialist perinatal service for 'desperate' mothers
COMMISSIONING: A London clinical commissioning group will start to fund a specialist community perinatal mental health service after mothers described how they only received help ‘at the point of desperation’.
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NewsEnter the HSJ Awards: Nominations close soon
Entries for the HSJ Awards 2015 are closing on 19 June so submit your nomination now.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Police investigate patient death at learning disability unit
PATIENT SAFETY: Detectives have launched an investigation into the circumstances of a patient’s death at a learning disability unit in Lincolnshire.
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NewsExclusive: King's Fund calls for merger of NHS and social care budgets
There should be a single pooled budget for all health and social care services in every area by 2020 at the latest, according to a new report by the King’s Fund.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Providers get twitchy over efficiency drive
A roundup of Monday’s key stories
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News'Safe staffing' move took national nurses by surprise
Senior national and regional nursing leaders were taken by surprise by Simon Stevens’ announcement that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s work on safe staffing guidance was to be stopped, it has emerged.