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NewsNHS leaders cautious on extension of better care fund
The better care fund should not be extended until the impact of its first full year of operation has been properly evaluated, NHS leaders have said
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NewsBurnham: 'I hear the call' for more cash
the shadow health secretary has admitted that Labour has not yet solved the issue of health service funding, after NHS England challenged the next government to commit to year on year real terms annual funding growth of more than 1.5 per cent
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NewsNHS plans 'radical upgrade' in public health
The NHS will become an ‘activist agent’ of social change in a ‘radical upgrade’ of prevention and public health, under plans announced today.
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NewsNHS England to review 'improvement architecture'
NHS England is to review the work of NHS quality and leadership improvement organisations in a bid to refocus their work on helping organisations introduce new models of care
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NewsWaiting lists for some specialties up a third
Workforce shortages have resulted in waiting lists for some NHS specialties swelling by almost a third over the past four years.
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NewsPrivate providers used sparingly in summer waiting list work
Private providers treated fewer than one in 10 of the patients left on NHS waiting lists for more than 18 weeks during the government’s summer drive to cut queues, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsHigh profile trust chief calls for funding overhaul
The head of a respected foundation trust has called for a major overhaul of financial rules to help popular hospitals cope with the extra demand their reputations attract.
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NewsChains test proved 'impossible', Birmingham chief admits
The chief executive of University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust has admitted its first attempt to “test the concept of the chains model” with a trust from a distance has not worked.
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NewsDH sets new bailout conditions for foundation trusts
Foundation trusts could be ordered to sell surplus land or reduce the pay of senior managers as a condition of securing additional funding from the Department of Health
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NewsStevens plans 'much faster progress' to CCG target funding
The NHS England chief executive has said he wants to make “much faster progress” to clinical commissioning groups receiving their target funding allocations.
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NewsNHS five year forward view - full coverage on hsj.co.uk
The NHS five year forward view – instigated by the NHS England chief executive to set out the prospects for the service in the run-up to the general election - will be published on Thursday.
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NewsCare UK surgery growth 'slower' than expected
A prominent private provider of elective surgery to the NHS has seen a ‘slower’ than expected growth in demand for its services, despite the government’s £250m drive to clear waiting lists.
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NewsMerged CSU manager remains in post
The NHS England official who ran Cheshire and Merseyside Commissioning Support Unit is still employed as a managing director, despite his organisation having merged with a neighbouring support unit.
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NewsHealth Education England launches student assessment tool
Universities offering healthcare courses will be required to assess the values of every potential student in face to face interviews after a Health Education England study found almost one in three were not doing so.
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NewsExclusive: Deputy prime minister puts faith in winter funding
Nick Clegg is pushing for next year’s NHS budget to be topped up with enough winter pressures funding to leave the service in a ‘healthy state’ for the next government
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HSJ LocalCCG announces bidders for £40m community services contract
COMMERCE: Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Clinical Commissioning Group has named the bidders to make it through the first stage of a procurement process for a £40m community and out of hours contract.
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NewsRadiographers to strike over pay
Radiographers across the UK will strike on October 20 in the latest outbreak of industrial action against the government’s decision not to accept a recommended 1 per cent pay rise for all NHS staff.
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HSJ LocalTrust trials pathway manager to improve cancer performance
PERFORMANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is to pilot a new post of ‘pathway manager’ to speed the transfer of cancer patients from other hospitals to its specialist unit.
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NewsCollege president warns against clustering in mental health
Parts of the mental health service could be destabilised by the ‘cluster’ payment system proposed for the sector, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned.