News – Page 765
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NewsStevens calls for tougher public health incentive policies
Simon Stevens has recommended empowering local government to set tougher public health policy, and giving financial incentives, such as tax breaks, to employers which promote health.
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NewsTen trusts seek 'local modification' price hikes – and most are rejected
Only 10 trusts have made use of rules introduced under the government’s health reforms to seek permission to raise their prices above national ‘tariff’ rates - and most of those applications have been rejected.
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NewsMental health spending set for 1.4 per cent rise
Commissioners plan to increase their total spending on mental health services by £120m this year, a rise of 1.4 per cent in cash terms, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTwitter chat: How is the Foundation Trust sector performing?
Join our Twitter discussion about the current state of the FT sector on 22 September
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NewsNHS hospital comparison website launched
A new website to enable patients and staff to compare hospitals across a broad range of metrics from accident and emergency waiting times to the quality of meals will be launched tomorrow.
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NewsHSJ reveals first ever LGBT Role Models list
HSJ has published a celebration of LGBT healthcare leaders and staff who are working to promote inclusion and lead by example with their work
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NewsBehan warns of 'gap in the system' following baby's death case
The head of the Care Quality Commission has admitted a gap in the regulatory system is preventing the investigation of historic patient complaints, after NHS England pulled out of a proposed joint investigation.
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HSJ LocalStrained ambulance service to cut call-outs by 15 per cent
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service Trust has announced it will cut the number of emergency calls that receive an ambulance response by 15 per cent, in response to staff shortages and rising demand.
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HSJ LocalCCG given NHS England legal direction over waiting list backlog
PERFORMANCE: A legal direction has been placed on a clinical commissioning group by NHS England following the discovery of a large backlog of elective patients at its main provider.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners should join CQC inspections, says CCG leader
A clinical commissioning group leader has called on the Care Quality Commission to allow CCGs to join inspections of their local hospitals.
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NewsNHS to plan for 'transition' year in 2015-16
The coming financial year will be a ‘transition’ period with few new national requirements so the NHS ‘can focus on core aspects’ such as financial sustainability and waiting time targets, NHS England has indicated.
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NewsConsultation launched on heart surgery standards
NHS England has begun consultation on a new set of standards for congenital heart disease services, in the latest chapter of the long-running debate on the future of children’s cardiac surgery.
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NewsFirst wave integration plans aim low on emergency activity
Four of the first five better care fund plans to receive official approval are all aiming for less than the ‘expected minimum target’ of a 3.5 per cent reduction in emergency admissions.
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NewsDeprived mothers 'get worse care' than wealthiest
More needs to be done to help poor women through pregnancy, experts have said, after new research found that they have a worse experience than better-off mothers-to-be.
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NewsLabour insists scrapping NHS competition would not require major upheaval
A legal adviser to the Labour Party has rejected claims it would have to ‘dismantle’ the commissioner-provider split in order to remove the effect of EU procurement rules on the NHS.
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HSJ LocalOxford trust sees 11 per cent jump in patient complaints
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust saw an 11 per cent jump in in the number of complaints it received from patients last year, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS England delays consultation on restructure and job cuts
NHS England has delayed a consultation with staff on a planned large reduction in posts and structural reorganisation, following feedback from staff, it has said.
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HSJ LocalNottinghamshire CCGs mull tender for continuing healthcare support
Five clinical commissioning groups in Nottinghamshire are considering tendering for part of the area’s continuing healthcare service due to problems with the current support provider.
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HSJ LocalNorfolk trust applies for mutual programme
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust is bidding to be one of 10 trusts to receive grant funding to investigate the potential scope for becoming a mutual, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalHerts Valleys CCG seeking partner to undertake ‘strategic review’
STRUCTURE: Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group is looking for an “independent partner” to help it conduct a “strategic review” to ensure the sustainability of the West Hertfordshire healtheconomy.