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Exclusive: two-thirds of public favour increased NHS spending
Two-thirds of the public favour increased funding to maintain health services, according to an Ipsos MORI poll shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NHS England scraps Care.data timetable
NHS England has scrapped its timetable for the Care.data patient records project, insisting the programme will only roll out nationally once the “process is right”.
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NewsCall for 'financial challenges' to be accounted for in payment system
The Foundation Trust Network has appealed to NHS England and Monitor to help healthcare providers cope with “unprecedented financial challenges” of 2015-16 by revising their next national tariff.
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HSJ LocalBirmingham acute appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has appointed a new medical director.
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NewsEquality for mental health urged
People with mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities are dying earlier as a result of a failure to address their needs by the NHS, the doctors’ union has warned.
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NewsCharity slams NHS on diabetes care
The NHS is wasting billions of pounds of public money by failing to tackle diabetes early enough, a charity has warned.
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NewsPioneering pathology joint venture posts multi-million pound profit
One of the first public-private joint venture pathology services for the NHS has posted its first multi-million pound profit
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NewsStevens expands on primary care co-commissioning plans
The chief executive of NHS England has revealed further details of his plan to hand clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care.
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NewsLive Q&A: mental health and unemployment
Find out how Oxfordshire is helping service users back into work
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HSJ LocalIan Carruthers appointed trust chairman
Sir Ian Carruthers has been appointed as chair of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, the NHS Trust Development Authority confirmed on Friday.
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Merger proposed between Surrey trusts
Two foundation trusts in Surrey have announced a proposed merger to offer more specialist services and to establish a major emergency centre on one of the sites.
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New chief nurse for Northern Devon
WORKFORCE: Kevin Marsh has been appointed director of nursing at Northern Devon Healthcare Trust.
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Trust spends £1.8m to boost staffing levels
North Devon Healthcare Trust has launched a £1.8 million recruitment drive at one of its hospitals to boost staffing levels.
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TDA approves teaching hospital's foundation trust bid
St George’s Healthcare Trust has become the first to have its foundation trust application approved by the Trust Development Authority since the Care Quality Commission revamped its inspection regime.
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NHS patient safety figures released
More than 40,000 patients suffered “significant” harm while cared for in the NHS in England during a six-month period last year, new figures show.
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NewsExclusive: Post-Francis recruitment surge welcomed by minister
Exclusive: The recent and continuing surge in new NHS posts for nursing and other frontline roles has been welcomed by health minister Dan Poulter as the “right thing to do” in response to the Mid-Staffordshire scandal.
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NewsExclusive: Minister attacks 'disingenuous' unions on pay
Dan Poulter has accused health unions of being “deliberately disingenuous” in local pay negotiations for issuing a negotiating guide that breaks with the “spirit” of a previous deal.
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News2 May issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue HSJ Nigel Edwards questions the recetn rehtoric on the virtues of community care and calls for a new model. Plus:Being admitted to ...
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Brent contract awarded after competition complaints
Brent Clinical Commissioning Group has finally awarded its £5.8m ophthalmology contract to private provider BMI Healthcare after a two-year hold up caused by complaints about the CCG’s procurement procedure.