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NewsStevens signals shift in 'three-way split' in local NHS commissioning
Simon Stevens has been reviewing the split between NHS England and clinical commissioning group budgets in his first few weeks in his post, and said it will shift.
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NewsStevens sets out alternative approach to small hospitals
Merger or closure of small hospitals might not be the best way forward for an already “centralised” English NHS
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NewsStevens reveals review to address future NHS funding
The new chief executive of NHS England has told the organisation would lead a review on the future finances and sustainability of the health service.
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NewsExclusive: Stevens launches quick-fire NHS England 'structure' review
The new NHS England chief executive has initiated a quick-fire review of the organisation’s national structure and systems, amid staff concern about its “hierarchical” approach.
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Historic mental health hospital to close
COMMERCE: A Yorkshire mental health hospital, which has provided services since the eighteenth century is to close, following concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission about the safety of the premises.
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MPs' warning over waiting time data
NHS England is failing to collect “consistent, complete and accurate” waiting times figures from trusts, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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Watch live: Simon Stevens at the Commons health committee
Commons health committee video feed live at 2.30pm
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Treat patients closer to home, CQC tells mental health trust
Devon Partnership Trust has been ordered by regulators to ensure that patients requiring acute care are treated closer to their homes.
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NewsMonitor to dissolve Cooperation and Competition Panel
Monitor is dissolving its Co-operation and Competition Panel – the body which advises it on competition issues, the regulator has announced.
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Urgent action needed for software switchover
NHS England has warned that “urgent action” is required from NHS organisations and GP practices which have still not migrated their computer operating systems away from the soon-to-be ditched Microsoft Windows XP platform.
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NewsMid Staffs special administration delay cost £125k
A decision to delay a key ministerial announcement on the dissolution of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by nine working days cost Monitor up to £125,000, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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NewsMid Staffs fined over 'avoidable' death
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been fined £200,000 for the “wholly avoidable” death of a diabetic patient.
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Parsa launches new ‘virtual health service’ app
Ali Parsa, the man who founded private health firm Circle, has launched an app to allow users to see GPs and specialist doctors via video link, order prescriptions and monitor their symptoms.
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New chief executive for 'insular' Northern Devon
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust’s has promoted its medical director to chief executive post.
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NewsKeogh to investigate pre-op pregnancy tests
The NHS is to examine the issue of pregnancy tests for women of child-bearing age before surgery after a businesswoman was forced to abort her baby following a minor operation.
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NewsMP call for 'people's ombudsman'
MPs have called for an overhaul of the “outdated” public services watchdog to help prevent repeats of the Staffordshire hospital scandal.
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NewsBed and breakfast used to free up mental health beds
A mental health trust forced to free up inpatient beds by discharging patients into bed and breakfast accommodation has seen its bill for the measure rocket five-fold in less than a year.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England launches specialised commissioning turnaround
NHS England has established a turnaround team to get a grip on the spiralling specialised commissioning budget
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HSJ LocalAlder Hey misses waiting times target
PERFORMANCE: Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust is lagging behind one of its waiting times targets, the trust’s latest board papers show.
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AHSN appoints consultant neurologist as new director
One of the most established academic health science networks in the country has appointed a director in a newly created role.