News – Page 814
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NewsEight CCGs plan to bring commissioning support in-house
Eight London clinical commissioning groups are set to stop using their commissioning support unit and bring its functions in-house, HSJ understands.
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NewsLabour dubs NHS 111 'fundamentally flawed'
Labour has accused the government of ‘vandalism’ by destroying NHS Direct, which formally closed on March 31.
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NewsCameras for ambulance staff urged
Ambulance crews should carry body-worn CCTV cameras to prevent thousands of ‘disgraceful’ assaults on frontline staff each year, according to a new report.
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NewsStevens calls for 'team effort' to overcome NHS challenges
New NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens will today identify older people’s services, joint working between health and social care, whistleblowing, and medical advances as among his top priorities.
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NewsExclusive: Duty of candour extension will force ministers to tell truth
The statutory duty of candour is to be extended to regulators, Department of Health officials and government ministers, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHS trust under private management faces deficit again
Private healthcare provider Circle is expected to have to dip into its own coffers for the second year running to cover a deficit at Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTwo CSUs advertise for long term commercial partner
Two commissioning support units have become the first to publicly call for bids from third parties wishing to become their long term strategic partner.
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NewsSir Robert Naylor to chair HSJ inquiry into future of NHS leadership
Stephen Dorrell among panel members
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NewsMPs fear for free NHS, survey shows
Politicians have expressed concern that a free NHS may be unsustainable if challenges facing the health service are not addressed.
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NewsLabour lord calls for NHS patient 'membership charge'
A former Labour health minister has called for British citizens to pay a £10 per month “NHS membership charge”, as part of a suite of proposed reforms intended to prevent the health service “starving the rest of the public sector of resources”.
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NewsReview reveals failings by nursing regulator in Mid Staffs cases
The Nursing and Midwifery Council failed to properly investigate 17 former nurses at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust according to an audit by the Professional Standards Authority.
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NewsNHS England chief technology officer leaves
NHS England’s chief technology officer Alex Abbott is leaving the organisation, the latest of a series of senior departures, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCare home assaults are 'sad fact'
A judge who specialises in analysing issues relating to vulnerable people says assaults and serious incidents will occur at care homes and psychiatric units which house mentally-ill residents.
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NewsHunt safety plans 'will require frontline investment'
Providers will need to invest “significant” time in ensuring frontline staff can deliver the plans to improve patient safety which were announced by the health secretary last week, HSJ has been told.
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NewsCompetition to run district general hospital is abandoned
A tender process for the running of George Eliot Hospital Trust has been abandoned, it was announced today.
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NewsData video: the deterioration of hospital trust finances
Why are so many hospital trusts facing a deficit?
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NewsMinisters: Involve providers in 'better care fund' talks
Norman Lamb and communities minister Brandon Lewis have jointly written to health and wellbeing board chairs calling for more involvement of providers in plans for the better care fund.
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HSJ Local
Police officers to be based at Royal Blackburn Hospital
WORKFORCE: Police liaison officers are to be based within the accident and emergency department at Royal Blackburn Hospital to help reduce aggression towards staff and unnecessary police attendance.
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Concerns over palliative death recording
The way hospitals record deaths could be covering up poor treatment and costing lives, according to a new report.