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NewsFrancis criticises Vasco-Knight trust
Robert Francis has sharply criticised South Devonshire Health Care’s attempts to cover up accusations of nepotism against its chief executive.
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News7 February 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 we examine the impact of the Francis report − published a year ago yesterday − on the culture of the NHS. Plus: ...
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Darzi says care.data furore was avoidable
Former health minister Lord Darzi has thrown his weight behind the pioneering care.data project but criticised ministers’ handling of how it has been presented to the public.
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NewsCQC revises intelligent monitoring tool
Acute trusts will get longer to check the data in the Care Quality Commission’s Intelligent Monitoring Tool before it is made public under a series of changes due to be announced by the regulator today.
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Medway's expected deficit rockets to £8m
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust expects to record a deficit of £7.9m this financial year - a substantial increase from the originally planned level of £1.2m.
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HSJ LocalMonitor appoints interim leadership at Medway
Monitor has appointed interim leadership at Medway Foundation Trust, after both the chairman and chief executive left the trust last week.
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NewsHunt warns more trusts face special measures
Patients should expect more hospitals to be put in “special measures”, the health secretary has warned.
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NewsExperts hint at future cancer charges
Cancer patients may have to pay for some treatments if long-term high-quality NHS care is to be maintained, experts have suggested.
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NewsCCG calls for Vasco-Knight's immediate suspension
South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group has called for the immediate suspension of Dr Vasco-Knight while an internal investigation is underway.
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NewsRCGP chair backs co-commissioning of general practice
The chair of the Royal College of GPs has backed the co-commissioning of general practice by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsExclusive: Councils boost care fund pools
Several councils are planning to pool their entire adult care budget with the NHS in one of the biggest boosts to the integration of care between the two sectors to date, it has emerged.
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NewsInquiry chair says evidence summaries will emerge
Summaries of evidence from witnesses who appear at the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be made public, the inquiry chair has said.
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NewsDH tightens grip on informatics policy
The Department of Health has strengthened its grip on the NHS’s informatics policy by making a key policy group directly accountable to itself, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPatients 'uninformed on data plan'
Patients are not being given clear enough information about what will happen to their personal health records under a new NHS data mining scheme, the Information Commissioner’s office has warned.
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Trust apologises over cancer errors
More than 800 patients suspected of having cancer could have had their diagnosis delayed because of an administrative error, a hospital trust has admitted.
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NewsSerco pledges commitment to direct care role
Outsourcer Serco this week insisted it remained committed to directly providing community care services after signing a deal with another care firm to advise it on its troubled Suffolk contract.
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NewsInformation centre strategy signals ‘turf war’ with NHS England
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is drawing up a technology strategy in a move predicted to put it on a collision course with NHS England.
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NewsGP practices 'receiving £258m for no identified purpose'
NHS England has spent about £258m a year on GP services with no identifiable justification, a review has found.
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NewsMany healthcare assistants start work without training
A quarter of trusts allow healthcare assistants to start work on the wards without undergoing any training for the job, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsImpact of culture change revealed one year after Francis
Staff wellbeing and organisational culture are being taken more seriously