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HSJ LocalCCG's 'unprecedented' hearing aid charging proposals attacked
FINANCE: An “unprecedented” proposal by a Staffordshire clinical commissioning group to significantly restrict funding for hearing aids has been attacked by charities and labelled the “thin end of the wedge” for wider NHS charging.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Berkshire appoints chief
Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has appointed Jean O’Callaghan as its chief executive.
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NewsExclusive: Lord Carter appointed NHS 'procurement champion'
The Department of Health has appointed Labour peer Lord Carter as the NHS’s “procurement champion” to help the service save up to £2bn on its budget, HSJ has learned.
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News20 June 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 analysis reveals that a number of trusts are struggling with shortfalls due to emergency demand, traditionally associated with winter, dragging into ...
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HSJ LocalSheffield aims for single health and care budget
FINANCE: Sheffield’s clinical commissioning group and city council have unveiled plans to pool £237m more than required by national rules in 2015-16, with the “ultimate aim” of establishing a single budget for health and social care.
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Row between East Sussex trust and local MP over 'insulting' criticism
STRUCTURE: A south east trust has hit back at its Liberal Democrat MP for refusing to discuss his “insulting and inappropriate” criticisms of its restructuring programme.
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HSJ LocalBuckinghamshire Healthcare exits special measures
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has become the second trust to leave the special measures regime.
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HSJ LocalFT subsidiary takes over Circle clinic
A private firm wholly owned by a Midlands foundation trust is to take over the running of a private clinic from Circle
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NewsThe legacy of the Griffiths report: share your views
Share your thoughts on the impact of the landmark leadership report.
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NewsSingle online tool launched to aid mental health data models
Efforts to develop more sophisticated approaches to commissioning, funding and comparing mental health services could be helped by a new online database.
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HSJ LocalRecruitment struggle spells end for franchise rescue
The struggle of England’s smallest acute trust to recruit consultants played a major role in the decision to ditch its search for an independent sector management franchise to take it over, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS England strategy director joins GP and urgent care provider
The recently departed strategy director of NHS England has been appointed as a partner at a large GP and urgent care provider.
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NewsExclusive: New health committee chair Sarah Wollaston's first interview
The new chair of the Commons health committee has named whistleblowing, patient safety and the safeguarding of patient records as key areas of attention for the committee under her stewardship, she told HSJ.
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Patients 'don't understand doctors'
Health workers must do more to ensure patients can understand the advice they have been given, leading doctors have said.
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NewsCCG’s break with QOF set to test integration and co-commissioning support
Allowing GPs in a single clinical commissioning group to break away from the nationally agreed quality and outcomes framework will test whether the approach could help drive integration and support co-commissioning, HSJ has been told.
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NewsWinter pressures continue into spring
Hospital trusts across England reported higher than planned deficits in the first month of the financial year, linked to winter pressures dragging on into the spring, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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NewsSarah Wollaston elected Commons health committee chair
Conservative MP for Totnes, who is a former GP, succeeds Stephen Dorrell
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HSJ LocalDispute hits finances of CCG and provider in Shropshire
COMMERCIAL: A contract dispute between a clinical commissioning group and a trust in Shropshire has resulted in the CCG being placed in “financial recovery” and the provider pushed deeper into deficit, board papers showed.
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NewsNHS could learn cost-cutting lessons from retail, Corrigan claims
Hospitals need to follow in the footsteps of retailers when it comes to cost-cutting techniques and quality measures, it has been claimed.
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NHS 111 could be terminated in Norfolk
PERFORMANCE: The NHS 111 service could be terminated in Norfolk, as the East of England Ambulance Service Trust, which runs the service, has failed to secure sufficient funding.