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NewsMost popular quality premium targets revealed
Improving care for circulatory diseases and reducing emergency admissions are the targets most commonly chosen by clinical commissioning groups to be linked to their income, research has found.
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NewsLamb: Directors could face poor care prosecutions
Individual directors on the boards of healthcare providers will face the threat of criminal prosecution for neglect or abuse of patients, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsWidespread fall in GP morale, BMA poll finds
Family doctors feel increasingly fed up, overworked, tied up in red tape and worried that “dubious” government targets are stopping them treating needier patients, a British Medical Association survey has found.
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NewsSocial care spend falls by 2pc
Council spending on adult social care fell by 2 per cent last year, according to figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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NewsCQC appoints campaigner to advise on safety
A father whose high profile fight for answers over the death of his baby son at an NHS hospital led to the setting up of an independent inquiry has been appointed an adviser to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsUPDATED Hunt: 'unacceptable compromises' made by aspirant FTs
Jeremy Hunt has today said he believes that “in certain cases unacceptable compromises were made on staffing” by aspirant foundation trusts.
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Statistics 'vital to boost health'
Experts say analysis of statistics needs to continue to help boost people’s health amid concerns at cuts being considered at the Office of National Statistics.
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NewsReview of health rules on veils
A review is being launched into health service guidelines on full-face veils to ensure that patients always have “appropriate face to face contact”, it has emerged.
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NewsAnalysis: Big gap between priorities of CCGs and 'rising star' wellbeing boards
HSJ analysis has revealed a gulf between the stated aims of clinical commissioning groups and council hosted health and wellbeing boards, with the two organisations sharing no priorities in two-fifths of CCG areas.
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HSJ LocalCambridge takes out £50m loan to fund IT project
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has taken out a £50m loan to partly fund its ambitious new electronic patient records system, HSJ has learned.
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CQC: Still ‘great deal’ of work to be done at Morecambe Bay
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has only fully met seven of the 40 recommendations it received from the Care Quality Commission last year for improving its emergency services, the regulator will report today.
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CQC gives Kidderminster thumbs up
PERFORMANCE: Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre has been told it is meeting all five essential standards in a recent CQC inspection.
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Death rates fall at George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital trust is reporting improved performance on mortality rates.
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Cambridge governors express ‘concern’ over C.diff levels
PERFORMANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust governors have expressed “concern” about the number of C.difficile cases so far this year, according to unconfirmed board minutes.
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NewsKeogh review trusts to be paired with 'buddies'
The Keogh review trusts placed into special measures by regulators are to be “buddied up” with more successful providers in a bid to drive improvements, HSJ understands.
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Brighton reports improved efficiency from touch screens
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has seen improved efficiencies and staff morale following the installation of an electronic bed management system at its two sites.
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NewsFree briefing: what the technology fund means for you
Join us for briefings on how to use NHS England’s £500m technology fund
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NewsSharp fall in trust confidence on savings targets
There has been a sharp decline in the confidence of trust finance directors that they will meet their annual cost improvement targets, according to the latest King’s Fund quarterly monitoring report.
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NewsRising cost of NHS IT 'fiasco'
The costs of the multibillion-pound national health IT programme abandoned by the government are set to continue rising significantly, MPs have warned. The Commons public accounts committee issued the warning as it branded the scheme one of the “worst and most expensive contracting fiascos” in the history of the public ...
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NewsA&E attendance figures cast doubt on Hunt's out of hours theory
Patients of GP practices that remain directly responsible for out of hours primary care may attend accident and emergency more often than others, analysis suggests. However, the research also indicates they may be admitted to hospital as an emergency less regularly.