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NewsAgency staff spending expected to rise
Spending on agency staff in NHS hospitals is predicted to climb as frontline pressures intensify, according to a report shared with Health Service Journal.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs abandon flagship regional pathology reorganisation
Clinical commissioning groups have abandoned a £500m flagship regional reorganisation of pathology services, dealing a major blow to efforts to bring about major changes in the sector, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsOne in five councils allocates no child obesity cash, official figures show
Almost a fifth of top-tier councils appear not to have earmarked any funding for tackling child obesity this year, according to official figures.
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NewsPHE says flu and cold weather to blame for spike in excess deaths
The national public health oversight body has said excess deaths during winter 2012-13 “would seem to be” due to “a combination of circulating influenza and cold weather”.
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NewsMedical chief tried hash cookies
England’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, has admitted eating hash cookies at university.
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NewsGPs warning over care of elderly
The majority of family doctors are concerned that they will not be able to properly care for vulnerable older patients because they are struggling to cope with “spiralling workloads and dwindling resources”, leading doctors said.
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HSJ Local
Takeover of 20 GP practices approved by OFT
COMMERCIAL: The takeover of 20 Merseyside general practices by a North West based company has been approved by the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsExclusive: Analysis reveals waiting list surge as hospital demand climbs
Demand for hospital services is reaching record levels with the number of patients on the elective waiting list hitting a five year high, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsRedistributing CCG funding could mean real terms cuts, NHS England warns
NHS England issues stark warning as it publishes details of potential winners and losers from proposed new funding formula
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NewsNew head injury guidelines announced
People who suffer a head injury and require an ambulance should be taken straight to hospitals with resuscitation equipment, according to new guidelines.
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HSJ Local
Wexham Park trust invests in A&E in urgent improvement bid
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has announced a £3m investment in its emergency department in an attempt to improve facilities following a damning inspection report.
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NewsAnalysed: Rewiring Manchester's mental health services
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing analyses moves to address shortcomings in Manchester’s mental health provision
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NHS staff with HIV ban to be lifted
The government is to lift a ban on NHS workers with HIV carrying out certain procedures on patients.
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HSJ Local
NHS trust defends chief's pay rise
WORKFORCE: The chairman of a hospital trust which was put in special measures after a major national review of high mortality rates said it would have been a “grave mistake and false economy” not to boost the chief executive’s salary by £25,000.
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HSJ Local
Stephen Eames appointed permanent chief executive at Mid Yorks
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has named Stephen Eames as its permanent chief executive, following the approval of a major service change plan.
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HSJ Local
New technology piles pressure on cancer waits at Royal Devon
PERFORMANCE: The extra demand created by the introduction of robotic surgery at Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust caused the trust to miss cancer waiting targets for three consecutive quarters.
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NewsBoris Johnson: 'The mayoralty should have a bigger role in healthcare'
The mayor of London has used an HSJ interview to vow to back hospital reconfiguration projects that have the support of clinicians.
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HSJ Local
New chair for Kingston Hospital
STRUCTURE: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust’s new chair will start work on September 1.
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NewsExclusive: Primary care chief wants GPs to form larger providers
GPs should form larger provider organisations or networks as part of a rapid development of out-of-hospital services, England’s lead GP is proposing.
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NewsHSJ launches new packages for subscribers
Healthcare leaders can now choose when and how they access HSJ, with the launch of three new subscription packages.The new packages mean readers can now read HSJ on the move with our new iPad app, get HSJ magazine in the post every week, or both.They are:Leadership Package: the magazine, the ...