News – Page 892
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NewsLamb warns against referrals for ‘gay conversion’ therapy
Health minister Norman Lamb has written to NHS England calling for reassurances that GPs are not referring gay and lesbian people to controversial practitioners who say they can “cure” people of homosexuality.
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NewsOmbudsman: Older patients could be 'suffering in silence'
Older people could be suffering in silence because they are less likely to complain when standards slip, even though they use the NHS the most, Health Service Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor has said.
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NewsNHS England director returns as Choices chief
A senior NHS England director and former director at outsourcing giant Capita has been made senior responsible officer for the NHS Choices programme.
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NewsNHS England planning new choice and competition research
NHS England is planning to conduct new research on choice and competition in the NHS, according to the organisation’s latest business plan.
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HSJ LocalKeogh trust's ability to train doctors affected by staffing shortages
WORKFORCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust is launching a recruitment campaign to address a staff shortage which has affected its ability to train junior doctors.
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NewsWorking time rules 'hit treatment'
Rules aimed at ensuring doctors do not work long hours are leading to cancelled operations and clinics for patients, a government-ordered review has found.
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HSJ LocalSecond proposed FT merger under competition scrutiny
STRUCTURE: The Competition and Markets Authority has begun a review of the proposed merger between Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust and its troubled neighbour Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust.
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NewsCommissioning end of life care: keeping terminally ill people out of hospital
An HSJ Twitter chat in association with Marie Curie Cancer Care
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Marsden and Brompton in royal rumble over land sale
Two of London’s most famous teaching hospitals are locked in dispute over the sale of land in central London.
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NewsCommissioning services through any qualified provider: an HSJ survey
Should any qualified provider be extended to new areas?
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CCG leaders: Reforms have not improved control of cost and activity
The ability of the NHS to control costs and curb hospital activity has not improved with the government’s reorganisation of the NHS, according to many leaders of the clinical commissioning groups created by the reforms.
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NewsCCGs open services to competition out of fear of rules
More than a quarter of clinical commissioning leaders open services up to competition out of fear of rules
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HSJ LocalTrust's FT bid delayed by CQC findings
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s bid for foundation status has been further delayed, following a Care Quality Commission inspection which found the trust “required improvement”.
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NewsCCG leaders voice serious concern over public health
Clinical commissioning leaders have expressed serious concerns about the current state public health services.
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NewsUnison seeks ballot for NHS industrial action
The largest healthcare union has warned of a “winter of unrest for the NHS” as it revealed plans to ballot members for industrial action.
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CCG plans to jointly commission children’s services with council
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group plans to jointly commission children’s services in Cambridgeshire with the local authority.
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Commissioner serves notice on East Sussex contract over quality concerns
COMMERCIAL: A Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group has voted to serve notice on its community services contract with East Sussex Healthcare Trust after flagging concerns with the current offering.
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Staff raise 'racially motivated bullying' concerns at trust
WORKFORCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors visiting Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals were told of “significant tensions” and “racially motivated bullying and harassment” among staff at the trust, a report published this week reveals.
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NewsThird of NHS data releases went to private sector, audit says
Just over a third of the organisations which received approved patient data releases from the NHS between April and December last year were private firms, an audit published today said.
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NewsData video: What happened to the continuing healthcare cash?
Paying for legacy healthcare claims