News – Page 895
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NewsCQC set to run list of 'unfit' directors
A register of poorly performing NHS directors is to be set up and maintained by the Care Quality Commission to prevent “unfit” managers working and moving between health and care providers.
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NewsNICE chief: Approval changes 'won't increase NHS drugs bill'
The head of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has suggested the NHS will not pay more overall for branded pharmaceuticals in future as a result of proposed changes to the way the organisation assesses the value of new drugs.
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NewsFemale GPs outnumber male counterparts
Female GPs have outnumbered male GPs for first time, according to official figures.
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NewsNicholson rates NHS England five out of 10
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has rated his organisation just five out of 10.
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NewsTreasury claims £650m legacy debt pot
NHS England has admitted that £650m of provisions made by primary care trusts last year to pay for historic continuing healthcare claims will not be available to clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsMinister: Mental health trusts should 'fight' over contracts
A health minister has indicated mental health providers should “fight” contracts with commissioners in cases where they would be “losing out” due to the greater price reduction for the sector specified in controversial national guidance.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt opens door to wider pay reform negotiations
Jeremy Hunt has suggested the government would be willing to drop its call for a freeze on incremental pay progression
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NewsFlory: 'Significant proportion of trusts have no clear plan for sustainability'
NHS Trust Development Authority chief executive David Flory has warned “a significant proportion” of the trust sector has no “clear plan for sustainability”.
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NewsTrusts bid for £376m in bailouts
NHS trusts are hoping for bailouts totalling £376m this financial year, figures published by the NHS Trust Development Authority reveal.
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NewsExclusive: 'Cost neutral' Francis policy has cost £2.5m
More than £2.5m is being spent piloting a government scheme to make aspiring student nurses work as healthcare assistants for a year before university courses
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NewsMPs: Monitor ‘must not be an obstacle to change’
Acute services in the NHS in England are facing a year of particular financial pressure in 2015-16, when changes to funding arrangements will see £2bn transferred to community health and social care provision, a parliamentary report has warned.
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NewsHunt to launch patient safety 'movement' to halve harm
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is expected to use a major speech in the US today to launch a “patient safety movement” aimed at halving rates of avoidable harm in the NHS over the next three years.
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HSJ LocalFour CSUs abandon 'strategic alliance'
Four commissioning support units have abandoned plans to form a single “strategic alliance”.
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Oxfordshire CCG faces two years of deficit
FINANCE: Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group is set to record a £7.6m deficit in 2014-15, following an unplanned overspend this year, and does not expect to deliver a surplus until 2016-17.
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NewsCall for cash to tackle NHS fraud
More money should be set aside for tackling fraud in the NHS, a leading figure has said, as new figures showed that scams are costing the health service an estimated £5bn a year.
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NewsExclusive: Simon Stevens considering new board member
Incoming NHS England chief Simon Stevens is considering appointing a senior NHS management figure to lead on specialised commissioning, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS could face £500m bill over VAT changes, experts warn
The NHS could face an increased tax bill of at least £500m from 1 April when HM Revenue and Customs attempts to standardise across all government departments the rules for reclaiming VAT on outsourced services, experts have warned.
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Monitor to send contingency planning team into King’s Lynn
PERFORMANCE: Monitor is to send a contingency planning team to Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn to develop options for securing sustainable patient services at the financially troubled foundation trust.
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NewsNICE to consult on delayed ‘value-based’ drug pricing plans
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is to announce proposals on Thursday that could see the health service increase the amount it spends on branded pharmaceutical drugs.