News – Page 928
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UHBristol fails cancer target after 'service swap'
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust failed the 62 day cancer target after it ceased to provide breast and urology services.
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NewsCCGs to be 'assured' each quarter
Clinical commissioning groups will be rated each quarter on their effectiveness across six domains under an NHS England assurance framework to be published today.
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NewsPlain cigarette packaging back on agenda
The government is to reconsider introducing plain packaging for cigarettes.
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NewsFriends and family test ‘not a statistical measure’
The friends and family test should not be viewed as a statistic but as a “line of sight measure”, the NHS England director leading the rollout of the new test has told HSJ.
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NewsGerada predicts growth in online access to healthcare
The number of patients who access healthcare online will grow “exponentially” in coming years in line with increases in internet shopping and banking, a leading medic has said.
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NewsLung cancer care delays revealed
Almost half of lung cancer patients have experienced delays at some stage of their care, according to a new report.
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NewsAttitudes harden against private providers
There is greater support for non-profit groups running NHS services than private companies, with support for private firms providing services falling markedly, a survey shared exclusively with HSJ has revealed.
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NewsAnalysis: Keogh review trusts take positives from scrutiny
A majority of the trusts placed into special measures following Keogh review inspections have expressed concern about the costs of improving care, even if most have backed the additional scrutiny they have received, according to HSJ analysis.
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NewsWaiting list hike leads to delays for some treatments
A deliberate slowdown in the treatment of people with less serious ailments and the discovery of groups of patients who were not previously recorded in national statistics could be behind growing waiting lists, experts have said.
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Consultants scupper cancer surgery reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: A proposed reconfiguration of urological cancer surgery has been abandoned because two groups of consultants refused to work together, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSJ reveals black and minority ethnic pioneers
BME Pioneers list celebrates those making an impact on health
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HSJ Local
Consultants call for review of disciplinary action
WORKFORCE: Consultants at a hospital provider have called for an external review of recent disciplinary actions and acknowledged allegations of racial bias in the organisation.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Serco withdraws from £800m contract race
COMMERCE: Serco has become the latest bidder to withdraw from a contest to provide integrated older people’s services in a contract worth up to £800m, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCNO hails first year of success for nursing strategy
The national nursing strategy for England has “recharged pride”, following the spate of negative publicity that has been aimed at nurses in recent years, according to the chief nursing officer.
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HSJ Local
Police launch investigation into cancer data 'manipulation' at Colchester
PERFORMANCE: Police in Essex have launched a formal investigation into cancer data ‘manipulation’ at Colchester, they have confirmed.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Data reveals costly nurse shortfall
Some acute hospitals provide a third less nursing care per occupied bed day than their peers, HSJ analysis suggests.
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NewsCCGs lobby for access to safety incidents data
Clinical commissioning groups in the North of England are lobbying for direct access to information submitted by their providers to the national database of patient safety incidents, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospital sector on the way to centralising AAA surgery
England’s hospital sector will have largely completed a reconfiguration of surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms by April, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsManagers to face 'direct consequences' for failure
Senior NHS managers including chief executives could have their contracts linked to their organisation’s performance in the new Care Quality Commission ratings.
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NewsA&Es to get extra beds this winter
The government’s additional £250m funding for accident and emergency this winter will be spent on more than 2,000 extra beds and extra staff, Jeremy Hunt has said.