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Three south west trusts launch joint IT procurement
COMMERCIAL: Three south west trusts have launched a joint tender for a new electronic health record system.
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NewsRoyal college to say hospital reconfiguration is 'inevitable'
Reconfiguration of hospital services is “inevitable” if better standards of hospital care are to be achieved, a major Royal College of Physicians report is expected to say.
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NewsGPs failing elderly patients: Hunt
A “much better way” is needed for “vulnerable old people to journey through the NHS”, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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News'Opt-out' organ system becomes law in Wales
A new law creating the first opt-opt organ donation system in the UK is to be rubber-stamped at a special ceremony on 10 September.
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NewsNHS England warning: Monitor's proposals 'could put services at risk'
NHS England has warned that some of Monitor’s proposals for securing fairer competition between NHS and independent sector providers could “put the continuation of certain services at risk”.
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HSJ LocalTen bidders announced for £800m older people's contract
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group today announced the 10 bidders that have passed the first stage of a contest to provide integrated older people’s services worth up to £800m.
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Barts scores well on Friends and Family Test
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has scored well on the Friends and Family Test.
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Central London CCG aims for £11m savings
FINANCE: Central London Clinical Commissioning Group is aiming for £11m savings in 2013-14, board papers reveal.
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NewsTwitter chat: is A&E on the brink of a crisis?
Join experts from the NHS Confederation to discuss survey findings
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs downgrade set to lead to court battle
A bid to downgrade services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could end in court, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: College plans back to work scheme to ease GP shortage
The Royal College of GPs is proposing to set up a back to work scheme to create a “short term surge” in GP numbers and help fill what it says is an urgent shortage.
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NewsInterview: New GP leader condemns PM's A&E plan
The chair elect of the Royal College of GPs has condemned the prime minister’s £500m accident and emergency bailout plan as “voodoo med-economics” and said it was driven by “political priorities ahead of a forthcoming general election”.
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Foreign doctors could be tested under new rules
New rules could see doctors arriving from the continent made to prove their English language skills are up to scratch.
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NewsA&E departments 'could reach breaking point'
The prime minister has been accused of leaving accident and emergency departments on the “brink of a serious crisis” as a series of surveys reveal the concerns of patients, nurses and health service leaders.
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NewsRevised negligence scheme 'will not lead to big price swings'
Plans to scrap discounts on clinical negligence premiums will not lead to “big swings in price”, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority has told HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals' share of spend grows as GPs' slice shrinks
The proportion of NHS funding spent on hospital care increased in 2012-13, with general practice slightly reducing its share, official figures obtained by HSJ indicate.
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NewsOmbudsman report set to reveal sepsis failures
The NHS is failing to adequately diagnose and treat patients suffering from the life threatening condition sepsis, the parliamentary health service ombudsman will say in a report later this week, HSJ has been told.
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CCG reviews intermediate services amid referrals rise
PERFORMANCE: Clinicians at Aylesbury Vale clinical commissioning group have begun a “comprehensive review” of intermediate services.
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Royal Cornwall sets itself £14.2m CIP target
FINANCE Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £14.2m for 2013-14.
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Southport and Ormskirk records deficit for May
FINANCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust recorded a deficit of £89,000 in May, against a planned surplus of £4,000, its latest finance report states.