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NewsNHS Choices use of friends and family scores 'misleading', say trusts
NHS Choices has been accused of “misleading” and “confusing” patients in its presentation of the results of the friends and family test.
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HSJ LocalBREAKING: Mid Staffs to be prosecuted over patient death
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a patient in April 2007.
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HSJ LocalHigh Court orders second inquest over Mid Staffs death
The High Court has ordered a second inquest be held into the death of a Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust patient which has been the subject of accusations of a lack of openness by senior managers.
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NewsA&E response rate remains issue for friends and family test
NHS trusts have continued to struggle to gather responses to the friends and family test from accident and emergency patients, the latest tranche of data has revealed.
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NewsUK's first private medical school announced
The UK’s first private medical school is about to be launched.
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NewsAmbulance staff ballot warning
Union leaders have warned of the threat of industrial action among ambulance workers in a row over sick pay.
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Concerns raised about Ipswich Hospital’s finances
FINANCE Ipswich Hospital Trust has labelled its finances an area of “high risk” after auditors raised concerns about its savings plans.
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NewsMonitor rejects calls for different approach to PFI risk
Monitor has rejected claims from foundation trusts with large private finance initiative commitments that they should be treated differently than others under the regulator’s new system for measuring financial risk.
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NewsSteve Field appointed as chief inspector of general practice
Steve Field has been appointed as the Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of general practice.
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NewsWarning over migrant health charges
Government proposals for an extended charging system for migrants and short term visitors attempting to access healthcare in the UK could cause unintended damage to NHS services, the British Medical Association has warned.
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NewsPrivate hospital groups face selling off sites
Private healthcare groups face having to sell off sites after the competition watchdog found 101 private hospitals across the UK have little local competition.
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Controversial £1bn contract cut by a fifth
COMMERCIAL Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group has cut the value of its controversial integrated older people’s services tender by £200m, HSJ has learned.
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Integrated care company goes into administration
COMMERCIAL: A company that offered referral guidance to NHS patients in Surrey and provided consultant-led, specialist clinics has gone into administration weeks after losing its contract.
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NewsWelsh cancer patients 'missing out' on new drugs
Cancer patients in Wales are more than four times less likely to receive a newer drug on the NHS than those in England, it is claimed.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: CCGs could take over CSUs
NHS England could allow clinical commissioning groups to take ownership of their support service providers, rather than allowing the units to be moved into the private sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCQC inspectors failed to refer 'uncaring' staff to regulators
Care Quality Commission inspectors who witnessed “unacceptable behaviour” at Whipps Cross Hospital failed to refer any staff to their professional regulators, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsNHS spends £1.4bn on redundancy pay-offs
Ministers have been accused of wasting £1.4bn of NHS funding on redundancy pay-offs.
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NewsHospitals 'give own food top marks'
A disparity between patients’ and trusts’ ratings of hospital food has been highlighted by a campaign group.
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Surrey campaign to tackle learning disability discrimination
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched a campaign to help tackle the stigma, discrimination and crime faced by local people who have a learning disability.
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Telehealth deal agreed by Surrey CCGs
COMMERCIAL: The largest telehealth deployment in the country has been commissioned by Surrey County Council.