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Cambridge University Hospitals recruits leading academic to boost nursing care
WORKFORCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Professor Christi Deaton to head up a new programme to drive through research projects aimed at improving nursing care for patients.
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NewsHunt 'prepared to look at' future of foundation trust policy
Health secretary speaks exclusively to HSJ on private healthcare, the purchaser-provider split, and the “bold” reforms to healthcare models needed on the 65th anniversary of the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt says 'concept' of NHS 111 must be re-examined
The government is reviewing the “concept” of the controversial NHS 111 service, just months after the chaotic official launch of the new system, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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NewsNHS England mulls open source patient record systems
NHS England is considering offering cash to trusts to develop “open source” software which it says offers flexibility and speeds up their development of electronic patient record systems.
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NewsCrackdown expected on NHS tourism
Loopholes that allow migrants to wrongly access free UK health care will be closed under a crackdown on abuse of public services next week, Jeremy Hunt is to announce.
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NewsMonitor reviews access to GPs
Monitor has launched a review into how easy it is for patients to access general practitioner services.
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NewsVascular surgeon data ‘misrepresented’ by media
Questions have been raised about how data relating to individual surgeons’ mortality rates has been presented, both by the body that prepared it and the media.
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NewsHSJ launches innovation hub
HSJ is launching an innovation hub on its website which will serve as a platform for the latest content, resources, research and projects happening in the field of innovation.
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Monitor probes Tees Esk and Wear over care failings
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust to determine whether it has broken the conditions of its licence, after concerns were raised over the quality of its care.
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Mass resignations at struggling ambulance trust
PERFORMANCE: The non-executive directors of East of England Ambulance Service Trust have resigned en masse following a barrage of criticism from MPs and a withering report on the trust’s performance and leadership.
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NewsDoctors brand CQC ‘not fit for purpose’
The under-fire Care Quality Commission is “not fit for purpose”, leading doctors have said.
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NewsIndividual trusts to publish surgeons’ data
Individual trusts’ websites will have to provide links to their consultants’ performance data – including mortality rates – by the end of July, under a flagship NHS transparency programme.
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Monitor findings stand on Cornwall competition complaint
COMMERCIAL: Monitor has upheld its ruling that Cornwall primary care trust should have been more transparent in its commissioning of learning disability services.
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Norfolk and Norwich University FT takes step towards paperless stroke records
COMMERCIAL: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has begun using a new software to support its drive towards paperless stroke records.
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NewsMorecambe Bay emails destroyed despite police request
A backup tape which may have contained emails linked to an infant death at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay was destroyed despite a specific police request to retain records, HSJ has learned.
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Ambulance trust NEDs resign amid MPs' attacks
PERFORMANCE: Two non-executive directors are stepping down from the East of England Ambulance Service board following a barrage of criticism from MPs and a withering report on the trust’s performance and leadership.
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Oxfordshire CCG faces 'extremely challenging' year
FINANCE: Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group has already committed all its non-recurrent funding for 2013-14 to address projected rises in acute activity.
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Hundreds of medical students forced to re-sit exam
Hundreds of medical students at King’s College Medical School have been forced to re-sit an exam after it featured questions available on a smartphone revision app designed by an honorary lecturer at the college.
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CQC finds care failings at West Cumberland Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Inspectors have demanded improvements at West Cumberland Hospital after finding its staffing was “at times inadequate” and it was failing to maintain accurate patient records.