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Exclusive: re-written Health Bill will put competition panel on statutory footing
The coalition agreement on re-writing the Health Bill will put the Competition and Co-operation Panel on a statutory footing, leaving Monitor with a duty to “protect and promote patients’ interests”, HSJ has been told.
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Care abuse investigation set for next month
A serious case review into allegations that carers routinely abused vulnerable adults with learning difficulties at a residential hospital in Gloucestershire has been set for July.
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GPs don't think they are ready to commission, survey suggests
GPs and primary care staff are not confident in their ability to carry out the roles they would have under the government’s reforms, findings released today suggest.
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Public health funding argument 'is over'
A senior Department of Health official has given a strong indication that councils have lost the argument over ringfenced public health budgets and that the government will not turn on the issue.
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BMA GP chief: Prime minister NHS changes 'welcome'
British Medical Association GP representatives have voted to reserve judgement on the government’s NHS reform until full details of its U-turn are clear.
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Cancer treatment disadvantage for older patients
Older cancer patients are less likely to survive due to inadequate treatment, according to a review released today.
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HSJ Knowledge
Continuing the valuable work memory clinics provide for dementia patients
Memory clinics have produced proven results in early diagnosis and intervention for patients suffering memory loss symptoms - but many face a battle to continue improving quality without funding. Seraphim Patel and colleagues from Central and North West London Foundation Trust report.
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Neurology care criticised by RCP
The standard of care for UK patients with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease is inadequate to support patient needs, according to a new report.
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GP commissioning 'poses new data risks'
The ability of GP commissioning consortia to manage information has been called into question by a Department of Health regulator.
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Calls for government action over Southern Cross future
The government will be urged to show leadership to help secure the future of staff and residents at Southern Cross care homes as the company struggles under mounting debts.
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New adult care legislation to be pushed through
The introduction of legal protections for adults in care is to be brought forward following revelations of abuse at a Bristol residential hospital, the government has indicated.
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Four arrested over residential hospital 'abuse'
The operator of a residential hospital has apologised unreservedly and suspended a number of staff following allegations that carers routinely abused vulnerable adults with learning difficulties.
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Organisational reform poses 'catastrophic' information risk
Managers could “stumble into illegality” by breaching the Data Protection Act as a result of the rapid structural reforms to the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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More performance data to be released under new transparency guidelines
Ministers are set to order the health service to publicly release previously restricted clinical data sets as part of a renewed cross-government transparency push, HSJ has learned.
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Clusters to be given single operating model under DH plans
The Department of Health is set to impose a single operating model on primary care trust clusters in order to maintain a grip on NHS finances, HSJ can reveal.
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Leading doctors call for heart treatment policy changes
Some of Scotland’s top heart doctors are calling for a policy change on the alternative treatment offered to patients considered too high-risk for open-heart surgery.
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Hospital alcohol admissions hit one million
The number of alcohol-related hospital admissions in England has exceeded one million in a year for the first time, a report has found.
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CQC attacks NHS elderly care levels
Inspections into care standards have raised serious concerns about the way NHS hospitals treat elderly people.
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Comment
Screening programmes under threat in London
Chlamydia screening is not a big outlay for commissioners but they are measured on it, along with other screening programmes.
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International index finds UK obesity growing
A new international index launched online today has highlighted the UK’s worsening obesity problem.