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CommentBeware false dawns: this will be the NHS's toughest decade
Through this decade of austerity, health will have been protected relative to other government departments. But huge challenges remain for the NHS, says Anita Charlesworth
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NewsExclusive: NHS England attempts to halt judicial review in drug funding row
NHS England faces threat of judicial review over refusal to fund treatment for teenager DH and NHS England are funding Xyrem for hundreds of other narcolepsy patients Lawyers argue the decision is unlawful and discriminatory NHS England has asked doctors to resubmit a bid for funding to treat ...
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NewsWarning A&Es will 'fly blind' with less performance data this winter
NHS England winter daily situation reports will not include key performance data Royal College of Emergency Medicine president says “somebody has decided to glaze over the windscreen” NHS England says less weekly data will “minimise the bureaucratic burden on frontline hospitals and GPs” NHS England will not publish ...
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HSJ LocalFT 'disappointed' by community services tender
COMMERCIAL: A foundation trust is planning a joint bid with GPs to run out of hospital care after commissioners decided to run a competitive tender to improve local services.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Liverpool board says more work needed on merger plan
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen board says clinicians make “compelling case” for joint working with Aintree University Hospital But it concludes further work needed to evaluate all options before deciding whether merger is best option Aintree endorsed clinicians’ recommendation to pursue merger Trusts expected to develop business case that will ...
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NewsCCGs could pick 'min' or 'max' roles under NHS England strategy
NHS England has begun a commissioning strategy programme It will seek to define CCGs’ roles in “accountable care systems” Seeks to create “place based commissioning” bringing together acute, primary and specialised Purchaser/provider split will become “thinner and less defined” Clinical commissioning groups could decide between having a “minimal” ...
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LeaderOne less health minister: how the government can lead by example
The Department is facing a reduction in its budget of 20 per cent. It therefore makes perfect sense for one minister to join the hundreds of DH staff who will be made redundant.
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NewsBMA cancels strike as government suspends imposition threat
Government agreed to drop imposition threat in exchange for “time limited” negotiations Agreement to negotiate follows Acas talks and months of acrimony after BMA walkout in October 2014 Hunt tells MPs strike action could have led to 20,000 operations being cancelled The British Medical Association has suspended strike ...
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NewsSelbie: Councils can absorb public health cuts
Public Health England’s chief executive has told councils he is confident they can absorb a nearly 10 per cent cut while making progress “protecting and improving the public’s health”.
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NewsNew tariff objection threshold faces Lords challenge
Labour peers to challenge government’s plans to raise objection threshold needed to trigger tariff arbitration this afternoon Lord Hunt to move amendment claiming proposed changes to secondary legislation are “fundamentally unfair” Lords scrutiny committee warned public consultation on the changes was too short NHS Providers has raised concerns with ...
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HSJ LocalStaff felt 'failure was not an option' at specialist trust
“Inhibited” culture among trust leadership, independent review into referral to treatment waiting times finds Staff said they felt “failure was not an option” Monitor’s investigation into patients waiting too long for treatment is ongoing PERFORMANCE: A “pressurised” culture at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Trust led ...
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NewsRevealed: London CCGs dominate requests for consultancy spending over £50k
More than half of permissions sought by CCGs for consultancy spending of over £50,000 from London No requests rejected by NHS England as of October Explore the data More than half of the requests from clinical commissioning groups for management consultancy contracts worth more than £50,000 have come ...
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HSJ KnowledgeGPs can provide the perfect mix for hospitals
Acute doctors work hand in hand with GPs at Royal Surrey County Hospital Trust
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CommentThe vital lifeline of home improvement agencies
Home improvement agencies save money and make lives better, as Paul Smith explains
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NewsExecutive Summary: Five things we learnt in a pivotal week for the NHS
HSJ’s roundup of the essential stories from a busy week in health policy
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CommentThe spending review: what does it mean for health and care?
Richard Murray offers an assessment of where the comprehensive spending review leaves health and social care
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Exclusive: DH agrees £1.2bn raid on its 2016-17 capital budget
Department of Health has agreed to transfer £1.2bn from its capital budget to support revenue spending in 2016-17, HSJ has learned The switch will substantially reduce the expected cash cut to non-NHS England revenue spending next year In following years, much of the reduction in non-NHS England spend expected ...
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CommentSpending review provides breathing space for the NHS
Financial relief for a hard-pressed NHS