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NewsCommissioners step in as care home drug supplier folds
NHS England has urged commissioners to help ensure care home residents receive an unbroken supply of medicines after a company supplying pharmacy services to hundreds of homes across the UK abruptly closed down.
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NewsProviders fail to report waiting times data
The NHS has missed its target for starting patient treatment within 18 weeks of admission for the second consecutive month, the latest official figures show.
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Joint pathology hub proposed for north west London trusts
STRUCTURE: Four trusts in North West London are considering forming a joint pathology hub that will follow the hub and spoke model recommended by the Carter Review.
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CommentTo the NHS: Please explain the missing waiting list data
Yet another trust has dropped out of the stats
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BMA votes against primary care co-commissioning
GPs representatives have voted that clinical commissioning groups should not commission GP services.
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Comment'There's no discrepancy in the A&E data, it's just not true'
We must question the credibility of the College of Emergency Medicine study
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NewsJeremy Hunt calls for better incident reporting
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has used a keynote speech at the Patient Safety Congress to call for increased reporting of concerns about the safety and quality of patient care.
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NewsPatients miss out on innovative treatments
Patients are being denied access to some innovative treatments because of a “lack of pace” and hierarchical decision making by NHS England, it has been claimed.
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NewsNursing workforce grows to highest level in a decade
The NHS is continuing to recruit hundreds of extra qualified nurses a month with numbers at their highest for a decade, the latest workforce data shows.
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NewsNHS management spend 'far leaner' than in other systems, says Stevens
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has praised the work NHS staff have done to “keep the show on the road” and improve efficiency in the face of financial constraints.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.05.2014: Jeremy Hunt calls for better incident reporting
Secretary of State says key metric for the NHS should be the number of safety concerns raised by staff, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsCouncils warn over delays to better care fund
The government’s additional assessments of areas’ better care fund plans could undermine the £3.8bn programme by leaving them with too little time to make changes to services, councils have warned.
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NewsOne in six councils without a director of public health
Some one in six local authorites are yet to appoint a permanent director of public health, more than a year since they took control of the service.
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NewsCo-commissioning plan could ease pressure on A&E, report author claims
NHS England’s primary care co-commissioning plan could help ease pressure on accident and emergency services, a researcher behind a new College of Emergency Medicine study has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgePractice makes perfect: the benefits of mental health training
CCGs need to better organise nurse training
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CommentBeyond the official data: a different picture of A&E attendances
It is an opportunity to design services fit for the future
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Green light for new emergency centre in the West Midlands
FINANCE: Plans for a new emergency centre at The Royal Wolverhampton Trust were given the go ahead by the NHS Trust Development Authority last week.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands trusts in dispute over maternity payment
FINANCE: Two trusts in the West Midlands have become embroiled in a dispute over a £400,000 payment for an antenatal service that they both help provide.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance service launches investigation into alleged exam cheating
London Ambulance Service Trust has launched an external investigation after an anonymous whistleblower alleged that student paramedics had cheated in their final examinations.
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NewsMental health wait standards 'must happen next year', says minister
The introduction of waiting time standards for mental healthcare “must happen from next year”, the care services minister has told HSJ.