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NewsTax rises 'needed to pay for NHS' says public
More than half of patients believe taxes should rise to ensure the NHS can continue to provide healthcare in the long term, a survey suggests.
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NewsExclusive: Work not started on minimum safe staffing levels
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or NICE, has not been asked to begin drawing up evidence-based minimum safe staffing level tools, six months after it was recommended by the Francis inquiry report, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAnalysis: Pointing the way to change in primary care
As government and NHS leaders step up pressure for radical change in general practice, existing extended services – such as Leeds’ York Street practice for homeless people and asylum seekers – may point the way to new approaches and models for primary care.
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NewsExclusive: Morecambe Bay inquiry chair prepared to target regulators
The chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has told HSJ he wants the freedom to investigate all bodies involved – including, potentially, regulators.
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NewsHSJ Live: 13.8.13: Council pushes for judicial review of hospital downgrade plans
Why patient leaders should have been in Francis report, a survey showing the public want taxes to pay for the NHS, the CQC’s annual report on controlled drugs and the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ KnowledgePatient leaders should have been Francis' first recommendation
The report fell short on patient empowerment
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CommentLisa Rodrigues: 10 tips for the next NHS England chief
The next leader will have a different role and style
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HSJ Local
Surrey Downs ditches EDICS contract
COMMERCIAL: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group has opted not to renew a contract with an organisation providing specialist referral advice and treatment at consultant-led community clinics.
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CommentHow the NHS can chip away at 18 week waits
Three steps for the government to improve waiting times further
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Sussex CCGs choose new CSU providers
STRUCTURE: New arrangements for providing commissioning support services are being put in place across Surrey and Sussex, NHS England has announced.
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HSJ Local
Circle named preferred bidder for musculoskeletal £120m contract
COMMERCIAL Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has named private provider Circle as its preferred bidder to be prime contractor for its musculoskeletal integrated service.
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HSJ LocalMerger FTs propose friends and family test to allay competition concern
STRUCTURE: The foundation trusts whose merger plans face being blocked by the Competition Commission have proposed their performance in the friends and family test is used to mitigate against the loss of competition.
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NewsHunt calls for GP 'accountability and responsibility'
The NHS needs to provide “proper out-of-hospital care” to be sustainable in future, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said as he urged doctors to accept changes to the way they work.
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NewsBerwick nursing adviser says report was 'specific' on staffing
The Berwick report tacitly backed staffing ratios and the regulation of healthcare assistants in its recommendations, according to the senior nurse involved in the NHS patient safety review.
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NewsHospitals criticised over junk food
English hospitals have been criticised for allowing patients and visitors to gorge on crisps, fizzy drinks and chocolate.
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NewsHSJ Live: 12.8.13 Hunt outlines plans for a seven-day NHS
The NHS needs to provide “proper out-of-hospital care” to be sustainable in future, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said
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CommentDon't be deceived by the rhetoric of reconfiguration
Picking apart the devices being used to warp the debate
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy pharmacists are the missing link in integration
How to create a seamless connection between pharmacists and GPs
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HSJ Local
CCG flags diagnostics delays at Birmingham Children's
PERFORMANCE: Diagnostic waits at Birmingham Children’s Hospital have been described as the “main current performance issue” in south and central Birmingham.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham CCG tells PropCo: we can't afford £2.3m charge
FINANCE: A Birmingham clinical commissioning group has told NHS Property Services Ltd that it cannot afford to pay a £2.3m charge to plug a gap in local premises costs.