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HSJ Local
Sam Barrell named as South Devon and Torbay CCG accountable officer
STRUCTURE: GP Sam Barrell has been named as NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG’s designate accountable officer.
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NewsCSU private partnerships 'essential' for QIPP
Partnerships between commissioning support units and the private sector will have an “essential” role in driving integrated care to enable the NHS to meet its efficiency challenge, HSJ has been told.
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NewsEmergency medicine in 'crisis'
The Department of Health is to seek reassurances on medical staffing levels in emergency departments amid claims the specialty is in a recruitment and retention “crisis”.
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HSJ KnowledgeProtect your intellectual property
A look at protection, exploitation and dispute resolution
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NewsUK ovarian cancer survival rate 'lower'
Women are less likely to survive ovarian cancer in the UK than in other comparable countries, researchers have said.
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NewsNHS to double private patients - Burnham
Some NHS hospitals are planning to use new freedoms granted them by the coalition government to double the number of patients they treat privately this year, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has warned.
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NewsSerco questions 'bullish' forecasts for community services growth
The managing director of outsourcing giant Serco’s health business has cast doubt on “bullish” forecasts of a rapid expansion of private sector provision of NHS community services.
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News
Trust bosses call for pay deal changes
HSJ’s disclosure of NHS Employers’ move to extend the pay freeze coincided with a warning from the acute sector that existing pay agreements were unsustainable.
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Blogs
Equal opportunities under the new CCGs
The first week in October is a landmark for the NHS.This is the week when the new NHS commissioning board takes on its new responsibilities.The board has a massive budget of £60bn, most of which will be given to clinical commissioning groups for them to plan and pay for their ...
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LeaderWe must resist the siren voices to achieve pay reform
Pay reform in the NHS requires the wisdom of Solomon
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NewsPlanning, complaints and collaboration are common problems for CCGs
Early feedback from the clinical commissioning group authorisation process has highlighted planning, complaints and collaboration as some of the most difficult issues.
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NewsDH abandons plan to stop 'cherry picking' through tariff change
The Department of Health has abandoned plans to prevent the “cherry picking” of straightforward patients and cases by independent sector providers by making further changes to the payment by results tariff, it has emerged.
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HSJ KnowledgeStructured group education vs diabetes
Structured self-management education can foster great confidence and independence among diabetes patients
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NewsCuts 'threaten drug abuse progress'
Funding cuts and reforms to public services risk reversing the declining trend in drug abuse among young people, campaigners have warned.
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News
Trusts 'fail on patient openness'
The families of patients who are victim of a “serious incident” at an NHS organisation may be waiting for a year before they are given any explanation, researchers found.
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NewsWolverhampton FT bid fails as CQC finds failings
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust’s bid for foundation trust status has been deferred by Monitor after a recent Care Quality Commission inspection found essential standards were not being met, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS Employers backs pay freeze
Patient care will suffer unless the NHS pay freeze is extended into a third year, the body representing all major NHS employers is to warn.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Worst performing London boroughs for GP outcomes revealed
An internal report on the quality of GP practices in London has found one cluster performing significantly worse than the other five.
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CommentGeeky Burnham promises 'sensible' reform
Labour plan to repeal Health Act, but not a ‘top down’ reorganisation
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HSJ Local
Staff fears prompt nursing investment by FT
WORKFORCE: A Midlands hospital trust has announced plans to recruit dozens more nurses after staff voiced fears over ward shortages.