All Specialist care articles – Page 13
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LeaderIt's a historic day for Manchester, but not a 'town hall takeover'
NHS insiders in Greater Manchester have been pleasantly amazed by the speed at which negotiations progressed leading up to today’s historic agreement to devolve and integrate £6bn of health and social care spending for the conurbation.
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NewsNursing left off government's shortage occupation list
Government advisers have recommended that nursing is not added to the list of occupations in short enough supply that they can be ‘sensibly’ filled by recruitment outside Europe.
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SupplementsDelivering value supplement: Clinical innovation case studies
Three top examples of innovation in diabetes
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HSJ Local'Buddy' systems essential for lone workers, CCG says
WORKFORCE: Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group is urging employees to introduce a buddying system if they work alone.
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HSJ LocalBorder trust looks into English/Welsh waits discrepancy
PERFORMANCE: A trust near the English/Welsh border is investigating why Welsh patients wait significantly longer than English one for treatment.
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HSJ LocalLiverpool Women's medical director resigns
WORKFORCE: The medical director of Liverpool Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust has stepped down from his post.
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NewsCCG accused of 'lack of candour' over outsourced community service
Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has been accused of misleading GPs and the public over whether patients in a community based dermatology service run by a private healthcare provider are always seen by specialist consultants.
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NewsIndependent inquiry due into trust’s handling of whistleblower
An independent investigation into the handling of whistleblowing concerns at a West Midlands trust, commissioned by the NHS Trust Development Authority, is expected to report soon, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of £1bn-turnover trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of one of England’s largest trusts resigned this morning.
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HSJ LocalCalderdale reconfiguration rejected in council report
STRUCTURE: There is ‘not convincing evidence’ that proposals to reconfigure services hospitals services in Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield would ‘produce better health outcomes for our population or represent good value for money’, a council commissioned report has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeNon-clinical navigators can ease pressures in A&E
Reducing unnecessary accident and emergency attendances
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NewsExclusive: Providers win £500m in new tariff deal
Providers will be given just a fortnight to decide whether to sign up to a new set of ‘voluntary’ prices for the coming year, with concessions made expected to cost commissioners up to £500m.
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HSJ Local
UHNM launches partnership with GP surgery
University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has launched a partnership with local GP surgery Nantwich Health Centre for plastic surgery, gynaecology and neurology patients in south Cheshire.
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Exclusive: Most providers believe they cannot sign contracts before April, survey finds
A majority of provider sector finance chiefs believe that their organisations will not be able to sign contracts before the start of the coming financial year, according to a snap survey shared with HSJ.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay hospital services reconfiguration plans revealed
STRUCTURE: Plans have been unveiled to reconfigure services at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust by phasing out most of the inpatient surgery at one of its hospitals.
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HSJ LocalCQC tells north west London trust to improve
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has been told to improve after Care Quality Commission inspectors had concerns about risks to patient safety and a lack of compliance with infection control.
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News£1.2m fund for volunteers to help under pressure A&Es
Trusts will be given an extra £1.2m to fund 700 volunteers to help ease pressures on accident and emergency departments.
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CommentNext government must recognise that acute need is part of whole person care
Include frail older people
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LeaderAusterity has stretched the tariff's credibility to breaking point
The NHS has lunged into a messy struggle