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Exclusive: Care Quality Commission to get external assessor
An “external body” is set to be appointed to assess the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learnt.
Revealed: the CCGs with largest and smallest budgets
HSJ can reveal the clinical commissioning groups set to take on the largest and smallest budgets under the government’s NHS reforms.
Lord Owen: Lords have failed to alter the Health Bill
The House of Lords has failed to make significant changes to the Health Bill, the influential crossbencher Lord Owen has said, calling on the prime minister to scrap the legislation before it becomes law.
Government risks going backwards on integration, warn MPs
Financial pressures and the government’s reforms risk the level of integration between health and social care actually diminishing, despite ministers restating their commitment to the policy, according to MPs.
Lords set to debate integration and health secretary's duty
The Health Bill returns to the House of Lords today, with a raft of new amendments lined up including one proposing a “duty of co-operation” for providers of NHS services.
CQC calls for improved care quality data
The Care Quality Commission is backing a campaign started by Dr Foster Intelligence for hospitals to record simple care quality information when patients are admitted to hospital.
Training plans for major government project leaders
Whitehall officials will undergo training programmes before being allowed to run major public projects like the new high-speed rail link or the NHS IT project, ministers have said.
Government benefits clampdown 'increasing disability abuse'
Charities have warned that disabled people are increasingly being subjected to abuse as a result of the government’s focus on alleged fraud and over-claiming to justify benfits cuts.
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Regulator installs new chairman at troubled Morecambe Bay hospitals
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Translation services costing NHS £60,000 a day
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Five NHS commissioning board directors confirmed
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Government estimates central bail-out of seven trusts will cost £1.5bn
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CQUIN and CQC quality results don't match, report finds
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Healthcare trust facing deficit considers 'wholesale' outsourcing
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Health Bill amendments target integration and secretary of state's duties
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Reform cuts costing 6,000 nursing posts, Labour warns
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Revealed: all but six of London's non-FT hospital trusts unviable by 2014-15
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Commissioning board restricted by Health Bill 'turbulence'
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Royal College of GPs joins calls for Health Bill to be scrapped
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Death rates higher after weekend admissions, study confirms
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Flory to lead NHS Trust Development Authority
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'Hinchingbrooke model' still an option for struggling trust
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How to improve staff collaboration and delivered integrated care
Collaboration and enabled leadership helped one trust achieve better integration of services, which ended up benefitting both the patients receiving care and the staff delivering it, writes Jane Wells.
How to prioritise disinvestment in support services
A tool to help assess disinvestment in support services can help organisations validate their difficult decisions in this area, as Marion Bain, Hester Ward and Simon Belfer explain.
How to create an organisational strategy to develop clinical leaders
A programme to engage senior staff with clinical leadership through assessment and development is creating a core group of strong clinical leaders at Salford Royal. Stephen Perry and David Wood explain the programme.
Why engaging staff is a critical component of hospital transformation
Transforming hospital services is a grand idea, but a major service redesign will not work without a strategy for staff engagement, say Jane Warder and Ian Hall.
Why taking a national approach could kick-start technology adoption in the NHS
High costs, complex planning and ‘pilot-itis’ are all common hurdles to technology adoption. Sally Chisholm argues a coordinated national approach could help overcome them.
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How to improve staff collaboration and delivered integrated care
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