All Health Service Journal articles in 4 April 2014
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Comment
The case against consultancies is far from proven
Richard Lewis argues that the research asking trusts to stay the use of management consultants has simplified a complex subject
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HSJ Local
East Kent FT seeks partner to 'reinvigorate' private offering
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust is seeking to work with an independent provider to “reinvigorate” its private patient services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Quicker patient test results: the solution in a tablet
Use mobile technology to provide more efficient care
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News
Outgoing NHS Wales chief defends record
The outgoing chief executive of NHS Wales has defended the service’s performance in the country under his watch as he prepares to return to a leadership position within the English health service.
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News
Working time rules 'hit treatment'
Rules aimed at ensuring doctors do not work long hours are leading to cancelled operations and clinics for patients, a government-ordered review has found.
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News
Commissioning end of life care: keeping terminally ill people out of hospital
An HSJ Twitter chat in association with Marie Curie Cancer Care
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HSJ Partners
Community is crucial to support patients in remote areas
Improve access to care in rural areas
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HSJ Knowledge
Deprivation of liberty – guidelines from the Supreme Court
What constitutes a deprivation of liberty?
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News
CCGs open services to competition out of fear of rules
More than a quarter of clinical commissioning leaders open services up to competition out of fear of rules
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HSJ Partners
Comment: CCGs must hold their nerve
One year on from their statutory formation, the CCG barometer shows that clinical commissioning groups remain full of ambition.
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News
CCG leaders voice serious concern over public health
Clinical commissioning leaders have expressed serious concerns about the current state public health services.
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HSJ Local
Trust's FT bid delayed by CQC findings
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s bid for foundation status has been further delayed, following a Care Quality Commission inspection which found the trust “required improvement”.
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News
CCG leaders: Reforms have not improved control of cost and activity
The ability of the NHS to control costs and curb hospital activity has not improved with the government’s reorganisation of the NHS, according to many leaders of the clinical commissioning groups created by the reforms.
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Comment
Why we need a single budget for health and social care
Meeting care needs needs hard choices
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News
Data video: What happened to the continuing healthcare cash?
Paying for legacy healthcare claims
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News
Information Centre urged DH to intervene in Care.data last year
The Health and Social Care Information Centre urged the Department of Health in December to intervene in NHS England plans to publicise the controversial Care.data project, HSJ has learned.
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News
Bar on multiple directorships dropped to aid trust takeovers
The Department of Health plans to change the law to allow chairs of NHS trusts to serve on the boards of more than one organisation, in a move it says could smooth the takeover process for unsustainable providers.
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News
TDA budget to grow by 66 per cent as costs of regulation mount
The NHS Trust Development Authority will see its budget grow by two thirds in 2014-15, in the latest indication of the price tag attached to the Department of Health’s new focus on regulation.