All Health Service Journal articles in 6 June 2014
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NewsHSJ Live 27.06.2014: University Hospitals Birmingham 'partners' with trust 150 miles away
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust is to partner with a struggling FT more than 150 miles away in a bid to help the organisation make quality improvements, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalTrust wins back community services contract via GP partnership bid
COMMERCIAL: Pennine Care Foundation Trust has won one of the first community service contracts to be retendered with a partnership bid involving Age UK and a GP consortium.
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HSJ LocalRotherham CCG awarded business 'excellence' standard
STRUCTURE: Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first NHS commissioning organisation to be awarded the Investors in Excellence standard.
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NewsVirgin Care is only GP provider not to respond to FOI request
The British Medical Association has called for freedom of information law to apply equally across all GP providers, after it emerged that Virgin Care was required by its contract with NHS England not to respond to requests.
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CommentElection 2015: The Tory manifesto will be shaped by internal tensions
The Conservatives will need a radical document
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NewsFour things we learnt at Confed
The main themes that emerged from the NHS Confederation annual conference
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HSJ LocalWirral CCG probe could be 'symptom' of wider problems
WORKFORCE: Leadership troubles at a north west clinical commissioning group could be a “symptom” of wider problems with the CCG model, according to an influential GP.
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HSJ LocalHSJ Live 06.06.2014: Tim Kelsey NHS Confederation speech
The latest news from the last day of the NHS Confederation conference in Liverpool
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CommentTake staff support seriously with Schwartz rounds
Rounds make unbearable aspects of care giving bearable
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SupplementsTelehealth special report: Remote control of care
The NHS needs to operate a model where patients are monitored in their homes with technology
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SupplementsClinicians in contact home and away
Technology can support UK’s growing number of older people
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News6 June issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, reveals to HSJ that he is open to changes in structures and rules in ...
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NewsHunt: Risk sharing will protect hospitals from better care fund failure
Better care fund plans must share risk between hospitals and commissioners to prevent the acute sector losing out if they fail to deliver, Jeremy Hunt has revealed
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Comment18 weeks targets force pressured trusts into perverse patient scheduling
Patients out of order
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HSJ Local
CCG proposes awarding community contracts without competition
The country’s largest clinical commissioning group aims to skip common procurement procedures when awarding new contracts for community services, under proposals expected to test guidance on the controversial section 75 regulations.
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NewsInfection fears after baby death
Health officials cannot rule out that other babies might have been infected by the nutritional food product which has been “strongly linked” to the death of one baby and the illness of 14 others.
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Exclusive: Staff mileage rate cut by nearly 20pc
The rate NHS staff can claim for travel expenses is to be reduced by almost 20 per cent, which NHS Employers estimates would save the service £20m annually, HSJ has learned.
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CommentStevens wants hospital plans to be local, but not too local
The NHS England chief executive has been busy with new healthcare models
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NewsHSJ Live 05.06.2014: Catch up on day two of Confed - speeches from Hunt, Burnham and Lamb
All the latest news from the NHS Confederation conference, including Jeremy Hunt’s speech.
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CommentSpecialised commissioning could push the purchaser-provider split to destruction
Rigour is lacking in NHS England’s relationship with providers