http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/exclusive-david-nicholson-to-retire-in-march-2014/5058957.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/exclusive-david-nicholson-to-retire-in-march-2014/5058957.article Sir David Nicholson will retire in March next year from his post as NHS England chief executive. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Tue, 21 May 2013 15:14 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/revealed-nhs-holds-risk-summits-over-ae-concern/5058810.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/revealed-nhs-holds-risk-summits-over-ae-concern/5058810.article Pressures in accident and emergency have been the largest single trigger for “risk summit” meetings which are being called to address quality, safety and performance concerns under the new NHS system, HSJ research reveals. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Mon, 20 May 2013 12:09 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-bristol-ccg/exclusive-mass-board-resignations-at-ex-nhs-social-enterprise/5058782.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-bristol-ccg/exclusive-mass-board-resignations-at-ex-nhs-social-enterprise/5058782.article The chair and other non-executive directors of a social enterprise providing NHS community services have resigned en masse following a row over executive pay, HSJ has learned. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 17 May 2013 11:33 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/exclusive-cqc-overhauls-board-and-brings-in-dwp-change-director/5057957.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/exclusive-cqc-overhauls-board-and-brings-in-dwp-change-director/5057957.article Care Quality Commission chief executive David Behan is replacing his entire entire executive director team, including the hiring of a “director of change” who was overseeing the introduction of universal credits, HSJ has learned. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:49 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-nhs-direct-abandons-cost-cut-plans-following-111-debacle/5057932.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-nhs-direct-abandons-cost-cut-plans-following-111-debacle/5057932.article NHS Direct has abandoned plans to down-band frontline staff because it needs to retain people to run its NHS 111 service, HSJ has learned. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:17 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/berwick-im-optimistic-about-the-future-of-the-nhs/5057603.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/berwick-im-optimistic-about-the-future-of-the-nhs/5057603.article A “better” NHS would involve redesign of service delivery but the answer is not in finding the “right number of agencies”, according to the man leading the government’s zero harm review. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:57 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/nhs-england-plans-to-lead-radical-service-change/5057499.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/nhs-england-plans-to-lead-radical-service-change/5057499.article NHS England is planning to continue the health service’s current savings drive after 2015, and to recast it as a programme of “ambitious and radical” service change led by its area teams. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mid-staffs-placed-in-special-administration/5057424.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mid-staffs-placed-in-special-administration/5057424.article Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been put into special administration by health sector regulator Monitor, it was announced this afternoon. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-nhs-england-could-ratchet-up-financial-pressure-on-private-mental-health-providers-analysts-warn/5057159.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-nhs-england-could-ratchet-up-financial-pressure-on-private-mental-health-providers-analysts-warn/5057159.article Private mental health providers could see pressure on their profit margins “ratcheted up” by the centralisation of secure and specialised mental healthcare commissioning in the hands of NHS England, according to a new report by market analysts Laing and Buisson. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/flory-loss-of-experience-is-greater-than-ive-seen/5057197.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/flory-loss-of-experience-is-greater-than-ive-seen/5057197.article David Flory has said the current NHS reforms have prompted the greatest loss of management experience of any health service reorganisation he has seen in his career. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-ccgs-defy-hunt-by-planning-to-increase-competition-for-out-of-hours-gp-care/5058907.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-ccgs-defy-hunt-by-planning-to-increase-competition-for-out-of-hours-gp-care/5058907.article More than one in five clinical commissioning groups are planning to “introduce” competition for out-of-hours primary care in the next year, an exclusive HSJ survey reveals. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/west-midlands/safety-not-guaranteed-at-18-ae-depts-amid-toxic-overcrowding/5058946.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/west-midlands/safety-not-guaranteed-at-18-ae-depts-amid-toxic-overcrowding/5058946.article PERFORMANCE: Patient safety at 18 accident and emergency departments in the West Midlands cannot be guaranteed according to a joint letter signed by leading clinicians from across the region. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 21 May 2013 14:35 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/why-did-nicholson-decide-to-step-down/5058978.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/why-did-nicholson-decide-to-step-down/5058978.article The media campaign to unseat Sir David Nicholson from his post as NHS England chief executive played some part in his decision to announce his retirement but was not the main cause, HSJ understands. alastair.mclellan@emap.com (Alastair McLellan) Tue, 21 May 2013 18:42 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/healthcare-leaders-fear-unintended-consequences-of-hasty-francis-legislation/5058897.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/healthcare-leaders-fear-unintended-consequences-of-hasty-francis-legislation/5058897.article Senior figures have warned of “unintended consequences” of rushed legislation in response to the Francis report. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 21 May 2013 11:35 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/hunt-backs-chief-inspector-of-gps-plan/5058927.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/hunt-backs-chief-inspector-of-gps-plan/5058927.article Jeremy Hunt has backed plans for a chief inspector of general practice, to be based in the Care Quality Commission. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:12 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/retirement-announcement-follows-months-of-scrutiny-and-criticism/5058971.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/retirement-announcement-follows-months-of-scrutiny-and-criticism/5058971.article Sir David Nicholson’s announcement of his retirement follows several months of intense criticism and scrutiny of his leadership, and his role in relation to the Mid Staffordshire care failures. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 21 May 2013 18:11 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/who-could-succeed-sir-david-as-nhs-england-chief-executive/5058976.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/who-could-succeed-sir-david-as-nhs-england-chief-executive/5058976.article Speculation about potential successors to Sir David Nicholson as chief executive of NHS England has focued on 10 names. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/nursing-leaders-say-they-will-act-in-response-to-francis/5058924.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/nursing-leaders-say-they-will-act-in-response-to-francis/5058924.article Nursing leaders have said they will take action following criticism by Robert Francis QC that they have not done enough to respond to his public inquiry report. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:43 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/labour-highlights-hospital-capacity-fall/5058926.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/labour-highlights-hospital-capacity-fall/5058926.article Hospitals are “dangerously close to full”, Labour has warned, after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6 per cent since the coalition government took office. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:04 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live/hsj-live-21052013-david-nicholson-to-retire/5058896.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live/hsj-live-21052013-david-nicholson-to-retire/5058896.article Sir David Nicholson will retire as chief executive of NHS England in March 2014 - latest reactions and tweets inside Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/patients-able-to-complain-to-monitor-about-anti-competitive-behaviour/5058894.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/patients-able-to-complain-to-monitor-about-anti-competitive-behaviour/5058894.article Monitor will consider complaints about anti-competitive commissioning from individual patients and representative groups, under new guidance. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Mon, 20 May 2013 18:10 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/clinical-commissioners-say-gps-under-pressure-as-ae-row-escalates/5058853.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/clinical-commissioners-say-gps-under-pressure-as-ae-row-escalates/5058853.article NHS Clinical Commissioners, which represents a large number of clinical commissioning groups, has said GP “workloads are at breaking points and GPs are ready to buckle under the strain”, which will affect willingness to take part in commissioning. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:19 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/leeds-teaching-hospitals-nhs-trust/leeds-hospitals-chief-executive-leaving-post/5058862.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/leeds-teaching-hospitals-nhs-trust/leeds-hospitals-chief-executive-leaving-post/5058862.article The chief executive of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is to leave next month. Maggie Boyle’s departure follows persistent performance problems at the trust, and an investigation into mortality rates among children undergoing heart surgery. Mon, 20 May 2013 11:08 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/ae-performance-tracker-to-12-may-englands-hospitals-miss-waiting-target/5058867.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/ae-performance-tracker-to-12-may-englands-hospitals-miss-waiting-target/5058867.article HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Mon, 20 May 2013 10:44 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live-20052013-monitor-publishes-procurement-guidance-for-ccgs/5058836.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live-20052013-monitor-publishes-procurement-guidance-for-ccgs/5058836.article Regulator reveals draft guidance to help CCGs adhere to Section 75 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:37 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hunt-plans-260m-to-help-hospitals-go-digital/5058768.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hunt-plans-260m-to-help-hospitals-go-digital/5058768.article Hospitals are due to be funded to improve their “outdated” paper patient notes and prescriptions, under plans expected to be announced by the health secretary. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:45 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/uncertainty-grows-over-nhs-directs-future/5058791.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/uncertainty-grows-over-nhs-directs-future/5058791.article NHS Direct may not continue to deliver the NHS 111 service beyond the end of this financial year, it has emerged. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 17 May 2013 13:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/kelsey-prescriptions-and-observations-it-are-clinicians-top-priorities/5058798.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/kelsey-prescriptions-and-observations-it-are-clinicians-top-priorities/5058798.article Trusts will be able to bid for a share of a £260m fund to finance e-prescribing and real time patient record keeping systems, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced today. james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Fri, 17 May 2013 14:11 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/mental-health/mental-health-trust-admits-it-is-unable-to-win-ft-status-alone/5058774.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/mental-health/mental-health-trust-admits-it-is-unable-to-win-ft-status-alone/5058774.article North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-tees-and-hartlepool-nhs-foundation-trust/national-clinical-advisors-question-case-for-new-north-tees-hospital/5058779.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-tees-and-hartlepool-nhs-foundation-trust/national-clinical-advisors-question-case-for-new-north-tees-hospital/5058779.article A group of experts has questioned the case for a proposed new hospital between Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/lamb-no-parity-in-mental-health-services/5058767.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/lamb-no-parity-in-mental-health-services/5058767.article The lack of equality in emergency hospital services for mental health patients needs to be addressed, health minister Norman Lamb has said. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:37 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live-17052013-jeremy-hunt-announces-electronic-patient-record-push/5058759.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live-17052013-jeremy-hunt-announces-electronic-patient-record-push/5058759.article Jeremy Hunt is announcing a new push on - and investment in - electronic prescription and recording systems in hospitals, and the rest of today’s news. Fri, 17 May 2013 08:27 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/topics/transforming-community-services/serco-targets-cambridge-community-services-contract/5058531.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/topics/transforming-community-services/serco-targets-cambridge-community-services-contract/5058531.article Serco is gearing up to bid for the Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust contract and expand its NHS portfolio, the company’s director of community services Sharon Colclough has indicated to HSJ.  james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Thu, 16 May 2013 08:10 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/minister-nervous-about-criminal-sanctions-on-individuals/5058713.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/minister-nervous-about-criminal-sanctions-on-individuals/5058713.article Health minister Lord Howe has said he is “nervous” about the proposal by Robert Francis QC for individual healthcare staff to be liable for criminal sanctions. james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Thu, 16 May 2013 08:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/rise-in-ae-attendances-during-2012-claim/5058715.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/rise-in-ae-attendances-during-2012-claim/5058715.article The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, it has been suggested. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:12 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/cancer-patients-left-hungry-survey-shows/5058714.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/cancer-patients-left-hungry-survey-shows/5058714.article An “alarming” number of cancer patients are left to go hungry in hospitals and want to drop out of treatment because of the way they were dealt with by staff, a charity has warned. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:07 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live/hsj-live-160513-debate-a-new-payment-system-for-the-nhs/5058712.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live/hsj-live-160513-debate-a-new-payment-system-for-the-nhs/5058712.article Lord Howe says he is “nervous” about individual criminal sanctions for NHS staff, debating the future payment system for the NHS, and the rest of today’s news. Thu, 16 May 2013 08:45 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/updated-interactive-commissioning-system-map/5052901.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/updated-interactive-commissioning-system-map/5052901.article HSJ has updated its comprehensive interactive map of the reformed NHS commissioning system, showing critical details about the new organisations. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Wed, 15 May 2013 11:47 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/ae-could-collapse-without-change/5058677.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/ae-could-collapse-without-change/5058677.article Accident and emergency units could “collapse” unless urgent changes are made to the way they are run, doctors and managers’ representatives have warned. Wed, 15 May 2013 09:44 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/cbi-developing-industry-foi-for-private-providers/5058490.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/cbi-developing-industry-foi-for-private-providers/5058490.article Business leaders are preparing transparency guidelines for private companies running public services james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Wed, 15 May 2013 10:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/emergency/minister-admits-very-disappointing-111-start/5058678.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/emergency/minister-admits-very-disappointing-111-start/5058678.article The new NHS non-emergency advice line had a “very disappointing start”, Lord Howe admitted. Wed, 15 May 2013 09:52 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live/hsj-live-15052013-aes-could-collapse-claim/5058669.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live/hsj-live-15052013-aes-could-collapse-claim/5058669.article The Foundation Trust Netwok says A&E units could ‘collapse’ under pressure, the NICE conference, plus the rest of today’s news Wed, 15 May 2013 08:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/exclusive-francis-presses-government-on-criminal-sanctions/5058476.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/exclusive-francis-presses-government-on-criminal-sanctions/5058476.article The absence of an ability to prosecute individual NHS staff in cases of serious patient neglect would cause “public confidence” in the service to “evaporate”, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-rotherham-nhs-foundation-trust/analysed-rotherhams-it-system-and-performance-struggle/5058521.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-rotherham-nhs-foundation-trust/analysed-rotherhams-it-system-and-performance-struggle/5058521.article How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust Tue, 14 May 2013 11:21 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/lamb-invites-bids-from-integration-pioneers/5058589.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/lamb-invites-bids-from-integration-pioneers/5058589.article Health economies have been invited to bid to become integration “pioneers” running large-scale experiments in integrated care, in an initiative launched by health minister Norman Lamb. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-rotherham-nhs-foundation-trust/troubled-rotherham-ft-plans-5m-corporate-savings/5058444.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-rotherham-nhs-foundation-trust/troubled-rotherham-ft-plans-5m-corporate-savings/5058444.article Rotherham Foundation Trust is planning to save £5m from its “corporate overheads” as it battles to deliver £50m cost cuts in the next three years. Tue, 14 May 2013 11:33 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hospital-transfer-wait-too-long/5058595.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/hospital-transfer-wait-too-long/5058595.article Older patients are having to wait for a month before they are transferred from hospitals to care homes, a charity has warned. Tue, 14 May 2013 14:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/francis-concerned-about-failure-to-merge-regulators-leadership/5058485.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/francis-concerned-about-failure-to-merge-regulators-leadership/5058485.article The refusal to merge NHS provider regulation into a single organisation could leave the system open to mistakes, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/francis-warns-recommendations-could-be-lost-in-long-grass/5058494.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/francis-warns-recommendations-could-be-lost-in-long-grass/5058494.article Robert Francis QC has cautioned the government against allowing its review of safety in the NHS to “disappear beneath the long grass”. He also called for an “honest” conversation between the NHS and the public about which health services could be safely provided. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/nhs-leaders-must-make-improvements-warns-francis/5058515.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/nhs-leaders-must-make-improvements-warns-francis/5058515.article NHS leaders who fail to make improvements in response to the Francis report should not have “a place in that system”, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/francis-criticises-nursing-leaders/5058536.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/francis-report/francis-criticises-nursing-leaders/5058536.article The leaders of the nursing profession have been criticised by Robert Francis QC, who told HSJ he has seen little to “give him cause for optimism”. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live-14052013-francis-gives-first-in-depth-interview/5058588.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live-14052013-francis-gives-first-in-depth-interview/5058588.article Today HSJ live will cover our exclusive in depth interview with Robert Francis QC and the debate around it, the first day of the NICE conference, MPs hearing evidence on the NHS reforms, and the healthcare news Tue, 14 May 2013 08:18 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/technology/exclusive-capita-challenges-nhs-choices-insourcing/5058555.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/technology/exclusive-capita-challenges-nhs-choices-insourcing/5058555.article Capita is in talks with the Department for Health over government plans to axe its NHS Choices contract, HSJ has learned. james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/updated-nhs-england-and-monitor-plan-major-reform-of-payment-by-results/5058575.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/updated-nhs-england-and-monitor-plan-major-reform-of-payment-by-results/5058575.article Clinical commissioning groups will be encouraged to experiment with different ways of paying for care next year, in what could be the start of the biggest reform of NHS payment systems since the introduction of payment by results. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Mon, 13 May 2013 16:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-dh-pressure-contributed-to-111-failure-alliance-report-finds/5058534.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-dh-pressure-contributed-to-111-failure-alliance-report-finds/5058534.article “Unprecedented” central pressure and a procurement process focused more on cost than quality were two of the biggest factors in the failure of NHS 111’s launch, a new report has concluded. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Mon, 13 May 2013 16:16 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/ae-performance-tracker-englands-hospitals-miss-waiting-target/5058559.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/ae-performance-tracker-englands-hospitals-miss-waiting-target/5058559.article HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Mon, 13 May 2013 17:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live-130513-care-bill-debated-in-house-of-commons/5058520.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live-130513-care-bill-debated-in-house-of-commons/5058520.article NHS England and Moniotr have announced plans to overhaul payment by results, continuing concern over A&E performance and the rest of the days news. Mon, 13 May 2013 09:35 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/technology/exclusive-nhs-england-to-begin-work-on-expedia-style-booking-system/5058443.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/technology/exclusive-nhs-england-to-begin-work-on-expedia-style-booking-system/5058443.article NHS England is to begin an ambitious move to create an “Expedia.com” style system for electronic booking of NHS appointments, to replace the unpopular Choose and Book. james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Fri, 10 May 2013 10:57 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/care-bill-extends-cqcs-powers/5058475.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/care-bill-extends-cqcs-powers/5058475.article The Care Quality Commission will be able to order Monitor to put trusts into special administration over quality failures, under new powers set out in the Care Bill. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 10 May 2013 16:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/trusts-submit-deficit-plans-for-2013-14-amid-going-concern-worries/5058478.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/trusts-submit-deficit-plans-for-2013-14-amid-going-concern-worries/5058478.article The NHS Trust Development Authority has written to trusts assuring them they can be classed as “a going concern” by auditors, despite submitting deficit plans for this financial year, HSJ has learned. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Fri, 10 May 2013 15:43 GMT