Exclusive: Mass board resignations at ex-NHS social enterprise
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.
Hunt plans £260m to help hospitals go digital
Hospitals are due to be funded to improve their “outdated” paper patient notes and prescriptions, under plans expected to be announced by the health secretary.
Uncertainty grows over NHS Direct's future
NHS Direct may not continue to deliver the NHS 111 service beyond the end of this financial year, it has emerged.
Kelsey: Prescriptions and observations IT are clinicians' top priorities
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.
Mental health trust admits it is unable to win FT status alone
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently.
National clinical advisors question case for new North Tees hospital
A group of experts has questioned the case for a proposed new hospital between Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees.
Lamb: 'No parity' in mental health services
The lack of equality in emergency hospital services for mental health patients needs to be addressed, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
Minister 'nervous' about criminal sanctions on individuals
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.
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Serco targets Cambridge community services contract
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Rise in A&E attendances during 2012 claim
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Cancer patients left hungry, survey shows
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A&E 'could collapse without change'
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Updated: Interactive commissioning system map
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CBI developing transparency system for private providers to NHS
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Minister admits 'very disappointing' 111 start
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Exclusive: Francis presses government on criminal sanctions
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Analysed: Rotherham's IT system and performance struggle
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Lamb invites bids from 'integration pioneers'
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Hospital transfer wait 'too long'
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Troubled Rotherham FT plans £5m 'corporate' savings
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Francis criticises nursing leaders
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NHS leaders must make improvements, warns Francis
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Francis warns recommendations could be lost in 'long grass'
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Francis concerned about failure to merge regulators' 'leadership'
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Exclusive: Capita challenges NHS Choices 'insourcing'
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Updated: NHS England and Monitor plan major reform of payment by results
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Exclusive: DH 'pressure contributed to 111 failure', Alliance report finds
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A&E performance tracker: England's hospitals miss waiting target
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Exclusive: NHS England to begin work on 'Expedia' style booking system
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Care bill extends CQC's powers
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Trusts submit deficit plans for 2013-14 amid 'going concern' worries
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DH director general warns over diversion of social care funds
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750 patients suffer 'never events'
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Trusts ease pay savings in Francis aftermath, analysis shows
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Hospitals leader: NHS reorganisation 'coming home to roost' in A&E failure
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High cost of fines for long waits revealed
HSJ Live 17.05.2013: Jeremy Hunt announces electronic patient record push
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.
Mental health trust admits it is unable to win FT status alone
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently.
National clinical advisors question case for new North Tees hospital
A group of experts has questioned the case for a proposed new hospital between Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees.
