All Health Service Journal articles in 1 May 2015
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NewsCQC drops risk ratings from GP monitoring
The Care Quality Commission will no longer be risk rating GP practices as part of its intelligent monitoring process.
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NewsHSJ Live 15.04.2015: Hunt: Seven day NHS may be cheapest way to meet rising demand
Conservatives’ plan to extend weekend working would help the NHS meet rising demand for operations, rather than being an additional cost pressure, the health secretary has argued, plus today’s top news and comment
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HSJ LocalMonitor to investigate Cambridgeshire and Peterborough finances
FINANCE: Monitor is probing the financial sustainability of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust – just weeks after it took on an extra 1,400 staff as part of one of the NHS’s biggest, most complex service restructures.
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke rating upgraded following re-inspection
The Care Quality Commission has upgraded Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust’s rating from ‘inadequate’ to ‘requires improvement’ but it remains in special measures.
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HSJ LocalWatford Hospital suspends private obstetric service
STRUCTURE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has suspended midwifery obstetric services for private patients at Watford Hospital, following feedback from the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsExclusive: Quarter of DH civil servants want to leave in next year
Almost a quarter of civil servants working in the Department of Health want to leave within the next 12 months or as soon as possible, according to an internal staff survey.
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HSJ LocalLeeds Community Healthcare 'requires improvement', CQC finds
PERFORMANCE: Leeds Community Healthcare Trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalPeterborough rejects contract proposals from new commissioner
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust has still not agreed contractual arrangements with its new commissioner for older people’s services, despite the NHS owned organisation taking charge of services this month.
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NewsCQC denies inconsistent treatment of Hinchingbrooke
The Care Quality Commission has denied accusations that its inspection of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust was ‘flawed’ or that the high profile trust was treated differently to other providers it has inspected.
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HSJ LocalNMC to hear case against first Morecambe Bay midwife
PATIENT SAFETY: The first of eight midwives accused of misconduct related to poor care and deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will appear at a fitness to practise hearing next week.
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HSJ LocalTrust replaces A&E doctors after en masse resignation
WORKFORCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has managed to fill four out of five vacant accident and emergency consultant posts after a group of consultants resigned en masse in protest at the way a review of acute services was being handled.
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CommentSelf-referral will help overcome the biggest challenges in primary care
It’s at risk of becoming the longest running pilot scheme in the NHS
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NewsHSJ Live 24.04.2015: Catch-up on today's news
Care UKExplore the results from HSJ’s election survey, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalCommunity service trust completes 1,600 staff transfer
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has completed the transfer of 45 per cent of its 3,540 staff to six other organisations after losing its role as provider of older people’s services across the county.
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NewsCQC's board concerned over hospital report delays
The Care Quality Commission’s board has highlighted concern about the time taken by the watchdog to publish hospital inspection reports.
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CommentStamping down on pay belittles our top jobs
The Daily Mail putting the boot in makes NHS leadership harder
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NewsHSJ Live 27.04.2015: Tariff proposal threatens delayed discharge schemes
Schemes to reduce delayed discharge scaled back because commissioners can no longer afford to fund them under current tariff arrangements, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalBasildon and Thurrock appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Nigel Beverley as its new chair.
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NewsTariff proposal threatens delayed discharge schemes
Schemes to reduce the number of patients with a delayed discharge have been scaled back because commissioners can no longer afford to fund them under current tariff arrangements, trust chief executives have told HSJ.
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Exclusive: Clinical leaders 'more willing to challenge diktats', research finds
Clinical leaders are ‘more willing to challenge or ignore diktats and messages from above’ than their managerial colleagues in clinical commissioning groups, research shared exclusively with HSJ has found.