All Health Service Journal articles in 10 January 2013
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NewsLabour demands 'honesty' on NHS
Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office.
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NewsWarning on patient care 'rationing'
The government should take “a more active interest” in ensuring that patient care is not being rationed, a report suggests.
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HSJ LocalSecond trust given permission to tender for a private management franchise
COMMERCIAL: George Eliot Hospital Trust has been given permission to go to market to seek a “strategic partner” to secure its long-term future.
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NewsConsultant contract 'failed to boost output'
The NHS consultant contract has failed to increase productivity since being introduced in 2003, according to a 10-year study.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: DH could face probe over IT deal
The Department of Health could face a fresh probe by a government spending watchdog after its latest attempt to dismantle the National Programme for IT sparked allegations of anti-competitive behaviour.
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NewsStrategy advised to prevent trust failure
Regulatory authorities, health commissioners and the government will have to take urgent action to stop trusts from becoming financially unstable, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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HSJ Local
New chair for Croydon after 'governance concerns'
WORKFORCE: NHS London has said the chair of Croydon Health Services Trust stepped down after “governance concerns” and said a review of governance would take place in the new year.
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Government gearing up for discussion on medical contracts
Discussion on changes to bonus payments for consultants look set to begin in earnest next week with the publication of a long awaited report into clinical excellence awards.
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HSJ KnowledgeDrive change with staff engagement
A Midlands trust won an HSJ Award for its Listening into Action programme
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CommentHealth leaders on Twitter have a public health responsibility
Health leaders can use social media to improve public health
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HSJ Local
Special administrator bill hits £5m at South London Healthcare Trust
FINANCE: The unsustainable provider regime bill at South London Healthcare Trust has hit £5m, according to a health minister.
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NewsFinancial squeeze on NHS providers to continue in 2013-14
NHS hospital trusts and other providers face another tough financial year in 2013-14 with the NHS Commissioning Board unveiling plans for further cuts to tariff income and the introduction of new contractual penalties.
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NewsCommissioning board pledges paperless referrals by 2015
The health service will move to paperless referrals by March 2015, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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NewsReal time patient feedback for whole NHS by 2015
All NHS patients should have the opportunity to leave feedback, in real time, on any service, by 2015, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Commissioning board orders urgent review of NHS allocations
The NHS Commissioning Board has ordered an “urgent, fundamental review” of the NHS allocations process after concluding that the formula devised for deciding commissioning groups funding appeared “inconsistent” with the goal of reducing health inequalities.
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CommentNHS managers' car metaphors belong on the scrapheap
Managers’ language can be damaging for the wider workforce
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HSJ Local
Great Yarmouth CCG authorised
STRUCTURE Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG has been authoritised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts CCG gets green light
STRUCTURE East and North Hertfordshire CCG has been authoritised by the NHS Commissioning Board with three conditions.
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NewsCommissioning board's funding formula move was not 'political', says Dalton
The NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive has insisted it was not making a “political point” in declining to implement a new formula for allocating health funding across England.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS must be smart in how it buys technology
A single electronic system is essential to providing true value