All Health Service Journal articles in 10 June 2015
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NewsCCGs told to fund more hospital activity
NHS England expects clinical commissioning groups to fund more hospital activity than initially planned this year, prompting concerns that this could undermine non-acute services intended to reduce emergency admissions.
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NewsExclusive: Multimillion pound cancer contract consortium revealed
A private company led consortium including two NHS trusts is now the only remaining bidder for a 10 year, £687m cancer services contract in Staffordshire, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalMonitor probes Shropshire trust over waiting times and data concerns
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into a Shropshire orthopaedic hospital over excessive waiting times and the accuracy of its reporting.
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NewsKeogh to review elective waiting time targets
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh is to review the current waiting times standards for elective care, the organisation’s chief executive Simon Stevens has announced.
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NewsExclusive: NICE suspends work on nurse staffing levels
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has suspended with immediate effect its work to determine safe staffing levels across the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ Live 04.06.2015: Catch up on a huge day for health policy
Catch up on the key events from the NHS Confederation conference, HSJ’s exclusive interview with Jeremy Hunt and NICE stops work on safe staffing guidelines
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HSJ LocalNew chair at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust
WORKFORCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair.
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NewsEnglish trust to take hard line on payments for Scottish, Welsh and Irish patients
One of England’s largest specialist providers is to take a stricter approach to accepting patients from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, after struggling to secure payments from commissioners.
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NewsTwo key waiting time targets abolished
Two headline waiting times targets for planned care are being dropped by the NHS on the basis they are creating ‘perverse incentives’, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: CQC to rate hospitals’ efficiency
The health secretary has asked the Care Quality Commission to include a hospital’s efficiency as one of the “key criteria” for rating the quality of its leadership.
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NewsOsborne announces £200m cut to public health budgets
The Department of Health is to consult on an in-year cut of £200m to council controlled public health budgets.
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NewsHunt: Trusts to be given procurement savings targets
Hospitals will be expected to make set savings in their procurement processes from January, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsNew ratings to make CCGs more accountable, says health secretary
The performance of clinical commissioning groups will be measured by a new set of metrics, Jeremy Hunt told NHS leaders today.
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NewsCQC would ‘love’ to rate whole health systems, says chief inspector
The chief inspector of hospitals said he would ‘love’ the Care Quality Commission to rate local health systems, rather than specific providers, but suggested there were potential obstacles to inspecting clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsHSJ Live 05.06.2015: Hunt interview - Agency cap needed to correct 'market failure'
Jeremy Hunt has defended his controversial move to cap spending on agency staff, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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CommentKeogh has cut out the most glaring target perversities
NHS England has strengthened the 18 week standard
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NewsExecutive Summary: Must reads from a big week in health
HSJ’s roundup of key developments from an immensely important week.
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NewsFrancis criticises NHS England safe staffing intervention
Sir Robert Francis has expressed serious concerns over NHS England’s decision to suspend the work he recommended to determine safe staffing guidelines.
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon CCG did not break procurement rules, Monitor finds
COMMERCIAL: Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group did not break procurement regulations when it appointed a preferred provider for a £100m community services contract without going to tender, Monitor has provisionally found.