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NewsHunt receives immediate reports into child deaths in mental health units
Jeremy Hunt now receives immediate reports of any death in a children’s mental health inpatient unit, a health minister has revealed
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Junior doctors reject contract, and Care.data scrapped
Your essential update on the week in health
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NewsAlistair Burt announces resignation
Community and social care minister Alistair Burt has announced he will step down in September following the appointment of a new prime minister.
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CommentEnd Game: A saucer of milk for the minister
End Game brings to you the serious nature of herbal products and a dash of pop
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News‘Collapsing’ out of hours providers would get help, says Burt
Minister says he has not seen evidence that outof hours providers are being squeezed by GP practices piloting extended opening hours Government would step in if services were affected by doctors choosing to work at pilot sites The government would step in to save GP out of hours ...
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NewsMinister: Seven day GP pledge has been ‘misinterpreted’
Government’s commitment to seven-day GP services has been misinterpreted, says minister Plans for rolling out new models of enhanced access to GPs will be published soon Alistair Burt: ‘Binary divide’ between innovation-ready practices and failing providers The government’s pledge to ensure seven-day access to GP services has been ...
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NewsMackey: Regulatory duties must not stop NHS Improvement helping trusts
NHS Improvement will have an “accountability edge and a regulatory edge”, says Jim Mackey Chief executive says more can be done to make competition a driver of improvement Trusts that are “quite close” to FT authorisation should be allowed to finish process The regulatory duties of NHS Improvement ...
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NewsExclusive: Mackey backs calls for reduced savings target
Jim Mackey says an efficiency factor of 2 per cent is “closer to what’s doable” in 2016-17 NHS Improvement chief says there’s a need to make savings targets “challenging but within reach” He hopes to “be clear” by end of the month about package of measures to help bring provider ...
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NewsExclusive: 'More control' will drive GPs to new contract, says minister
The main incentive for GPs to switch to the government’s proposed new ‘voluntary contract’ will be to gain more control over their work and more time to see patients, health minister Alistair Burt has told HSJ.
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NewsBurt: Plans in place for care provider collapse
The care minister has told HSJ he is confident there are ‘adequate plans’ in place for the possibility of a major provider of social care collapsing.
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NewsBennett: Government 'micromanagement' creating 'dependency mindset' among leaders
The outgoing chief executive of regulator Monitor has accused the government of attempting to ‘micromanage’ NHS organisations in a way that damages motivation and creates a ‘dependency mindset’ among leaders.
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NewsWatch on demand: Webinar on NHS regulation
You can now watch for free our expert panel debate the current context and likely future of regulation.
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NewsUpdated: KPMG wins £1m contract to design NHS Improvement
UPDATED: KPMG has won a contract to design how NHS Improvement will be created and function.
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NewsCare minister: New NHS funding 'is not all going to hospitals'
Care minister Alistair Burt has indicated social care will benefit from the additional £8bn funding promised to the NHS.
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NewsMonitor director: Using existing tech better could save trusts money
Trusts could save money by making better use of their existing technology, according to Monitor’s first executive director of provider sustainability.
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NewsExclusive: NICE safe staffing U-turn followed meeting with Hunt's office
A decision by NICE to reverse its plans to publish work on safe nurse staffing levels came immediately after an email exchange between its chief executive and Jeremy Hunt’s office, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsStevens: Funding growth may depend on 'transformation' plans
Health economies’ receipt of their share of the NHS’s £8bn funding growth for coming years could depend on them agreeing shared five year ‘sustainability and transformation’ plans, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has suggested.
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NewsWebinar: Ask Sir Mike Richards your questions on regulation
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NewsExclusive: ‘Trusts with no future’ list on hold again
Plans to publish a list of NHS trusts unlikely to have a future as independent organisations have been put on hold, the NHS Trust Development Authority has indicated.