All Health Service Journal articles in 16 May 2014
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HSJ PartnersE-procurement strategy is crucial to the modern NHS
The service now has a sense of direction
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HSJ LocalBirmingham acute appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has appointed a new medical director.
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HSJ Local
Monitor closes investigation into Bradford Teaching Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has closed an investigation into staffing levels at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust following a significant recruitment drive.
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NewsHSJ Live 08.05.2014: CCGs should not commission primary care, Burnham says
Labour has criticised NHS England’s plan to give clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsData video: specialised commissioning overspend tops £450m
HSJ senior correspondent Sarah Calkin explains NHS England’s specialised commissioning overspend
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CommentMutuals could save the NHS
Only friendly societies can keep the NHS free at the point of use
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NewsLocal commissioners given say in special administration
Local commissioners that are not directly involved with failing hospitals are to be given the chance to respond to proposals put forward by trust special administrators, after the government last night adopted an amendment to the Care Bill.
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NewsReaction: Move to CCG role in primary care splits opinion
Reaction: Simon Stevens’ move to give clinical commissioning groups more power over primary care has divided opinion among health leaders.
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HSJ Local
Carruthers to review Hull and East Yorkshire board
PERFORMANCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed Sir Ian Carruthers to head a review of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust’s board amid allegations of bullying and harrassment by senior staff.
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HSJ LocalTrio of board-level departures following critical report
WORKFORCE: Liverpool Community Health Trust has seen three of its senior staff leave since the release of a highly critical report by the Care Quality Commission.
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CommentWe can't afford to rush community care contracts
Commissioners need to be pragmatic with out of hospital care
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NewsHSJ Live 09.05.2014: More support for medical directors urged
Number of doctors choosing to become medical directors could be increased if they received more backing and encouragement, study finds. plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ Local
Ten practices in York form GP federation
STRUCTURE: Ten general practices across York have forged closer links by forming a federation to serve 70,000 patients.
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NewsWhitehall launches probe into health and wellbeing boards
Health authorities have pledged to check whether health and wellbeing boards are involving providers in better care fund plans as part of a Whitehall-led effort to increase scrutiny of local proposals.
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NewsBid to award Caldicott group legal status rejected by Lords
A Care Bill amendment designed to increase safeguards for patients’ confidential information in the Care.data programme, was rejected by the House of Lords this week.
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NewsMore support for medical directors urged
The number of doctors choosing to become medical directors could be increased if they received more backing and encouragement.
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HSJ LocalSouth West trust restarts FT application
STRUCTURE: Royal United Hospital Bath has become the latest trust to have its foundation status application restarted following a positive Care Quality Commission inspection.
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NewsMid Essex seeks TDA rescue deal
Mid Essex Hospital Trust will seek to broker a financial rescue package with the NHS Trust Development Authority next month to put it on a sustainable financial footing.
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HSJ Local
Capita wins Bristol pathology software contract
COMMERCIAL: A trio of acute trusts have signed an eight-year contract with outsourcing giant Capita and software provider Clinisys to supply laboratory information system for their pathology services.