All Health Service Journal articles in 16 September 2015
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NewsCCGs expected to fund 2.3 per cent rise in emergency activity
Clinical commissioning groups are expected to fund a 2.3 per cent increase in emergency activity this year compared to 2014-15, NHS England has confirmed.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners look to extend 111 contracts until moratorium ends
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners across the East Midlands are looking to extend their contracts with the region’s biggest providers of NHS 111 services by six months. It follows an NHS England moratorium on procuring fresh contracts until September.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguards urged to quickly become ‘battering ram of change’
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are the ‘battering ram of change’ and should quickly test new ideas to be replicated nationally, the director of NHS England’s new care models programme has said.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders investigation of 'regulatory gap' baby death case
The health secretary has promised an independent investigation of the death of a baby whose ‘incredibly distressing’ case highlighted a regulatory ‘gap’ in the NHS’s ability to probe historic complaints.
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NewsHunt to give 2015 HSJ annual lecture
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will give the second HSJ annual lecture in October.
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CommentMichael White: It won't be smooth sailing ahead for Hunt
He must take on some unpopular causes
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NewsExclusive Hunt interview: CQC ratings have replaced FT status as ‘definition of success’
The mark of quality for an NHS provider is no longer foundation trust status, but the award of a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission, the health secretary has said.
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NewsThe NHS has 'too many trusts', says Hunt
Jeremy Hunt has said there are ‘too many trusts’ in the NHS and the health service needs to ‘up the pace’ of work on hospital chains and other provider reforms.
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CommentMorecambe Bay chief: Women still need a leg up to board level
HSJ Women Leaders network is vital
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HSJ LocalLondon and Kent trusts team up for vanguard bid
STRUCTURE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has put forward an acute care vanguard bid in partnership with Dartford and Gravesham Trust. It would see the London teaching hospital become a ‘system leader’.
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HSJ LocalLeading North West FTs to create 'foundation chain'
STRUCTURE: Work has started to create a ‘foundation chain’ between two leading hospital trusts in the North West, HSJ has been told.
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CommentClarify the quality message to get people behind seven day services
Highlight the safety benefits
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NewsUpdated: West Herts to be placed in special measures
West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has been recommended for special measures after being rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
London trust to recruit 200 physician associates for 40 providers
WORKFORCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust will recruit 200 physician associates on behalf of over 40 trusts across the country.
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NewsAnalysis: Overall CCG surplus plan masks regional disparity
Clinical commissioning groups in England have planned for a combined surplus of £358m in 2015-16, which is less than half the surplus reported last year.
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NewsBMA returns to negotiations over consultant contract
The British Medical Association has agreed to re-enter negotiations with NHS Employers over the consultant contract, it has been announced.
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NewsNHS Providers lodges objection to controversial tariff proposals
NHS representative bodies have expressed strong concerns about government plans to raise the bar provider objections must clear to block tariff proposals.
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LeaderHunt will go all in on safety to protect his legacy
Hunt could go all in on patient safety to protect his legacy
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Executive Summary: The only time the North looks flush
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