All Health Service Journal articles in 20 June 2014
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NewsBridge the gap between GPs and acute care, says health secretary
Jeremy Hunt has called for new models of provision for primary care to help close the gap between general practice and acute care.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.06.2014: Delayed discharges cost NHS £526m, warns Age UK
Older peoples’ charity warns of a “marked rise” in the length of time elderly people are held up in hospital while they wait for social care, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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HSJ Local
Colchester set to downgrade maternity units
An Essex trust which temporarily closed two maternity units sparking outcry from residents and MPs should re-open them but only as “on demand” birthing units, a trust director has recommended.
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HSJ LocalCCGs could be caught out by 'technical' legal challenge
A South West clinical commissioning group has reached an out of court agreement with NHS campaigners who claimed its polices on patient and public involvement were unlawful – in a legal challenge lawyers warn could cause problems for other CCGs.
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NewsTrusts ordered to delete incorrect datafields
The government body in charge of safeguarding patient information has ordered a significant number of trusts to delete a series of datafields.
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NewsExclusive: Somerset GPs get the go ahead to depart from QOF
GPs in Somerset have been given permission to ditch reporting against the majority of quality and outcomes framework indicators in favour of a locally developed approach, in a move seen as a “significant departure” for NHS England.
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HSJ LocalColchester suspends employee over cancer data probe
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has begun a disciplinary investigation and suspended a member of staff in relation to alleged wrongful manipulation of cancer patients’ waiting time data.
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CommentTo make new NHS leadership a reality we must ditch cynicism
We must nuture and support new leaders
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NewsHSJ Live 13.06.2014: BMA opposes Somerset QOF move
The Department of Health has today announced a £250m elective care fund to help providers clear their planned treatment backlogs, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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HSJ Local
East Kent CCGs consider merger
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups in Kent are considering a merger in a bid to “strengthen clinical involvement” and help manage “future financial risks”.
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NewsBMA: NHS England QOF move spells 'Balkanisation of national healthcare'
Allowing GPs in a single clinical commissioning group to break away from the nationally agreed quality and outcomes framework could lead to the “Balkanisation of national healthcare”, the British Medical Association has warned.
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NewsMonitor: 'No evidence' of poorer quality of care in small hospitals
Small hospitals should continue to play an “important role” in the NHS, Monitor has indicated after a new study found “no evidence” of poorer quality clinical performance when compared with larger providers.
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NewsDH creates £250m fund for elective 'resilience'
The Department of Health is to provide an additional £250m to the NHS to help providers clear their planned care waiting list backlogs.
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CommentRun community hospitals as social enterprises and save the NHS millions
A culture driving change
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HSJ KnowledgeThe tricky landscape of NHS properties, a year on from major reforms
Improvement is needed
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NewsHSJ Live 16.06.2014: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on patient safety from NHS England, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on the patient safety role from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersBarcoded medicine could help put an end to never events
Barcoding could save thousands of lives
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NewsCCGs seek to follow Somerset in breaking away from QOF
Clinical commissioning groups have queued up to follow Somerset’s lead and break away from the national quality and outcomes framework, despite a strong signal from NHS England that further extension of the freedoms were unlikely in 2014-15.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, April 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waits around England, with links to the detail by organisation and specialty