All Health Service Journal articles in 22 July 2015 – Page 4
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HSJ Local
Immigration officers at London trust for patient charging pilot
FINANCE: The Home Office has sent immigration officers into a London trust to help administrative staff identify foreign patients who could be charged for treatment.
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HSJ Local
NHS providers explore taking over Cornish community services
NHS trusts in Cornwall are exploring whether they could provide a suitable home for over 20 community services, HSJ has learned.
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News
London's devolution demands revealed
Proposals to redesign London’s £93bn public services through wide ranging devolution from central government have been agreed by borough leaders and the city’s mayor.
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Councils 'running out of time' to prepare for public health cuts
Councils are ‘running out of time’ to make the £200m of in-year cuts to public health budgets announced by the chancellor last month, HSJ’s sister title Local Government Chronicle has been told.
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HSJ Live 15.07.2015: Final decision made on Healthier Together
Stockport Foundation Trust has been confirmed as the fourth specialist site under Greater Manchester’s Healthier Together programme for hospital services, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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Crisp: Mental health beds shortage actually a discharge crisis
A perceived crisis in the availability of mental health beds is actually caused by delayed patient discharges, according to an inquiry chaired by Lord Crisp.
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Hospital mortality rates 'should not be smoke alarm' for poor quality
The NHS should not use hospital-wide mortality rates as a ‘smoke alarm’ to identify poor quality hospitals, a major study has concluded.
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Exclusive: CCGs need to ‘radically evolve to have a future’
Clinical commissioning groups would need to ‘radically evolve’ to be sustainable once new care models are developed, according to a report commissioned by the Nuffield Trust.
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News
Nearly 600 GP practices closed since 2010
Nearly 600 GP practices have closed in the last five years, data seen by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ Local
‘Urgent’ stroke review underway in Kent and Medway
STRUCTURE: There is an ‘urgent need’ to improve stroke services across Kent and Medway, commissioners have decided.
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News
Lords approve devolution bill 'wrecking' amendment
The government has suffered a blow to its insistence on places adopting directly elected mayors in return for substantial devolution deals.
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HSJ Local
New chair for Barts Health Trust
WORKFORCE: Barts Health Trust has had a new chair appointed by the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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News
NHS can be 'world leader' on patient safety, say healthcare leaders
The NHS can be a ‘world leader’ in many areas of patient safety but only if it starts taking immediate action to improve, healthcare leaders have said in a report published by HSJ today.