All Health Service Journal articles in 23 May 2014 – Page 4
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News
HSJ Live 20.05.14: NHS trust sector ends year £241m in deficit
The NHS trust sector finished 2013-14 £241m in deficit, the NHS Trust Development Authority has confirmed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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News
Rise in general practice whistleblowing
The Care Quality Commission has recorded a surge in the number of whistleblowers complaining about standards in general practice, the regulator’s most senior inspector has said.
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HSJ Local
Colchester chair to step down
The chair of troubled Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust, the hospital accused of manipulating cancer patients’ data last year, is stepping down.
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News
NHS could be 'stuffed' by mass exodus of nurses to US
The NHS risks losing thousands of nurses to the US if it fails to value and support existing nursing staff, the chief executive of Health Education England has warned.
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News
Exclusive: Concerns emerge over nurse numeracy
Qualified nurses are being turned away from jobs in the NHS because of poor numeracy skills it has been claimed.
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News
Mental health rising as reason for helping homeless
Mental health has become an increasingly significant reason for housing homeless people, an analysis of figures recorded by councils show.
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News
Integrated hotlines could exclude smaller providers
Plans by clinical commissioning groups to jointly procure NHS 111 and out of hours hotlines have sparked concerns that smaller providers could be squeezed out of the market.
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News
Haslam highlights 'conveyor belt' approach to treatment
The chair of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has said the NHS can be “a bit like a conveyor belt” in the way it sets out drugs and treatments to patients.
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News
HSJ Live 19.05.2014: Concerns emerge over nurse numeracy
Qualified nurses being turned away from jobs because of poor numeracy skills, it has been claimed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Blogs
Campaign emergency
End Game hates election time and its dreaded “purdah”, the 40 days and 40 nights of abstinence, where press officers claim they are banned from answering our carefully crafted queries on the spurious grounds that openness and honesty could somehow interfere with the European and local elections.So imagine our surprise ...
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HSJ Partners
Providing false information could become a criminal offence
New law could come in from October
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HSJ Local
Cambridge University Hospitals appoints non-exec director
WORKFORCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Andy Richards as a non-executive director.
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News
Probe into five deaths in Maidstone identified 'dysfunctional' working relationships
A probe into five patient deaths at a hospital in Kent has identified that “dysfunctional” working relationships in a surgical team had hampered “intimidated” staff from raising concerns.
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News
Exclusive: Regulator to tell FTs to re-do overly optimistic plans
Monitor has asked foundation trusts to re-think their recently submitted two-year plans, claiming their assumptions were unrealistically optimistic at a time of escalating financial pressure.
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HSJ Local
‘Critical’ nursing shortage at Cambridge University Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is to launch a major national recruitment campaign after nursing staff levels were found to have fallen to critically low levels.
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HSJ Local
Monitor launches investigation into West Suffolk’s finances
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has opened an investigation into West Suffolk Foundation Trust following concerns about its financial performance.
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HSJ Local
Leading London trusts explore joint paediatric working
STRUCTURE: Two leading London trusts are exploring the possibility of joint working within the field of paediatrics.