All Health Service Journal articles in 4 October 2013 – Page 4
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News
Ministers ‘listening’ to competition concerns
Health minister Daniel Poulter has said the government is listening to criticism of competition rules which have been blamed for thwarting much needed hospital reconfiguration projects.
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News
Cameron announces new funding for GP practices to open for longer
GPs will be offered money to open their surgeries seven days a week and out of office hours under proposals unveiled by the prime minister today.
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News
Concerns over single-specialism 'integration' plans
Senior figures in healthcare have questioned moves by clinical commissioning groups to introduce “integrated” care pathways for single clinical specialisms, such as cancer or cardiology.
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News
Help us find the NHS's black and minority ethnic pioneers
Nominations open for BME pioneers list
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Comment
Keep politics involved in the NHS
MPs play a crucial role in scrutinising and improving the NHS
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News
Jeremy Hunt speaks at Conservative Conference - HSJ Live 01.10.13
How to develop the role of healthcare assistants, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ Knowledge
Shining a spotlight on care support workers
A new programme is helping to introduce more HCAs to the NHS
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News
Hunt prioritises frail older people’s care
Jeremy Hunt has said he will prioritise improvements in the care of frail older people over the next year, prompting the head of one royal college to express concerns that start-of-life care is being neglected.
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HSJ Local
Trust report reveals 14 year dispute over harm to patients
PERFORMANCE: A troubled foundation trust has commissioned performance reports on each of its surgeons after an internal audit uncovered a 14-year feud among clinical staff and 48 cases of possible harm to patients that were never investigated.
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HSJ Local
Overspend on private and voluntary services leaves ambulance trust in £2.5m deficit
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has posted a year to date deficit of £2.5m after it overspent on private and voluntary ambulance services, according to trust board papers.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester surplus £80k behind plan
FINANCE: Central Manchester University Hospitals recorded a surplus of £664,000 for the first four months of 2013-14, £80,000 behind plan to that point in the year, its latest finance report states.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall and Peninsula win joint funding
FINANCE: Peninsula Community Health and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust have secured funding of £1.3m to improve the care experience for people with dementia.
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News
Council chiefs urge cross-party care consensus
Local authority efforts to reform health and social care has been put at risk by the pace of government cuts, council chiefs have warned.
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Supplements
'The signs were there, but weren't picked up'
Heart sinking’ experiences of being called to crises for patients he had never seen have made Professor Michael Kirby an ardent advocate of health checks, reports Jennifer Trueland
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Supplements
Critical point for checks − an HSJ/LGC supplement
How to increase the uptake of NHS Health Check
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Supplements
Go to the mosques and temples – Health Check case study
How can health checks be more successful? One London borough is reaching out further into communities, while charities believe the checks themselves could be broader
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Comment
Cancer fund has proved its doubters wrong
The cancer drugs fund was met with scepticism – but it is working
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 implementation hit Yorkshire Ambulance finances
FINANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has reported spending more than budgeted this year, partly because of unexpected costs associated with NHS 111.
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Comment
Lord Saatchi: The law is killing patients
Established practices fail both doctors and cancer patients