All Health Service Journal articles in 5 September 2014
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NewsEmergency services face sweeping payment system reform
NHS England and Monitor have floated proposals for sweeping reform of the payment systems for emergency healthcare, to help bring about the changes envisaged by the Keogh review of urgent and emergency care.
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NewsLamb: Children's mental services 'stuck in the dark ages'
Care minister Norman Lamb said services available to young people are ‘not fit for purpose’
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NewsHospital slammed for 'extortionate' staff parking fees
Hospital managers have been branded ‘immoral’ for introducing ‘extortionate’ parking charges for staff who need their cars for work.
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HSJ LocalEast Kent governors defend trust board
PERFORMANCE: The council of governors at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has come out in support of the trust board and expressed its “disappointment” at a “misleading” Care Quality Commission report which criticised leadership at the trust as “inadequate”.
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NewsHunt backs legal measure to ease creation of 'super CCGs'
Healthwatch England’s bid to secure seats for patient champions on all ‘super clinical commissioning groups’ has been dashed by the health secretary in a letter rejecting claims such structures are unaccountable.
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NewsMost doctors oppose assisted dying
Fewer than one in five doctors would be willing to help patients end their lives, according to a new poll.
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NewsAmbulance staff to hold two strikes
Ambulance workers are to stage fresh strikes in a long-running dispute over working conditions and safety issues.
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NewsTrusts told to give staff some parking fee concessions
Nurses working night shifts should get concessions on NHS parking fees in England, under a set of principles announced by the government.
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NewsScottish health chief backs yes vote
The chair of NHS Orkney has said he will back independence to protect the health service.
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NewsCircle's Hinchingbrooke contract losses approach £5m limit
The losses built up by Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust in its first two years under private management are just £150,000 short of the £5m ceiling at which the contract could be terminated.
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HSJ LocalYorkshire CCGs postpone A&E downgrade consultation
STRUCTURE: Two Yorkshire clinical commissioning groups have shelved plans to consult on a hospital reconfiguration that could result in the closure of an accident and emergency unit.
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NewsGovernment 'not trusted' over NHS
More than two out of five people do not trust the government to protect the NHS, according to a study.
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NewsNHS complaints 'tip of iceberg'
NHS England receives 480 written complaints a day, with hospital doctors and surgeons among those bearing the brunt of patients’ frustrations, new figures show.
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CommentCancer drug announcements must be backed up with action
There’s an element of pre-election tidying
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HSJ LocalEssex pathology joint venture gets green light
COMMERCE: A pathology joint venture between two Essex foundation trusts and a private firm has been given the formal go ahead.
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NewsCalibre of senior management talent in decline, survey suggests
The calibre of applicants for top NHS posts is getting worse, many healthcare leaders believe.
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NewsMutuals ‘central’ to solving NHS challenges, say ministers
Mutual models of ownership in the provision of NHS services will play a ‘central’ role in overcoming the challenges facing the health service, ministers have said.
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HSJ LocalCornwall summit to discuss tripartite merger proposal
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of a south west trust hoping to merge with a social enterprise and mental health provider in the region is due to meet the heads of the proposed merger partners next month.
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HSJ KnowledgeMake or break: How George Eliot secured a future for its paediatric service
Redesign turned it around