All Health Service Journal articles in 9 January 2015
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NewsHSJ Live 17.12.2014: NHS England decides on 2015-16 allocations
NHS England’s board has decided on 2015-16 allocations for clinical commisisoning groups, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsNHS England earmarks £1bn for underfunded CCGs
NHS England this afternoon approved plans to use more than half of the extra £2bn that has been freed up for health service spending in 2015-16 to bring underfunded clinical commissioning groups closer to their “fair share” of allocations.
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NewsEmergency care demand for older people predicted to rise
Emergency admissions among older people are likely to keep rising during the next five years, a Department of Health funded study has found. This is despite ministers’ claims that the better care fund will lead to a reduction in non-elective activity.
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NewsCQC needs to increase inspection workforce by 66pc in one year
The Care Quality Commission is still 559 inspectors short of the total number it thinks it needs by the end of next year.
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NewsHSJ Live 19.12.2014: NHS planning guidance live coverage
2015-16 CCG allocations and planning guidance published, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsNHS England drops treatments scorecard following legal threat
NHS England has dropped a controversial scorecard that was supposed to help it make decisions about whether to fund treatments for a number of rare conditions
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HSJ LocalClatterbridge to reconfigure cancer care after ‘resounding’ public support
STRUCTURE: A specialist cancer trust in Merseyside is pressing ahead with plans to build a new centre in Liverpool.
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NewsConcern over projected fall in mental health nurse vacancies
A forecast reduction in the number of NHS mental health nursing jobs over the coming years could threaten the government’s ambition to achieve parity of esteem with physical health, Health Education England has claimed.
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NewsPlanning guidance full coverage: next steps for the forward view
Health economies seeking to be at the forefront of moving to the new models of care set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View have been given six weeks to submit an expression of interest to NHS England
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NewsNHS England says CCGs must increase mental health spend
Clinical commissioning groups have been told by NHS England to increase in real terms the amount of money they spend on mental health services as part of the 2015-16 planning guidance.
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NewsNew national advisory board to tackle workforce issues
A new national advisory board with a system-wide coordination role for workforce issues is to be created, the NHS planning guidance has revealed.
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NewsCCGs must set targets for reducing health inequalities
Clinical commissioning groups will have to set targets for reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for health and wellbeing, under the 2015-16 planning guidance.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.12.2014: Unannounced £740m revenue boost shows DH was in 'desperate trouble'
The Treasury has agreed an unannounced £740m increase to the health revenue budget for the current financial year, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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HSJ apologises for inaccurate nursing press release
HSJ would like to apologise for making an inaccurate claim in a press release issued last week, which resulted in a number of national publications running erroneous stories about the proportion of NHS nurses recruited from overseas.
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NewsExclusive: Unannounced £740m revenue boost shows DH was in 'desperate trouble'
The Treasury has agreed an unannounced £740m increase to the health revenue budget for the current financial year, it has been confirmed to HSJ.
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HSJ LocalFormer civil service chief appointed as new chair at King's
WORKFORCE: The former head of the civil service, Sir Bob Kerslake, has been appointed the chair at King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
North Somerset shortlists bidders for community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Three organisations have been shortlisted for a contract to provide community services in North Somerset.
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HSJ LocalMSK contract loss could 'negatively impact' trust
STRUCTURE: The decommissioning of musculoskeletal services from Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust could “negatively impact” its other work, according to an independent assessment carried out following a controversial contract tender.
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HSJ PartnersContracting to commissioning: why does NHS change take so long?
A transformational shift is needed