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News'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
Commissioners could be freed to award work to a “prime contractor” over five to 10 years from 2014-15, the Department of Health has indicated.
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NewsUPDATED: Basildon children's services slammed by CQC
The Care Quality Commission has raised “serious concerns” about children’s services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, branding them “completely unacceptable”.
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NewsHospitals overpaying for supplies
New research has revealed that some hospitals are paying hundreds of pounds more than others for certain standard medical supplies.
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NewsBidders for DGH takeover revealed
One of England’s biggest hospital trusts and one of its highest performing foundation trusts are battling to take over a district general hospital, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsQIPP lead: drugs bill will increase
Providers and commissioners need to focus on making sure they achieve value for money on drugs rather than cutting overall spend, the government’s pharmaceutical spending efficiency expert has told HSJ.
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NewsPathology reforms moving too slowly says Carter
The man who led a national review of pathology services has lamented the slow pace of service reform and questioned whether a recent high-profile laboratory blunder could have been avoided had consolidation happened sooner.
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Blogs
Transforming real waiting lists with better scheduling
How a rules-based approach to patient scheduling can dramatically reduce waiting times.
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Blogs
New record best for one-year-waiters (now let's go for zero)
A fantastic result on one-year waiters: come on, let’s get them down to zero. Otherwise, everything on waiting times is pretty much treading water.
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CommentStandards suffer when children's services are fragmented
Disparate children’s services need an urgent review
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HSJ Local
Health minister meets campaigners
STRUCTURE: Campaigners fighting plans to review acute services in Worcestershire have had a 45-minute meeting with health minister Dan Poulter.
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NewsDoubts raised over friends and family test
Statisticians have raised doubts about the validity of the nascent friends and family patient satisfaction test amid claims some trusts are “manipulating” their scores.
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NewsAnalysed: the friends and family test
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the friends and family test being piloted by NHS Midlands and East.
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HSJ KnowledgeAntibiotic-resistant diseases are a potential crisis
A collective response is necessary to save lives
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NewsProviders to be judged on integration and deaths from poor care
NHS organisations will be judged by whether patients report their care as well integrated, and the number of deaths in hospital attributable to poor care, under the mandate.
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BlogsTrust chief executives have one of toughest jobs there is
The people in the hottest seats around need more support
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Trusts to be rewarded for friends and family test success
For all the talk of easing top-down control of trusts, the mandate mentions some levers that could hit providers.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital chiefs warned to check celebrities' access to patients
All NHS hospitals have been told to review their approach to giving celebrities access to patients in light of the allegations about Jimmy Savile
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CommentIt's time to rethink payment by results
The landscape has changed, and with it so should the tariff system
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HSJ KnowledgeLive Q&A: how to improve leadership at your trust
We’ll be offering advice on Thursday 15 November at 10am
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NewsGovernment puts £25m into maternity care
The government has pledged £25m to help improve maternity wards.