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         News NewsLocal systems must ‘comply’ with new medicines access policyNHS England wants to standardise local drug formulary teams and operations while it develops a single national formulary over the next two years, HSJ has learned. 
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         Expert Briefing Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The patient cost of ICB cutsInsider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder. 
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         News NewsTech firm wins £1.2bn national workforce contractThe NHS Business Services Authority has awarded a £1.2bn contract to Indian technology firm Infosys for a new workforce management system. 
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         HSJ Partners HSJ PartnersPlant-rich diets: A prescription for patient health and NHS sustainabilityEvidence of the health benefits of plant-rich diets is abundant, and the dangers of overconsuming meat are well-documented. 
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         News News13 trusts trial procurement process designed to ‘save billions’Thirteen trusts are piloting a procurement system that places less emphasis on price. 
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         News NewsSingle ICB finance system launches after years of delayNHS England’s new national accounting and finance system – covering all integrated care boards and some other NHS organisations – has gone live after an 18-month delay and years of preparation. 
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         News NewsGovernment to put ‘realistic’ price on NHS dataThe government has hired a consultancy to make a “realistic” estimate of the value of NHS data to industry, researchers and academics. 
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         News NewsStrikes to hit three trusts over SubCo plansWorkers at three trusts are set to strike over plans to outsource roles, with their union warning there will be national walkouts over SubCo plans. 
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         News NewsDHSC seeks £120m saving from 'unwarranted price variation'The Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting expert advisers to help update the list of prescribable products in community settings in a bid to save up to £120m. 
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        NewsMackey: I never promised redundancies fundingNHS England never promised central funding for integrated care board redundancies, Sir Jim Mackey has told MPs. 
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         News NewsScanner procurement cancelled under threat of legal challengeA leading specialist cancer trust has had to cancel and re-run the procurement of a cutting-edge scanner to stave off the threat of a legal challenge.. 
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         News NewsEnglish trusts resist Welsh waiting time policyMultiple English hospitals are refusing a Welsh health board’s request to delay operations for up to two years. 
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         News NewsUnspent hospital IT funding used to ‘support NHSE position’NHS England retained more than £40m of unspent electronic patient record funding in 2024-25 to “support [its] overall position” and to invest in other areas such as the NHS App, HSJ can reveal. 
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         News NewsCash-poor trust told financial plan is ‘unachievable’A cash-poor trust has been told its plan to double the savings it delivered in the past two years is “unachievable”. 
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         Comment CommentFor neighbourhood care to work, we must close wardsDaniel Elkeles highlights how neighbourhood health can transform care but must scale with clear roles, shared incentives and enough resources to reduce hospital demand and cost 
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         Comment CommentSomething has to give on ICB redundanciesFunding uncertainty and delays risk undermining ICB reforms essential to delivering the NHS 10-Year Plan, writes Kathy McLean 
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         News News‘40 new hospitals’ will not be delivered until 2046The delivery of the “40 new hospitals” promised in 2019 by the incoming Conservative government will cost £60bn and take until 2046 to deliver, if pursued by the current administration and its successors. 
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         News NewsPrivate providers’ NHS revenues booming as waiting lists increaseTwo private companies used by the NHS to carry out ADHD and autism assessments have seen another huge increase in income, HSJ can reveal. 
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         News NewsNHSE launches programme to enable ‘patient power payments’Work has begun to create a new national feedback system to support the government’s proposed “patient power payments”, which would see individual members of the public able to affect how much money providers and commissioners receive for treating them. 
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         News NewsFirst ICB ‘pauses’ redundancy plans over funding concernsAn integrated care board says it will not progress a redundancy scheme needed to halve its operating costs in the current financial year because it cannot be sure how it will be paid for. 
 
 
      











 
     
     
     
    