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News'There's no getting away from difficult choices over staff pay,' says Burnham
A Labour government would use pay restraint and make ‘difficult choices’ about the wages of NHS frontline staff if the party wins the election next year
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NewsBurnham sets out role for private providers in his NHS vision
Private health providers could play a significant role in providing NHS services under a Labour government, the shadow health secretary has suggested
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NewsExclusive: Labour could make NICE guidance mandatory
A Labour government could reduce variation in access to drugs and procedures by making it mandatory for commissioners to follow NICE guidelines, Andy Burnham has revealed
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CommentNo party should feel comfortable with their NHS position yet
None of the parties have had a decisive breakthrough
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NewsExclusive: Ministers keen to extend joint commissioning
Ministers want to extend NHS joint commissioning with councils to public health and children’s services, after being convinced by the better care fund planning process that the model will reap service improvements and financial benefits
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NewsStevens considers 'freeing up' funds for 'service change'
Simon Stevens has indicated part of NHS funding could be designated to be spent on investment to ‘kick start service change’
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NewsMapped: Candidates for health economy 'special measures'
Whole health economies could face intervention for poor performance under a new approach proposed by the NHS national bodies, under the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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NewsOsborne's NHS spending claim disputed
Health finance experts have strongly disputed the chancellor’s claim that a ‘similar increase’ in NHS spending to the one achieved in this parliament would meet the funding call in the NHS Five Year Forward View
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LeaderStevens captures the zeitgeist with his forward view
Reaction to the vision has been mostly positive
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NewsTariff consultation delayed
The publication of a consultation document for the 2015-16 national tariff payment system has been delayed by three weeks, officials have confirmed.
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HSJ LocalTrust's winter cash withheld until it has 'believable' A&E plan
PERFORMANCE: One of the worst performing areas on the four hour accident and emergency target has seen its “system resilience” money withheld temporarily after failing to devise a “believable” improvement plan.
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HSJ LocalDevon CCG warns 'services will suffer' due to unaffordable demand
FINANCE: The country’s biggest clinical commissioning group will have to take immediate action to prioritise patient access to services in the face of unaffordable increases in demand, it has warned.
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NewsPriory Group sets sights on community contracts
A major private provider of mental healthcare beds in the UK is planning a significant expansion into the sector’s community services market
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HSJ KnowledgeThe 10 steps to make technology work in local healthcare
Technology itself isn’t an elixir for health and social care
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NewsA&E emergency admissions at highest ever level
Emergency admissions to accident and emergency departments have hit their highest level since records began, the latest NHS England figures reveal.
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NewsLamb admits integration evidence is still 'embryonic'
The care minister has described the evidence that health and social care integration will save money as still ‘embryonic’.
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CommentFour hour performance: the decline continues
There’s little sign of it being reversed this year
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NewsLabour 'still plans Health Act repeal'
Labour still intends to repeal the Health Act 2012 despite the shift in focus away from competition in the NHS Five Year Forward View, a shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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CommentWe can be cautiously hopeful about NHS's forward view
Focus must remain on patient centred care
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CommentThe forward view is welcome but needs funding and stability
Its success rests in the hands of politicians