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CommentGet ready for the section 75 showdown
We gather a selection of articles to help you prepare for Wednesday’s crucial debate
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NewsExclusive: Experts identify urgent need for 'balanced guidance' on NHS competition
New guidelines from the NHS’s competition watchdog may lead commissioners to “perceive the scope for regulatory action as being so wide that it inhibits service redesign”, an influential think tank has warned.
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CommentWarner: Why I will be voting for NHS competition regulations
The battle over draft NHS provider competition regulations
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CommentThatcher ducked the NHS fight, we have to face it
Thatcher’s handling of the NHS offers lessons for reformers
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NewsConsultant contract talks could hinge on seven-day working
Employers’ representatives hope to begin negotiation of the medical consultant contract focused on enabling significantly more services to operate at weekends, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: 'Market' consulted about taking over parts of Mid Staffs
The special administrators of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to launch a “market engagement exercise” asking whether other providers - including in the private sector - would be interested in taking on its services, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe NHS has its own currency crisis
The currencies that drive activity and behaviour in the NHS are rooted in the past
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NewsExclusive: Key Lib Dem backs government over crunch NHS competition vote
The Liberal Democrats’ health spokeswoman in the Lords has told HSJ she will have “no problem” asking her party to support the government in next week’s crucial vote on new NHS competition regulations.
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Exclusive: Monitor reveals £15.7m consultancy spend
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor has revealed it spent £15.7m on consultants in 2012.
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HSJ Local
Hundreds of jobs to go at Worcestershire acute trust
WORKFORCE: Hundreds of jobs will be lost at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust in the next four years as part of plans to cut costs.
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CommentWhat happened to 'any qualified provider'?
AQP has been oddly absent from the competition debate
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HSJ KnowledgeCCGs and procurement in their first 100 days
The new groups have to hit the ground running
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NewsNHS England plans to lead 'radical' service change
NHS England is planning to continue the health service’s current savings drive after 2015, and to recast it as a programme of “ambitious and radical” service change led by its area teams.
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CommentStill no change in NHS finance after Francis
The post-Francis world is still worringly ‘business as usual’
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Blogs
Mid Staffs shows a foundation trust can go bust
Is it possible for trusts provide excellent care while staying within budget?
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CommentFT mergers and competition: an HSJ Twitter chat
Join us for a discussion on the nature of competition in the NHS