All Jeremy Hunt articles – Page 7
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NewsJeremy Hunt elected health committee chair
Jeremy Hunt has been elected chair of the Commons health and social care committee.
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NewsHunt: I will be ‘honest’ about my mistakes
Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ he will be “completely honest” about the mistakes he made as health secretary if successful in his bid to become the next Commons health committee chair.
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CommentThe Bedpan: ‘The problem with conceding to Simon Stevens…’
This Week: May at 10 by Sir Anthony Seldon
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NewsLeaked report reveals depth of failures in troubled maternity service
A leaked report on maternity failings at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust outlines extensive care failings linked to the deaths of 42 babies and three mothers, over a period of 40 years.
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NewsRegulator misled health secretary over safety scandal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council misled former health secretary Jeremy Hunt over its handling of fitness to practise cases linked to the Morecambe Bay maternity scandal, an independent report has said.
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NewsHSIB to stop maternity investigations by 2021
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will stop carrying out external maternity incident investigations by 2021, handing them back to the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe Bedpan: ‘I should have challenged DH advice on Mid Staffs’
This week: Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester
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NewsExclusive: New top A&E doctor ‘could support replacing target’
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine could support replacing the four-hour target – but only if it was satisfied a replacement regime would demonstrably improve patient outcomes and cut bureaucracy for staff, according its new president.
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NewsJeremy Hunt launches charity to monitor patient safety
Jeremy Hunt has set up a patient safety charity which will establish data he can use to report on levels of avoidable harm in healthcare, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUnit’s ‘temporary’ downgrade may stay in place for ‘foreseeable future’
Full maternity services will not return to an Oxfordshire hospital for the “foreseeable future” if proposals are given the green light by county health chiefs.
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NewsMinisters waved through most £150k plus exec salaries last year
Health ministers rubber stamped the pay of 65 senior NHS executives last year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsChief executive to leave troubled trust
The chief executive of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is to leave, amid concerns about serious service quality problems.
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NewsHunt announces £70m fund to improve global patient safety
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for further global action on patient safety, and revealed the UK will give £70m to improve standards overseas.
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NewsHigh Court orders second inquest into 'cover up' child death
The High Court has ordered a new inquest into the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital following new evidence which called into doubt the original verdict.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The taper tax
Andy Cowper discusses the issue of the taper tax on pension contributions
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: The four-hour target is on life support – but not dead yet
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsMaternity probe now considering more than 250 cases
An independent inquiry into alleged poor maternity care at an NHS trust is now considering more than 250 separate cases, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSI stands down review panel over 'cover up' concern
A controversial panel set up by NHS Improvement to review the findings of an independent investigation into poor maternity care has been disbanded after HSJ exposed concerns it was a “cover up” and that its members were conflicted.
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NewsHunt heads to Middle East for global push on patient safety
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt is leading a call for global action on patient safety at an international summit in the Middle East today.