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HSJ LocalGPs tell patients providers are ‘in crisis’
PRIMARY CARE: GPs across Coventry have written to patients telling them that general practice is ‘in crisis’ due to a reduction in government funding as a proportion of the total NHS budget.
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NewsHeart surgery ‘anticipated’ to be axed from at least one northern hospital
Health service leaders in the north have suggested that congenital heart surgery will be withdrawn from at least one hospital in the region.
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HSJ LocalControversial ambulance delay pilot may have contributed to patient death
Commissioners warned that a controversial South East Coast Ambulance Foundation Trust pilot that added 10 minutes to some emergency response times may have contributed to the death of at least one patient, leaked emails seen by HSJ reveal.
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HSJ Local'Unviable' mental health trust to axe services
A mental health trust in Manchester has announced several service closures due to ‘year on year reductions’ to its budget.
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NewsDH consults on three year budgets for CCGs
Ministers are consulting on proposals to give commissioners budgets of at least three years to enable longer term planning.
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HSJ LocalDoncaster chief defends finance director over mystery £12m deficit
The chief executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has defended the ‘integrity and character’ of the trust’s finance director following the discovery of a previously unknown £12.6m deficit.
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NewsGlobal safe staffing expert questions ‘crazy’ NHS nursing policy
One of the world’s leading experts on nursing and safe staffing has questioned current NHS policies towards nurses and suggested some could even put patients at greater risk.
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NewsCQC efficiency rating will not be based on trust’s financial position
The Care Quality Commission’s future rating of trusts’ efficiency will not be based on whether they have a surplus or deficit, a new document reveals.
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NewsGovernment U-turn on delayed nurse revalidation rollout
The Department of Health has rowed back from plans to delay nurse revalidation in England, in light of the negative response from the profession’s leaders.
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NewsPublic do not trust NHS with personal data, admits health secretary
The public do not trust the NHS to look after personal health information, the health secretary admitted at the HSJ annual lecture on Thursday evening.
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NewsHSJ annual lecture: Hunt defends plan for 'Ofsted style ratings' of CCGs
A commissioning chief and GP leader have criticised Jeremy Hunt’s plan to introduce Ofsted style ratings for clinical commissioning group performance in a range of clinical areas.
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NewsHunt opens HSJ annual lecture with hip-hop video
Jeremy Hunt gave the second annual HSJ lecture on Thursday evening
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NewsDigital health expert to carry out ‘Berwick review’ of NHS
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said a review by international digital health guru Robert Wachter on how the NHS can become a world leading digital health system will be as pivotal to the NHS as Don Berwick’s review on patient safety.
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NewsHSJ annual lecture: full transcript
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt delivered the second HSJ annual lecture on Thursday night in London. Here is the full transcript.
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NewsExecutive Summary: A lecture from Hunt you will want to hear
HSJ’s daily digest of the must read health stories and debate
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HSJ LocalAintree board backs proposal for Royal Liverpool merger
The board of Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust has backed the recommendation of senior hospital consultants that it should pursue a merger with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust.
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NewsDH raises threshold for blocking national tariff
The Department of Health has confirmed measures that will make it more difficult for providers to block the national tariff payment system.
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NewsHSJ Live 29.10.15: Hunt delivers HSJ annual lecture - live coverage
Rolling coverage and the second HSJ annual lecture
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: New chief executive appointed at Addenbrooke's
A new permanent chief executive has been appointed at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust.