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NewsHSJ Live 22.07.2014: MPs debate Manchester reconfiguration
Healthier Together programme debated in Parliament, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsDrop in bans on hospital and care home workers
The Labour Party has voiced concern about a sharp drop in the numbers of people being barred from working with vulnerable adults in care homes and hospitals.
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HSJ LocalTrust in lock-out dispute faces legal action
Trade union Unite has pledge to take legal action against Northampton General Hospital Trust after it locked out pathology staff following a contract dispute.
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HSJ LocalCompetition watchdog probes Essex pathology joint venture
COMMERCIAL: The competition watchdog is probing a pathology joint venture between two Essex foundation trusts and a private company.
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NewsFriends and family test changes announced
NHS England is to change how the friends and family test is implemented and presented after a major review concluded it cannot be used as a “single measure” for the quality of care across the health service as originally intended.
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NewsAgency costs jump £300m at foundation trusts
FTs saw the cost of agency and contract staff shoot up by £300m last year, according to their annual accounts
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NewsCouncil warned to end legal battle over North Yorkshire maternity reconfiguration
QC advises Richmondshire to drop judicial review
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NewsComplaints against doctors double
The rise in the use of social media has contributed to a doubling of complaints against doctors in five years, it has been reported.
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NewsHSJ 21.07.2014: The future of NHS leadership - unpicking Griffiths' complex legacy
HSJ reflects on the past reforms and future leadership challenges following three decades of healthcare management change in the wake of the milestone Griffiths report, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalCash strapped CCG proposes major restrictions to fertility services
FINANCE: A cash strapped clinical commissioning group has proposed significantly restricting access to fertility services to help halt its fall even further into the red.
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NewsMonitor signals the end of mental health block contracts
Monitor has signalled the end of block contracts currently used to fund NHS mental health providers as part of a major shake up of the national payment system due to be introduced next year.
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NewsControversial emergency care payment rules to stay put
There will be no change next year to controversial rules that restrict the payments hospitals receive for emergency admissions and readmissions
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NewsEfficiency savings proposed for next financial year
Monitor and NHS England have proposed a single efficiency factor of between 3 and 5 per cent for 2015-16 across the health service
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NewsPricing authorities to tighten grip on specialist service payments
Monitor and NHS England have floated plans to tighten their grip on specialist services pricing while mounting a push for local commissioners to move away from national NHS prices
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HSJ LocalLeicestershire bid to plug £400m gap
STRUCTURE: Widespread changes to the Leicestershire Health economy have been agreed between the University Hospitals of Leicester and its local commissioners to plug an estimated £400m funding gap over the next four years.
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NewsNew body to control healthcare reconfigurations under Labour plans
A Labour administration would establish a new agency to oversee reconfigurations of NHS services, the shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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NewsNew minister's 'war on superbugs'
New science minister Greg Clark has started his job with a declaration of war against superbugs.
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HSJ Local
Substance misuse clinic faces closure as costs mount
FINANCE: Central and North West London Foundation Trust could close a high performing clinic that treats adults for substance misuse because it can no longer afford to run the service.
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NewsCommissioning system belatedly balances £97bn budget
NHS England has belatedly managed to set plans to balance its £97bn budget for 2014-15.
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NewsHSJ Live 18.07.2014: New minister's 'war on superbugs'
New science minister Greg Clark has started his job with a declaration of war against superbugs, plus the rest of today’s news and comment