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NewsField: clinical senates a 'hand grenade' to GP consultant relations
Clinical senates were designed to act as a “hand grenade” to remove barriers preventing GPs and hospital doctors talking, not “another level of bureaucracy”, Professor Steve Field has said.
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NewsEaston warns some QIPP schemes are just 'red-lining' budget cuts
The man responsible for driving the NHS’s £20bn quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings plan today warned that some schemes being pursued under its banner had “no semblance of quality in them at all”.
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NewsAspirant FTs to have debt 'restructured'
Aspirant foundation trusts with liquidity or debt problems could have their debt restructured, the Department of Health’s head of provider development has said.
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NewsLansley urges NHS to 'regain momentum' following reform debate
Andrew Lansley has urged the health service to “regain the momentum” lost in the “flux” sparked by the government’s reform plans.
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NewsCommissioning primary care plans still in development
The government has not yet decided whether clinical commissioning groups can take on management of general practice contracts, the responsible Department of Health has said.
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NewsResponsible officers to sit with commissioning board
Primary care responsible officers will probably sit with the NHS Commissioning Board, the Department of Health figure in charge of the policy has confirmed.
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NewsEleven acute trusts failed dignity and nutrition inspections - CQC
At least 11 hospital trusts have failed to meet essential standards for dignity and nutrition in a Care Quality Commission investigation, it has been revealed.
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NewsWarner: DH resisting Dilnot reforms
The Department of Health is resisting reforms required to implement the fairer system of social care funding demanded by the Dilnot commission, one of the commission’s architects has claimed.
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Community provider future placed in doubt
Community provider foundation trusts may not need to exist as the services mature, the chief executive of one of the leading organisations has said.
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Foundation trust jumps gun to calculate 'official' mortality rates
PERFORMANCE: A foundation trust has calculated new-look hospital mortality rates for all hospitals and sent them to trusts as a “heads up”, before they are revealed to the public later this year.
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NewsPublic health policy 'update' paper expected next week
An “update” on the government’s public health proposals is due to be published next week, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsCommunity staff setting 'rubbish' example on public health
District nurses often set a “rubbish” example to patients about healthy lifestyles, according to the head of community services in Leicester.
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Suffolk mental health trust risks £2m arbitration
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust in the East of England may be “heading to arbitration” over the terms of its talking therapies programme, having failed to sign its contract for the current financial year.
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NewsChase Farm is 'signal' ministers will not back major NHS change, says Hunt
The government’s intervention into the future of Chase Farm Hospital was “the signal” it would not support “courageous” decommissioning decisions, according to a former health minister.
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NewsMental health facing 'critical window' of opportunity
The mental health sector needs to take advantage of a “critical window” to be involved in the changes to the NHS, Department of Health figures have said.
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NewsWarning over social care integration 'barriers'
The barriers to integration between health and social care have worsened in the last year, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has said.
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NewsDH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
The Department of Health is overhauling the process for checking whether a trust is ready to apply for foundation status to avoid “embarrassing” the health secretary, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsPCT legacy shows 'significant improvement' despite challenges
Primary care trusts have overseen improvement and were further “maturing” before their abolition was announced, an NHS Confederation report says.
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NewsData shows mixed results in reducing 'low value' treatments
The NHS has reduced activity related to some “ineffective” treatments, but has not managed to stop the rise in other “low clinical value” procedures, according to data analysed for HSJ.
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Trust sells half its beds to rent them back
FINANCE: A hospital trust has sold half of its beds to a Dutch company for half a million pounds and is leasing them back, HSJ has discovered.