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NewsCQC 'sees no need to intervene'
The Care Quality Commission has said it sees no need to intervene in more hospitals despite new research suggesting 12 acute trusts are significantly underperforming.
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NewsMike O'Brien defends Care Quality Commission
The government has defended the Care Quality Commission after a report found a raft of underperforming hospitals and high death rates.
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NewsTrusts 'want better VTE management'
Most NHS trusts think the government should set minimum targets for venous thromboembolism prevention and management, according to the parliamentary thrombosis group.
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NewsCall to overhaul primary cancer care
Up to 10,000 people die of cancer every year because their condition is diagnosed too late, research from the government’s cancer services chief has revealed.
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NewsSteve Bundred to leave Audit Commission
Audit Commission chief executive Steve Bundred says he will step down from the post next year
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NewsKing’s Fund names chief executive
Birmingham University professor of health policy and management Chris Ham is to succeed Niall Dickson as chief executive of the King’s Fund.
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NewsMonitor sacks Colchester chair
The chair of Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has been sacked by Monitor.
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NewsBasildon responds to CQC report
The Essex foundation trust at the centre of the latest round of criticism over care failings says it has already begun to tackle the problems uncovered by Care Quality Commission inspectors.
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NewsIndependent provider arms 'nonsense', David Nicholson says
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has described the idea of many primary care trust provider arms becoming independent as “nonsense”.
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NewsReport calls for urgent action at Essex trust
A damning report on the state of care at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has prompted the Care Quality Commission to seek urgent remedial action.
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NewsFT chief to take up strategic health authority post
The chief executive of a foundation trust has left to take up a senior post with his local strategic health authority.
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NewsPublic sector waste 'costs £60bn'
Waste in public services, including the NHS, is costing the taxpayer £60bn a year, shadow Treasury minister Philip Hammond is to tell the Policy Exchange think tank.
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NewsPatient safety reporting still fails to reach boards in 1 in 10 acute trusts
One in 10 hospital trusts have confessed to not regularly reporting patient safety and outcomes at board level, more than a year after Lord Darzi’s next stage review said care quality should be “at the heart of the NHS”.
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NewsDH and unions thrash out deal on transfer of NHS staff pensions
The Department of Health and unions are close to a deal on allowing NHS employees who transfer to the private sector to keep their NHS pension, HSJ has been told.
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NewsLondon hospital managers cleared of bullying
A report into the handling of concerns by doctors involved in the Baby P case will clear hospital managers of bullying and harassment, HSJ understands.
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LeaderNHS boards are still not getting the message
The latest Dr Foster Intelligence analysis of trusts’ mortality rates contains both good and baffling news.
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NewsMike O’Brien paints ‘shame’ profiles
Health minister Mike O’Brien has described the types of NHS managers who will be named and shamed for introducing “slash and burn” cuts.
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LeaderPragmatism versus populism will prove a tough test for the Tories
Adjudicating on service reconfigurations will prove a tough test for an incoming Tory government.
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NewsMinisters unsure over free homecare cost
The government reveals the calculations behind its offer of free personal care at home - and admits it does not know if the benefits outweigh the costs
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NewsNHS constitution: report says staff need more enthusiasm
The NHS constitution suffers from a “vision gap” and is having less impact than strategic health authorities think, according to research commissioned by the Department of Health.