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NewsOut of area mental health placements increase suicide risk, inquiry warns
The practice of sending mental health patients up to hundreds of miles from home for a bed should be stopped because of the risk of suicide, a national inquiry has warned.
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NewsTDA 'broadens' support for challenged trusts
The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed improvement directors to two trusts struggling with performance and leadership issues.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.07.2015: NHS England review says children's heart surgery must be centralised
An NHS England review into children’s heart surgery has called for a major shake-up of how they are provided, proposing a “three tier” model of care, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsDH accounts show NHS ‘clearly in underlying deficit’
The Department of Health underspent its revenue budget by just £1.2m in 2014-15 – a fraction of its £110bn budget – the department’s accounts reveal.
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NewsEights lessons from MPs' quizzing of Simon Stevens
How heroic efficiency savings will be made, being assertive, and underwear sales: the key points from Simon Stevens, Sir Bruce Keogh and Jane Cummings’ answers to Commons health committee questions on Tuesday.
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NewsExclusive: NHS ‘needs at least £1.5bn a year’ for transformation
The NHS needs a dedicated transformation fund of at least £1.5bn a year to properly test and roll out new models of care, according to researchers.
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NewsKeogh: New research confirms 'weekend effect' on mortality
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh will shortly publish research showing a ‘weekend effect’ in NHS services including higher mortality, he told MPs today.
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NewsUpdated: £579m drawdown to commissioning system
NHS England will draw down a further £579m of historic surpluses to help the commissioning system this year, new board papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust signs estates deal to release millions of pounds
A Midlands trust has signed a deal with a private sector consortium to form a joint venture partnership aimed at raising millions for its revenue budget this year.
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NewsHSJ 21.07.15: Stevens, Keogh and Cummings at the health committee - catch up
Simon Stevens, Sir Bruce Keogh and Jane Cummings face MPs, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: DH funds private prescriptions for drug denied to NHS patients
Taxpayers’ money is being used by the Department of Health to pay for private prescriptions for a £12,000 a year drug to treat narcolepsy, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAnalysis: Huge regional variation in NHS financial health
There is wide regional variation in the financial health of the NHS, HSJ analysis of the performance of clinical commissioning groups, providers and specialised commissioners in 2014-15 reveals.
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NewsCCGs expected to fund 2.3 per cent rise in emergency activity
Clinical commissioning groups are expected to fund a 2.3 per cent increase in emergency activity this year compared to 2014-15, NHS England has confirmed.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for West Midlands trust
The chief executive of a North West community trust is to take on the top job at a West Midlands mental health provider.
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NewsHSJ Live 20.07.15: Huge regional variation in NHS's financial health
Comprehensive HSJ analysis of the performance of CCGs, providers and specialised commissioners, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsCancer commissioning overhaul could save 30,000 lives
The NHS can save 30,000 more lives a year by overhauling cancer commissioning and treatment funding, a national taskforce has said.
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NewsUpdated: NHS England halts cancer drugs working group
A group tasked by NHS England to examine how cancer drugs can be evaluated and commissioned in future has had its work ‘paused’ after just six months in operation.
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HSJ LocalManchester shake-up planning to start before seven day GPs in place
STRUCTURE: Implementation work to create four ‘specialist’ sites for emergency surgery in Greater Manchester will begin before improvements to primary care are fully in place.
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NewsDH starts search for NHS Improvement chief executive
The Department of Health has begun advertising for the chief executive of new combined provider regulation body NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise wins £240m community services contract
COMMERCE: A social enterprise has been awarded a community services contract in Essex worth £240m.