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NewsFair playing field review targets commissioner behaviour
Monitor this week published a suite of recommendations aimed at encouraging commissioners to allow providers to compete more to supply NHS care. The healthcare sector regulator concluded opportunities to compete were being “unduly limited” by existing commissioning practices.
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NewsCaring experience could be compulsory for new nurse recruits
Ministers are considering whether to require aspiring nurses to complete a year’s caring experience before they are accepted onto a degree course.
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NewsScheme to bar failed NHS managers will affect “miniscule numbers”
NHS managers guilty of “gross misconduct” will be prevented from moving to new jobs within the health service, the government’s response to the Francis report has proposed.
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NewsFrancis response: Increased threat of prosecution for major safety breaches
NHS providers could face an increased risk of being prosecuted for major patient safety problems, which breach health and safety law, under government proposals responding to the Francis report.
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NewsFrancis response: No statutory regulation for healthcare assistants
Healthcare assistants will not face statutory regulation, the government has announced, but they will be subject to national minimum training and a code of conduct.
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NewsFrancis response: Civil servants must have 'frontline experience'
All Department of Health ministers and civil servants will in future have to have “real and extensive frontline experience of caring for patients”, according to the government response to the Francis report.
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NewsMore hitches for NHS 111 launch
GP out-of-hours providers have been drafted in to handle calls which were due to be received by the new NHS 111 service across the North West and West Midlands, HSJ has learned.
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LeaderGPs dodge the spotlight of scrutiny as hospitals face full glare
The government brings back old ideas
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Francis response: List of the government's plans
A list of the key plans from the government’s initial response to the Francis inquiry.
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NewsTweeting doctors 'should give ID'
Doctors must identify themselves by name on Twitter if their profile alludes to their profession, new guidance suggests.
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Bolton CCG reports overspend
FINANCE: Bolton CCG has reported an overspend of £7.6m according to recent board papers.
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Social services director appointed to Lancashire area team
WORKFORCE: Richard Jones has been appointed to lead the NHS Commissioning Board’s Lancashire Area Team.
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New medical director appointed at Gateshead FT
WORKFORCE: A specialist in gynaecological cancers has been appointed as the new medical director at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
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Two wrong side surgery events reported at East Kent Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has operated on the wrong site in two patients.
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East Kent Hospitals breaches MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had four MRSA cases in Janaury, breaching its target for the year.
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Mixed sex accommodation breach peak in Kent and Medway
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway had 35 breaches of the mixed sex accommodation rules in January – with 20 of these at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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Kent and Medway A&E performance dips below target
PERFORMANCE: The four hour A&E standard across Kent and Medway has fallen below 95 per cent. A report to the last meeting of the Kent and Medway PCT cluster board says it dipped below 95 per cent for year to date in mid January and was at 94.8 per cent ...
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Sussex considers out of hours contract extension due to transition
COMMERCIAL: NHS Sussex is to be asked to extend out of hours contracts across the county for an additional year – because the reprocurement has coincided with the handover to clinical commissioning groups and the launch of the 111 service.
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A&E performance problem in Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance across Sussex was below the 95 per cent target for treating patients within four hours in January.
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Sussex neuro patients likely to be referred to London
PERFORMANCE: Sussex patients needing routine neurosurgery may have to travel to London over the next few months because of pressure on the local provider.