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NewsUPDATED: Hunt anti-bureaucracy drive could cut paperwork by a third
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a major review of “cumbersome bureaucracy” in the NHS which he hopes will cut paperwork by a third.
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NewsNicholson to face MPs over Lorenzo deal
Sir David Nicholson will face questions from MPs following claims anticompetitive deals are being struck between NHS trusts and an IT supplier, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Temporary wards for Wexham Park amid surging demand
FINANCE: Two temporary wards are being built at Wexham Park Hospital to increase capacity amid rising demand for accident and emergency services.
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NewsSheffield to step up community investment and agree risk share deal
The NHS in Sheffield is expected to agree a step-up in investment in community services and a new risk sharing deal as part of a citywide programme aimed at reforming urgent care.
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NewsNo tax break for private providers
A health minister has ruled out exempting private companies providing NHS services from paying corporation tax.
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LeaderToo long, too late but Francis can still make the NHS better
Francis must cut through the murk of his verbose report
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 12.2.2013
Robert Francis warns MPs of a lack of NHS accountability and the rest of today’s news
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NewsNine more trusts face Keogh death probe
The scope of the NHS medical director’s review of hospitals with high mortality rates has widened to include another nine trusts, it has been announced.
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NewsCircle chief places emphasis on consolidation
Healthcare operator Circle has said the timing of NHS contracts and the current debt financing environment may delay the expansion plans it outlined last year.
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NewsAnalysed: Sheffield’s Right First Time reforms of urgent care
This weeks HSJ Local Briefing examines the work by NHS organisations and the city council in Sheffield on a programme to reform services, particularly use of urgent care for older people and those with long-term conditions
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NewsFriends and family test will be ‘opaque and confusing’, says provider
The Friends and Family Test could end up being “opaque, puzzling and confusing”, one of the leading providers of the new patient satisfaction survey has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalCCP to consider acute services 'merger' in Bristol
COMMERCIAL: A planned reconfiguration of acute services in Bristol could be disrupted after the Co-operation and Competition Panel decided the changes constituted a merger and announced it would assess the plans.
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NewsHunt to outline £75,000 social care cap
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is to announce details of a plan to cap social care costs at £75,000.
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NewsCircle wins Nottingham contract
Circle has been selected as preferred bidder to provide services from the Nottingham NHS treatment centre for a further five years, the company has announced.
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NewsHunt: Managers and clinicians should be 'struck off' over Mid Staffs scandal
The managers and clinicians responsible for poor care that led to hundreds of deaths in the Mid-Staffordshire Foundation Trust scandal should be struck off, the health secretary has said.
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NewsCalls for action to tackle sharp rise in emergency readmissions
Campaigners have called for renewed efforts to tackle inappropriate discharges after new analysis found the number of elderly patients requiring emergency readmission to hospital had nearly doubled in the past decade.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 11.2.2013
Nine further trusts face probe of mortality rates and the rest of today’s news
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HSJ LocalLewisham Council gives Hunt deadline to backtrack on hospital downgrade
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Council has given Jeremy Hunt a deadline of February 22 to backtrack on the downgrade of Lewisham Hospital or face a judicial review.
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NewsFrancis: Status of management needs to be enhanced
The status of healthcare management as a profession needs to be enhanced in order to bridge the gap between managers and clinicians, according to Robert Francis QC.
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Good nurses should be rewarded with more pay says Francis
Nurses who “demonstrate a commitment to patient care” could receive more pay under recommendations made by Robert Francis QC.