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NewsDH names new director general
The Department of Health has named Croydon London Borough Council chief executive Jon Rouse as its new director general of social care.
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NewsNew IFR policy could 'snuff out' innovation
The NHS Commissioning Board’s plans to develop national policies for new treatments after just five individual funding requests could stifle innovation, it has been warned.
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NewsHospital trusts lack 'top drawer' leaders
The NHS’s ability to make significant savings over the next two years through service change could be limited by its problems recruiting “top drawer” hospital leaders, the health service’s chief executive has suggested.
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NewsHunt: NHS 'should go' paperless by 2018
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced the NHS “should go paperless” by 2018 as he outlined his digital records vision for the health service.
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Unions agree proposal with Sodexo in Sussex dispute
WORKFORCE: The GMB is to consult its members over proposals to resolve a dispute with Sodexo regarding its facilities contract at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust.
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Health committee calls for swift action on value based pricing
Swift action is needed to ensure a smooth changeover to a new system of pricing for the drugs used by the NHS, the Commons health committee has said in a report today.
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NewsHunt: Unsafe staffing 'totally unacceptable'
It is “totally unacceptable” for hospitals to have unsafe staffing levels, health secretary Jeremy Hunt insisted yesterday.
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Kent and Medway pens patient transport contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Kent and Medway has chosen NSL Care to operate its non-emergency patient transport service.
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Salisbury appoints permanent chief exec
WORKFORCE: Peter HIll has been appointed as chief executive at Salisbury Foundation Trust.
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East of England ambulance seeks new chief executive
East of England Ambulance Service Trust is seeking a new chief executive, and is expecting to pay £145,000.
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Great Western misses 18 weeks target
PERFORMANCE: Issues with information technology and data quality in four community services have impacted on Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust performance against the 18 week referral to treatment target in November.
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NHS Cumbria chief executive to lead review of troubled Northern Ireland trust
WORKFORCE: Sue Page, the chief executive of NHS Cumbria, has agreed to lead a “turnaround team” established to address the problems at a troubled Northern Ireland health trust.
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CQC highly rates prison services in Lewes
PERFORMANCE: Prison healthcare services at HMP Lewes, provided by Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust, have been praised in a report from the Care Quality Commission.
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Salisbury cuts follow up urology visits
PERFORMANCE: The introduction of a nurse led telephone clinic for follow up urology appointments has saved more than 200 hospital attendances at Salisbury Foundation Trust.
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Northern Devon nominated for patient experience award
PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been nominated for an award for its “mystery shopper” patient feedback scheme.
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NewsCommissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.
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NewsTrust failed to check paediatric staff criminal records for three years
Managers at Barts and the London Trust were unable to guarantee paediatric staff had passed Criminal Records Bureau checks for three years, following a series of human resources failings, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOfsted rating approach 'too simple' for the NHS
The group asked to look into Ofsted-style ratings in health and social care may set out a long term “road map” for the introduction of a system, but believes a comparison with the schools’ regulator is “too simple”.
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Second trust takes financial help from DH for IT system
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has become the second to accept a controversial financial support package from ministers to implement the Lorenzo IT system.