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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.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of south east trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of East Sussex Healthcare Trust has resigned after councillors placed a vote of ‘no confidence’ in the organisation’s leadership.
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NewsHSJ Live 17.07.2015: Exclusive - NHS England halts cancer drugs working group
Group tasked by NHS England to examine how cancer drugs can be evaluated and commissioned in future has had its work ‘paused’, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsNew safety investigation body 'will operate without fear or favour'
A new body to investigate clinical failure and incidents of patient harm in the NHS will “operate without fear or favour”, the government has said.
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NewsUpdated: US corporation brought in to help improve five trusts
An American healthcare corporation is being brought in to support five trusts in improving quality and clinical engagement.
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NewsPay review says doctors should lose weekend opt-out
There is a ‘compelling’ case for seven day services in the NHS and medical consultants should lose their contractual opt-out for weekend work, according to an independent pay review.
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NewsPatients to be told CQC ratings to encourage 'informed' hospital choice
Patients will be told the Care Quality Commission rating and waiting times for their local hospitals when making appointments through a new electronic booking system to encourage ‘truly informed’ patient choice, the health secretary has said.
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NewsNew body takes over NHS England safety responsibilities
NHS England’s safety function will be moved to the new combined provider regulation body NHS Improvement.
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NewsOnline retail guru to boost NHS use of digital innovations
The internet entrepreneur and cross-bench peer Martha Lane-Fox has been tasked with finding ways to help increase the use of digital innovations in the NHS.
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NewsProfessional codes 'fit for purpose', Keogh reports
The professional codes for nurses and doctors are fit for purpose - but further work should be done to provide incentives to ensure all staff are more open, the NHS medical director has reported.
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NewsMonitor/TDA merged body to be called NHS Improvement
The combined provider regulator bringing together Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority will be called NHS Improvement, Jeremy Hunt announced this morning.
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NewsHunt speech: Health secretary sets out '25 year vision'
Jeremy Hunt has promised ‘more transparency in return for fewer targets’ in a major speech setting out his vision for the direction of the NHS over the next 25 years today.
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NewsHunt issues ultimatum to BMA over seven day working
Jeremy Hunt will today give doctors an ultimatum over seven day working as part of a major speech setting his intended direction for the service for the next 25 years.
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NewsWatch the speech: Jeremy Hunt on making healthcare ‘more human’
Highlights from his ‘25 year vision’ speech
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NewsPay review body backs seven day services
The independent NHS Pay Review Body has said there is a ‘compelling’ case for moving towards seven day working, in a report published this morning.
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NewsRose review: Health Education England to take over Leadership Academy
Health Education England is to take over responsibility for the NHS Leadership Academy, the health secretary confirmed today.
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NewsHunt intervention: NICE will review new body's safe staffing guidance
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt today intervened in the debate over safe staffing levels in the NHS, announcing future guidelines will be independently reviewed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.