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Hunt battles his 'inner Stalin' to deliver the NHS’s 'reformation moment'
Determined to make his mark
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Experts question financial implications of seven day working
Leading health thinktanks have questioned where the money for seven day working will come from, following the health secretary’s ultimatum to doctors on the issue this morning.
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Rose review: NHS graduate scheme should expand tenfold
The health service should increase the size of its graduate scheme tenfold, the Rose review into NHS leadership has concluded.
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Catch up: Jeremy Hunt sets out 25 year NHS vision
Jeremy Hunt has revealed his vision for the NHS for the next 25 years in a wide ranging speech, plus analysis and reaction
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Updated: Trusts accept defeat after Manchester acute reconfiguration decision
STRUCTURE: The three foundation trusts in Greater Manchester that have missed out on ‘specialist’ status under a controversial consultation process have accepted the decision.
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NHS providers explore taking over Cornish community services
NHS trusts in Cornwall are exploring whether they could provide a suitable home for over 20 community services, HSJ has learned.
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Crisp: Mental health beds shortage actually a discharge crisis
A perceived crisis in the availability of mental health beds is actually caused by delayed patient discharges, according to an inquiry chaired by Lord Crisp.
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Immigration officers at London trust for patient charging pilot
FINANCE: The Home Office has sent immigration officers into a London trust to help administrative staff identify foreign patients who could be charged for treatment.
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Councils 'running out of time' to prepare for public health cuts
Councils are ‘running out of time’ to make the £200m of in-year cuts to public health budgets announced by the chancellor last month, HSJ’s sister title Local Government Chronicle has been told.
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London's devolution demands revealed
Proposals to redesign London’s £93bn public services through wide ranging devolution from central government have been agreed by borough leaders and the city’s mayor.
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HSJ Live 15.07.2015: Final decision made on Healthier Together
Stockport Foundation Trust has been confirmed as the fourth specialist site under Greater Manchester’s Healthier Together programme for hospital services, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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Hospital mortality rates 'should not be smoke alarm' for poor quality
The NHS should not use hospital-wide mortality rates as a ‘smoke alarm’ to identify poor quality hospitals, a major study has concluded.
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Exclusive: CCGs need to ‘radically evolve to have a future’
Clinical commissioning groups would need to ‘radically evolve’ to be sustainable once new care models are developed, according to a report commissioned by the Nuffield Trust.
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Nearly 600 GP practices closed since 2010
Nearly 600 GP practices have closed in the last five years, data seen by HSJ reveals.
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Lords approve devolution bill 'wrecking' amendment
The government has suffered a blow to its insistence on places adopting directly elected mayors in return for substantial devolution deals.
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Exclusive: Midlands trusts to create £1bn turnover alliance
Three West Midlands hospital trusts are to create an alliance with a combined turnover of almost £1bn and a catchment population of more than 1 million, HSJ can reveal.
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‘Urgent’ stroke review underway in Kent and Medway
STRUCTURE: There is an ‘urgent need’ to improve stroke services across Kent and Medway, commissioners have decided.
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New chair for Barts Health Trust
WORKFORCE: Barts Health Trust has had a new chair appointed by the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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NHS can be 'world leader' on patient safety, say healthcare leaders
The NHS can be a ‘world leader’ in many areas of patient safety but only if it starts taking immediate action to improve, healthcare leaders have said in a report published by HSJ today.
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HSJ Live 14.07.2015: Midlands trusts to create £1bn turnover alliance
Three West Midlands hospital trusts are to create an alliance with catchment population of more than 1 million, plus the rest of today’s news and comment