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NewsHSJ Live 09.05.2014: More support for medical directors urged
Number of doctors choosing to become medical directors could be increased if they received more backing and encouragement, study finds. plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ Local
Carruthers to review Hull and East Yorkshire board
PERFORMANCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed Sir Ian Carruthers to head a review of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust’s board amid allegations of bullying and harrassment by senior staff.
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NewsBurnham: CCGs should not commission primary care
Labour has criticised NHS England’s plan to give clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care.
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HSJ LocalTrio of board-level departures following critical report
WORKFORCE: Liverpool Community Health Trust has seen three of its senior staff leave since the release of a highly critical report by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsReaction: Move to CCG role in primary care splits opinion
Reaction: Simon Stevens’ move to give clinical commissioning groups more power over primary care has divided opinion among health leaders.
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NewsLocal commissioners given say in special administration
Local commissioners that are not directly involved with failing hospitals are to be given the chance to respond to proposals put forward by trust special administrators, after the government last night adopted an amendment to the Care Bill.
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NewsData video: specialised commissioning overspend tops £450m
HSJ senior correspondent Sarah Calkin explains NHS England’s specialised commissioning overspend
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NewsPatients suffer due to gaps between CCGs and specialised commissioners
Widespread vacancies in the clinical reference groups established by NHS England to link specialist and non-specialist services have led to a deterioration in patient experience, it has been alleged.
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NewsHSJ Live 08.05.2014: CCGs should not commission primary care, Burnham says
Labour has criticised NHS England’s plan to give clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NHS England scraps Care.data timetable
NHS England has scrapped its timetable for the Care.data patient records project, insisting the programme will only roll out nationally once the “process is right”.
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Exclusive: two-thirds of public favour increased NHS spending
Two-thirds of the public favour increased funding to maintain health services, according to an Ipsos MORI poll shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsCall for 'financial challenges' to be accounted for in payment system
The Foundation Trust Network has appealed to NHS England and Monitor to help healthcare providers cope with “unprecedented financial challenges” of 2015-16 by revising their next national tariff.
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HSJ Local
Monitor closes investigation into Bradford Teaching Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has closed an investigation into staffing levels at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust following a significant recruitment drive.
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NewsFall in public satisfaction with emergency departments
Public satisfaction with accident and emergency services dipped to a five-year low in 2013, according to the latest British Social Attitudes survey.
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NewsHSJ Live 07.05.2014: Better care fund 'review' question
Questions over the future of the better care fund, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsPioneering pathology joint venture posts multi-million pound profit
One of the first public-private joint venture pathology services for the NHS has posted its first multi-million pound profit
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NewsStevens expands on primary care co-commissioning plans
The chief executive of NHS England has revealed further details of his plan to hand clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care.
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HSJ LocalBirmingham acute appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has appointed a new medical director.