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Council leader calls for resignation of CCG chiefs
STRUCTURE: A council leader embroiled in a row with with a clinical commissioning group has called for the resignation of its chair and chief clinical officer, after he was cleared of bullying them.
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Dirty stethoscopes 'spread bugs'
Dirty stethoscopes may be helping to spread dangerous bugs around GP surgeries and hospital wards, a study suggests.
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NewsHSJ Live 28.02.2014: David Nicholson apologises over Hitler spoof tweet
Outgoing NHS England chief executive apologies for tweeting a parody video portraying his colleague as the Nazi leader, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: NHS England's HR director to leave
NHS England’s national director for human resources and organisational development has confirmed to HSJ she is leaving the organisation.
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NewsOmbudsman: 'Lack of openness and honesty' at Morecambe Bay
A “lack of openness and honesty” at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust caused further distress for a family which had lost a child, a watchdog has concluded.
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NewsExclusive: Dismay over moratorium on mental health commissioning
An NHS England moratorium on commissioning new specialist mental health services has exacerbated the sector’s bed shortage and led to a newly constructed hospital unit standing empty for six months, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.02.2014: 'Lack of openness and honesty' at Morecambe Bay
A “lack of openness and honesty” at trust caused further distress for a family which had lost a child, watchdog concludes, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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News'Crippling costs' of sick babies
The parents of premature and sick babies face “crippling costs” such as hospital parking charges and needing to buy food on-site, a charity has said.
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 introduced in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
STRUCTURE: NHS 111, the health service’s 24-hour non-emergency hotline, is now available in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
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NewsNICE: community centres best placed to tackle health inequalities
Councils can do more to encourage older people to attend NHS health checks as part of their new public health role, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has said.
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NewsMid Staffs to be dissolved
The health secretary today announced that Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust would be dissolved in line with the recommendation of the trust’s special administrators.
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NewsAnalysis: Flat waiting list bucks seasonal trend
The national elective waiting list hovered just below 3 million throughout the autumn – in defiance of the seasonal pattern seen in recent years – in one of the clearest indications so far of the pressure on the acute sector.
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HSJ LocalDecision due on Mid Staffs dissolution
The health secretary is set to announce his decision on whether the scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should be dissolved.
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NewsNurse workload 'linked to death rates'
Nursing cutbacks are directly linked to higher patient death rates in hospitals, a major study has found.
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NewsNAO: Monitor delivers 'value for money'
Monitor’s capacity to regulate foundation trusts in difficulty may come under “unsustainable pressure” due to the growth in risk across the sector, the National Audit Office has found.
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LeaderReasons for celebration and caution over waiting lists
Some trusts are victims of their own success
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NewsThird of trusts in breach of sharps rules
A third of hospital trusts in England are failing to comply with safety regulations designed to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries to nurses and other frontline staff, according to latest research.
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NewsNICE calls for training to help victims of domestic violence
Nurses, social workers, health services and the organisations they work with must be better trained to understand domestic violence and help those experiencing it, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 26.02.2014: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to be dissolved
Jeremy Hunt releases written statement announcing trust’s fate, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.