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NewsSerco pledges commitment to direct care role
Outsourcer Serco this week insisted it remained committed to directly providing community care services after signing a deal with another care firm to advise it on its troubled Suffolk contract.
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NewsInformation centre strategy signals ‘turf war’ with NHS England
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is drawing up a technology strategy in a move predicted to put it on a collision course with NHS England.
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NewsGP practices 'receiving £258m for no identified purpose'
NHS England has spent about £258m a year on GP services with no identifiable justification, a review has found.
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NewsPatients 'uninformed on data plan'
Patients are not being given clear enough information about what will happen to their personal health records under a new NHS data mining scheme, the Information Commissioner’s office has warned.
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NewsCQC may 'outsource' market oversight analysis
The Care Quality Commission has said it currently lacks the skills to deliver a new duty of “market oversight” of the adult social care sector.
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NewsHSJ Live 05.02.2014 South Devon investigates Vasco-Knight
South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust launches internal investigation into its chief executive Paula Vasco-Knight after a tribunal last week found the trust covered up “nepotism” claims against her.
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NewsCCGs urged to use freedoms to set prices following tariff row
NHS England and Monitor have said clinical commissioning groups can set their own prices for mental health and community services following claims that there is an institutional bias against the sector.
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NewsExperts urge action on cancer rises
More must be done to address the “alarming” rise in cancer cases, experts have said.
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NewsSnap survey: what changes have you seen since the Francis report?
Tell us what impact the report has had at your organisation
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NewsNHS 'demoralised and degraded'
The NHS is “demoralised, degraded and confused”, two years into its reorganisation, shadow health minister Andy Burnham has claimed.
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NewsHSJ Live 04.02.2014 NHS 'demoralised and degraded'
Shadow health minister Andy Burnham claims the health service is “demoralised, degraded and confused” two years into its reorganisation, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsAnalysis: Oxfordshire case shows that incumbency counts
Despite the controversy over Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s outcomes based contracting plans, it was ultimately not the local providers that forced Dr Richards out – it was a vote by local GPs who may have been voting on any number of local or personal issues.
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NewsPrior: reform the NHS 'or see it go bust'
A radical shift in the culture of the NHS is needed to rid it of outdated working practices, cure it of widespread bullying and heal the damaging rift between managers and clinicians, the chairman of the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsAmbulance response times worsen
Ambulance response times to 999 calls for patients with life threatening conditions have got worse over the last two years, official figures show.
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NewsTwitter chat: What is the best way to commission end of life care?
Join an HSJ Twitter chat in association with Marie Curie Cancer Care on 14 February
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NewsHow important is clinical research in the NHS?
Help HSJ to find out the status of clinical research in the NHS by completing our survey
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NewsHSJ Live 03.02.2014: Leading cancer centre to support Colchester
Royal Marsden drafted in to improve Colchester Trust’s cancer services, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsNational equality lead resigns following tribunal ruling
NHS England has announced that its national lead for equality and diversity Paula Vasco-Knight has left her post.
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NewsMonitor competition probe closed after NHS England changes process
Monitor has closed its investigation into the commissioning of specialist cancer surgery services in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, after NHS England said it would change its process.