All News articles – Page 660
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NewsHSJ Live 17.06.2014: One in four trust coalition on NHS
Only one in four people trusts the government with the NHS, according to the “damning” findings of a poll commissioned by a union, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Extra cash must be put into nurse training schemes, says Lord Willis
NHS Employers should plough greater resources into in work training schemes for the nursing workforce, the head of a major review of the profession’s education and training has said.
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NewsRobert Francis knighted in Queen's birthday honours
Robert Francis has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
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NewsExecutive pay rises under fire from Royal College of Nursing
Nurses have attacked rising pay for senior executives by drawing a comparison with the earnings squeeze of frontline staff.
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NewsCCGs seek to follow Somerset in breaking away from QOF
Clinical commissioning groups have queued up to follow Somerset’s lead and break away from the national quality and outcomes framework, despite a strong signal from NHS England that further extension of the freedoms were unlikely in 2014-15.
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NewsExclusive: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on the patient safety role from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.06.2014: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on patient safety from NHS England, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsBill Moyes questions whether FT model remains 'sensible'
Bill Moyes, who championed the development of foundation trusts as Monitor executive chair, has urged the NHS to reconsider “whether the model of foundation trusts is sensible”.
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News'Single tribunal' could judge all health profession cases
A single statutory panel could be established to judge fitness to practice cases for all health professionals, the chair of the General Dental Council has suggested.
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NewsDH creates £250m fund for elective 'resilience'
The Department of Health is to provide an additional £250m to the NHS to help providers clear their planned care waiting list backlogs.
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NewsWhat we learnt this week
If you want to get rich, don’t become an NHS trust chairA survey of NHS trust and foundation trust chairs this week revealed a pay divide between the two. All respondents - FT and non-FT - thought pay should be more fairly balanced between the two.The findings suggest that, on ...
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NewsMonitor: 'No evidence' of poorer quality of care in small hospitals
Small hospitals should continue to play an “important role” in the NHS, Monitor has indicated after a new study found “no evidence” of poorer quality clinical performance when compared with larger providers.
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NewsBMA: NHS England QOF move spells 'Balkanisation of national healthcare'
Allowing GPs in a single clinical commissioning group to break away from the nationally agreed quality and outcomes framework could lead to the “Balkanisation of national healthcare”, the British Medical Association has warned.
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News13 June issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue health secretary Jeremy Hunt tells the NHS Confederation conference that hospitals should not bear all the risks if investments made from the ...
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NewsMSK procurement model could 'destabilise' local health economies
Clinical commissioning groups that commission elective and trauma musculoskeletal services separately risk destabilising their local health economies, the British Orthopaedic Association has warned.
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NewsCCGs target steep cuts in avoidable admissions and deaths
Clinical commissioning groups have set themselves ambitious targets to cut avoidable admissions and improve patient experience over the next five years, plans submitted to NHS England reveal.
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NewsPlans for nurse staffing data unclear
NHS England has still not worked out how to present trusts’ nurse staffing data on NHS Choices, less than two weeks before it is due to publish the information for the first time.
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NewsPrivate sector debate is 'utterly toxic', says Hunt
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the debate over the use of private providers in the NHS is “utterly toxic”, and that poor care is still unacceptable regardless of how it is provided.
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NewsHSJ Live 13.06.2014: BMA opposes Somerset QOF move
The Department of Health has today announced a £250m elective care fund to help providers clear their planned treatment backlogs, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsExclusive: CSU boss suspended amid governance investigation
A commissioning support unit managing director has been suspended from work for more than two months, HSJ has learned.