All News articles – Page 666
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NewsCommissioners step in as care home drug supplier folds
NHS England has urged commissioners to help ensure care home residents receive an unbroken supply of medicines after a company supplying pharmacy services to hundreds of homes across the UK abruptly closed down.
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NewsProviders fail to report waiting times data
The NHS has missed its target for starting patient treatment within 18 weeks of admission for the second consecutive month, the latest official figures show.
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BMA votes against primary care co-commissioning
GPs representatives have voted that clinical commissioning groups should not commission GP services.
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NewsJeremy Hunt calls for better incident reporting
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has used a keynote speech at the Patient Safety Congress to call for increased reporting of concerns about the safety and quality of patient care.
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NewsPatients miss out on innovative treatments
Patients are being denied access to some innovative treatments because of a “lack of pace” and hierarchical decision making by NHS England, it has been claimed.
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NewsNursing workforce grows to highest level in a decade
The NHS is continuing to recruit hundreds of extra qualified nurses a month with numbers at their highest for a decade, the latest workforce data shows.
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NewsNHS management spend 'far leaner' than in other systems, says Stevens
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has praised the work NHS staff have done to “keep the show on the road” and improve efficiency in the face of financial constraints.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.05.2014: Jeremy Hunt calls for better incident reporting
Secretary of State says key metric for the NHS should be the number of safety concerns raised by staff, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsOne in six councils without a director of public health
Some one in six local authorites are yet to appoint a permanent director of public health, more than a year since they took control of the service.
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NewsCouncils warn over delays to better care fund
The government’s additional assessments of areas’ better care fund plans could undermine the £3.8bn programme by leaving them with too little time to make changes to services, councils have warned.
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NewsCo-commissioning plan could ease pressure on A&E, report author claims
NHS England’s primary care co-commissioning plan could help ease pressure on accident and emergency services, a researcher behind a new College of Emergency Medicine study has claimed.
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Green light for new emergency centre in the West Midlands
FINANCE: Plans for a new emergency centre at The Royal Wolverhampton Trust were given the go ahead by the NHS Trust Development Authority last week.
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NewsMental health wait standards 'must happen next year', says minister
The introduction of waiting time standards for mental healthcare “must happen from next year”, the care services minister has told HSJ.
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NewsFriends and family test 'unreliable' comparison tool, in-depth study concludes
The friends and family test has been described as an unreliable means of comparing hospital healthcare. The finding comes in a new in-depth study, released weeks before a review into the tests is to be published by NHS England.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts plead for extra cash to pay bills
Hospital trusts needed financial help last year to fend off legal threats from suppliers, update “obsolete” medical equipment and even keep electricity supplies flowing, according to a raft of pleas for bailouts seen by HSJ.
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Many staff have concerns about NHS organisations' leadership
Inappropriate behaviour isn’t being dealt with effectively or quickly enough, a sizeable proportion of NHS staff believe.
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NewsHSJ Live 21.05.2014: Many staff have concerns about NHS organisations' leadership
Inappropriate behaviour isn’t being dealt with effectively or quickly enough, a sizeable proportion of NHS staff believe, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsRegulators seek to agree description of 'good leadership'
The three NHS regulators have agreed to put together a joint description of good leadership in NHS providers.
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NewsExclusive: Labour inquiry finds 'evidence' for repealing Health Act
An inquiry chaired by an influential Labour MP has concluded that markets in healthcare increase inequalities and that the Health Act 2012 should be repealed.
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NewsDH defends reconfiguration process after foreign secretary's 'intervention'
The Department of Health has defended the national review system for NHS reconfiguration proposals after a local councillor claimed the foreign secretary had lobbied officials involved in the controversial plan.