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NewsLib Dems call for 'equality of funding' for mental health
The Liberal Democrats have adopted a policy of moving to ‘equality of funding’ for mental health services – a pledge that, if enacted, would move around £13bn of funding into mental health from the acute sector.
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NewsHSJ Live 08.10.2014: Specialised commissioning plan 'shifts risk to providers'
A plan by NHS England to clamp down on growth in spending on specialised services during 2015-16 will shift financial risk onto providers, according to senior health chiefs, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsClegg wants £500m mental health investment
The Liberal Democrats would seek to invest an additional £500m a year in mental health services if they formed part of another government, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLib Dems reveal mental health funding boost and waiting targets
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will today announce £120m investment in mental health services and the introduction of waiting time targets for the sector.
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NewsTrust bosses apologise for personal comments in ‘whistleblower’ meeting
The chief executive and HR director of a mental health trust have apologised for making unguarded personal comments about a senior manager and her union representative
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NewsPatient data sharing pilot CCGs unveiled
NHS England has chosen six clinical commissioning groups for the next phase of its controversial Care.data patient record sharing initiative.
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NewsMonitor increases scrutiny of FTs' financial position
Monitor will scrutinise foundation trusts more closely by requiring monthly finance reports, as pressure on NHS finances grows.
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NewsHSJ Live 07.10.2014: Trust bosses apologise for recorded comments in ‘whistleblower’ meeting
Chief executive and HR director of mental health trust apologise for unguarded personal comments, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: NHS spent £1.8m on abandoned George Eliot competition
The NHS spent £1.78m on an abandoned procurement to find an organisation to take over George Eliot Hospital Trust, HSJ can reveal
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NewsPremium payments to remain within general practice
GPs have cautiously welcomed official guidance that appears to ensure “premium payments” clawed back from GP practices can only be spent on primary care services.
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NewsCQC to inspect whole health systems
The Care Quality Commission will begin inspecting health systems across whole geographical areas from next year, its chief inspector of general practice has said.
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News'Hostile' private provider ordered to pay whistleblowing nurse's costs
A private provider of nursing services across Britain must pay the legal costs of a whistleblowing nurse, according to a tribunal that described the firm as ‘unreasonably hostile’.
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NewsBarts pays management consultant £1m in 10 months
Barts Health Trust has spent almost £1m on a “turnaround” consultant in just 10 months, its financial data reveals.
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NewsHSJ Live 06.10.2014: 'Hostile' private provider ordered to pay whistleblowing nurse's costs
A private provider of nursing services across Britain must pay the legal costs of a whistleblowing nurse, according to a tribunal, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsLib Dems lobby for more money for 2015-16 amid cash crisis fears
The Liberal Democrats are calling for the 2015-16 funding settlement for the NHS to be “in effect reopened” amid fears that an imminent cash crisis could lead to declining access to services and redundancies
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NewsNHS England changes will 'give CCGs freedom'
Job cuts and reorganisation at NHS England will free CCGs to become local leaders, an internal document setting out the commissioning body’s planned reform has said
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NewsExclusive: NHS England could curb access to NICE approved drug
Patients could be denied access to a groundbreaking drug that cures Hepatitis C because the NHS cannot afford it, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNew bailout conditions for struggling trusts outlined
The government plans to attach new conditions to bailouts for financially struggling trusts, a health minister has revealed.
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NewsStevens: Hospitals should open GP surgeries
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has proposed that some hospitals should be allowed to open their own GP surgeries.
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NewsHSJ Live 03.10.2014: Simon Stevens' hostile reception at GP conference
GPs have reacted angrily to the NHS England chief’s speech to Royal College conference, plus the rest of today’s news and comment