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NewsPoor leadership to trigger special measures
Poor leadership will become one of the chief reasons for recommending that trusts are placed in “special measures”, the health and social care regulator has proposed.
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NewsTariff payment options explored by Monitor
Outpatient attendance payments could be combined under proposals currently being considered by Monitor’s pricing team for tariff payment changes that may come into effect from 2015-16.
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UK performance gap closing, study reveals
The performance divide between the NHS in England and the rest of the UK has narrowed in recent years despite diverse policies in each country, a wide-ranging report found.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.04.2014: UK performance gap closing, study reveals
The performance divide between the NHS in England and the rest of the UK has narrowed in recent years, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsSummit launched to support wellbeing board members
A new health and care integration summit is to be launched by HSJ and its sister title Local Government Chronicle with the intention of offering advice and support to health and wellbeing board members.
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News11 April 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 Monitor chief executive David Bennett tells HSJ the regulator needs to play a significant role in “turbo-charging change”. Plus:HSJ has launched an ...
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NewsExclusive: Robert Francis joins critics in mental health funding row
Robert Francis QC has expressed surprise at the decision by NHS England and Monitor to use his report into failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust as justification for higher funding cuts to mental health.
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NewsReview calls for Tamiflu rethink
Ministers should review the use of a widely used anti-flu medication, scientists have said after new research questioned the efficacy of the drug.
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NewsFour in 10 areas to pool extra health and care cash
At least 57 local areas will see better care fund budgets rising, figures show
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NewsHSJ Live 10.04.2014: Study reveals NHS failure on diversity at senior levels
Progress towards better representation of people of black and minority ethnic backgrounds at senior levels labelled “glacial”, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsExclusive: Study reveals NHS failure on diversity at senior levels
A new study has found the proportion of senior NHS positions held by people of black and minority ethnic backgrounds has barely changed in eight years, with progress towards better representation labelled as “glacial”.
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NewsExclusive: New Monitor strategy to ‘turbo charge’ change
The huge uncertainties facing NHS providers mean Monitor will have to focus less on “the numbers” in trusts’ financial plans and more on their capability to deal with change, the regulator’s chief executive has said.
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NewsNew NHS England chief 'more sympathetic' to competition, says Bennett
Monitor’s chief executive has told HSJ it will be easier for the regulator to assuage commissioners’ concerns about NHS competition rules now that Sir David Nicholson is no longer in charge of NHS England.
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NewsInpatient poll: Information provision still a problem
A large-scale survey of NHS patients has pinpointed several key areas for improvement in hospitals across England.
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NewsLawyers push for disclosure of Maidstone cancer surgery report
Solicitors representing the families of cancer patients who died after potentially avoidable surgical complications have criticised the hospital for refusing to publish a report into the cases.
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NewsSerco estimates £18m losses on health contracts
Embattled outsourcer Serco has estimated it will rack up losses of nearly £18m on three flagship NHS contracts in the coming years, the company has told investors.
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NewsWinter pressures monies fund extra admissions
Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target did not improve in 2013-14, despite a huge political focus on the issue, as emergency admissions reached record levels, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsHSJ Live 09.04.2014: Serco estimates £18m losses on health contracts
Outsourcing giant makes provisions for future losses on three contracts, plus the rest of today’s comment and news
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NewsStroke reconfiguration to be rolled out nationwide
NHS England is aiming to roll-out the London model of stroke reconfiguration on a nationwide basis, its updated business plan reveals.
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NewsMHRA introduces early access scheme
Severely-ill patients will soon have access to new medicines years before they are given the green light for widespread use.