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NHS England accuses Monitor of "unpicking" choice and competition framework
A disagreement between NHS England and Monitor appears to be delaying the release of resources to help commissioners navigate choice and competition issues in the NHS, recent board papers reveal.
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NewsLarge providers dominate clinical senates
HSJ analysis has given the most detailed picture so far of the make-up of clinical senates, revealing the extent of large acute trusts’ influence over the advisory bodies.
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HSJ Live 05.03.2014: BMA consultants' leader calls for 'principled' contract negotiations
The Chair of the BMA Consultant Committee calls for contracts to recognise “excessive hours worked”, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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NewsNicholson: ‘Not speaking to Mid Staffs relatives my biggest mistake’
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said he “bitterly” regrets not doing more to engage with the families of patients who died as a result of care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsLabour review: councils must prove "readiness" to take on care of "frail" patients
A report commissioned by Labour on how to bring about integrated care has backed an evolutionary approach to giving health and wellbeing boards the lead role in planning local services.
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NewsMoore: Nursing directors should 'over-recruit' by 10pc
Hospital managers should “over-recruit” nursing staff by 10 per cent in order to ensure the best quality care for patients, according to a former nurse who now leads one of the UK’s leading acute trusts.
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NewsVoluntary redundancy unavailable to CSU staff
NHS England has instructed commissioning support units not to offer voluntary redundancy to employees as they undertake a redundancy programme to cut 300 jobs.
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NewsArea teams told tariff deflator is non-negotiable
NHS England has told its local area teams they must impose a lower tariff price for mental health and community providers than for their acute counterparts. This is despite it previously indicating that clinical commissioning groups had the freedom to devise their own tariff level.
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NewsTwo-thirds 'not informed' on NHS data plan
Almost two-thirds of people do not think patients have been well informed about the controversial NHS data scheme, a poll suggests.
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NewsFailing A&E pay incentives urged
Specialist emergency care doctors should be paid more to work in struggling hospitals, MPs have suggested.
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NewsHSJ Live 04.03.2014: Voluntary redundacies unavailable to CSU staff
CSUs will have to make cuts using compulsory redundancies or by not filling vacancies, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Call for investigation into 'bullying' at cancer trust
The doctor who blew the whistle on care failings in the Baby P scandal has demanded an independent investigation into claims of bullying, intimidation and dismissal of whistleblowers at a prestigious cancer specialist trust.
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NewsFTs urged to resist procurement price increases
The Department of Health and Monitor have written to foundation trusts encouraging them to take a tough stance towards suppliers who attempt to impose “blanket inflationary price increases”.
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NewsScottish NHS coping better this winter: Neil
The NHS in Scotland is coping “much better” with winter pressures than it did last year, Scottish health secretary Alex Neil said.
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NewsHSJ Live 03.03.2014: More than 320,000 pledges made for NHS Change Day
Pledges have nearly doubled since last year, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsCare.data 'opt-in' is discussed
NHS England has for the first time discussed the possible benefits of moving to a system where patients opt-in to signal consent for their data to be shared in the controversial care.data scheme, HSJ understands.
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NewsCriminal offence of wilful neglect to be extended
A new criminal offence of wilful neglect would be extended across all formal healthcare settings under proposals revealed by the Department of Health.
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NewsFTs and commissioners at odds over funding
There is a £202m discrepancy between what foundation trusts think they are owed by commissioners, and what commissioners think they owe them, Monitor has revealed.
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Dirty stethoscopes 'spread bugs'
Dirty stethoscopes may be helping to spread dangerous bugs around GP surgeries and hospital wards, a study suggests.