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NewsFurther details emerge on patient safety structure
NHS England has revealed further details about its plans to introduce patient safety collaboratives in response to the recommendations of the Francis inquiry.
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NewsComedian announces candidacy for anti-privatisation party
The comedian Rufus Hound is planning to run for the European Parliament to campaign against the privatisation of the NHS.
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NewsPatients 'should be more pushy'
British patients should adopt more “pushy” American attitudes with their doctors to get drugs they are entitled to, the head of the NHS rationing body has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.01.2014 Patients 'should be more pushy'
Chair of NICE says patients should see themselves as ‘equal partners’ with doctors, and the rest of today’s news
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NewsRicketts: CSU privatisation 'doesn’t fit with NHS values'
Commissioning support units will not be sold off when they are made independent, in part due to a lack of support for full scale privatisation from clinical commissioning groups, NHS England has confirmed.
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NewsSudden rise in nurse workforce
The number of nurses working for acute trusts has risen dramatically in the past two months, suggesting a significant response to the Francis report’s criticism of low staffing levels.
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NewsPatient data opt-out 'difficult'
The government has been accused of deliberately making it hard for people to prevent their confidential patient records being sent to a national database.
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Stethoscope 'may soon be obsolete'
The development of new, more accurate and compact ultrasound devices could soon consign the stethoscope to medical history, two US heart experts predict.
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NewsHSJ Live 24.01.2014: Daily Mail admits NICE 'champagne bar' story was wrong
Newspaper prints correction after reporting that thousands was spent on champagne, and the rest of today’s news
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News24 January 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.Please note: if iPad users have been experiencing difficulties recently with the app we recommend you delete it from the homescreen and download the latest version from www.hsj.co.uk/tablet-appDownload the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app ...
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NewsDrive to be launched to join up mental health crisis care
All mental health providers will be expected to implement a single point of access for patients suffering crises in the next year, NHS England’s national clinical director for mental health has revealed.
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NewsMonitor watching CCG procurement decisions 'closely'
Monitor is closely observing the decisions clinical commissioning groups are making about transforming community services contracts, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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NewsTrusts 'mis-recording' waiting data
Some hospital trusts are failing to accurately monitor how long thousands of their patients are waiting for treatment, a report has found.
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NewsBennett defends increased monitoring
David Bennett has admitted Monitor is intervening more regularly at foundation trusts than in the past, due to a “a declined appetite for risk”.
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NewsBennett sets out new approach for merger and failure
Monitor’s chief executive has used an HSJ interview to insist the regulator can offer support to foundation trusts to merge without falling foul of the competition authorities.
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NewsHSJ Live 23.01.2014: Reaction to NAO waiting times report
Reaction to the National Audit Office’s report on waiting times for elective surgery and Jeremy Hunt’s announcement on whole-stay doctors
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NewsHunt urges consultants to take responsibility
Care Quality Commission inspectors will check whether hospitals have the name of each patient’s “whole-stay doctor” clearly marked above their bed, the health secretary has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsDrop in attendances at A&E departments
Attendances to accident and emergency departments have fallen over the course of the past year, according to NHS England data.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England highlights 20 interventions to close funding gap
A majority of clinical commissioning groups could close over half of their funding gap by implementing best practice interventions, NHS England guidance shared with HSJ claims.