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NewsNHS Direct to close
NHS Direct is to be completely wound up by the end of the financial year and its remaining business dispersed to other providers, it has been announced.
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NewsHealth committee votes not to support Monitor chair candidate
The Commons health committee has voted not to endorse Dominic Dodd as chair of health regulator Monitor.
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NewsMental health patients 'need help'
Mental health patients have no understanding of how long they should expect to wait before being seen by specialists, the health minister has said.
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NewsBurnham accused on Mid Staffs probe
Former health secretary Andy Burnham has faced criticism for blocking a public inquiry into regulatory failings within the NHS.
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Second wave of trust inspections announced
The second wave of acute trusts to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission has been announced this morning.
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NewsHSJ Live: 24.10.13: MPs do not endorse Dodd for new Monitor chair
Dominic Dodd not the right person to handle transition, says health committee
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NewsTimeline: Bournemouth and Poole merger saga
How HSJ has covered Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital foundation trusts failed merger attempt.
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NewsIndividual responsibility has been neglected, says NHS England director
Individuals’ responsibility for their own health and use of the NHS has been underemphasised and should be made more visible by NHS England, the organisation’s patient experience director has told HSJ.
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NewsAnalysis: Merging trusts caught in 'catch-22'
Monitor has moved to address concerns that competition rules are thwarting much needed service reconfiguration. It follows warnings that clashing regulations are leaving trusts trying to merge in a “catch-22” situation.
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NewsNew NHS England chief executive named
Simon Stevens, the former health adviser to Tony Blair, has been appointed NHS England’s new chief executive, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAnalysis: Simon Stevens in the UK and abroad
Simon Stevens is best known in England as a proponent of key New Labour health policies, but his focus in the US in recent years has been quite different.
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NewsFirst nurse appointed to national clinical director role
A nurse and hospital chief executive has been appointed national clinical director for rural and remote care by NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh.
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NewsCQC seeks responsibility for patient safety
The Care Quality Commission would like to take over responsibility for patient safety in the health service, despite NHS England gaining responsibility for it as recently as April, it emerged yesterday.
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NewsAudit urged for NHS property body as chair resigns
A Conservative MP has demanded a full audit of the organisation that runs the NHS property service after revealing it transferred funds for capital projects into day to day revenue budgets.
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NewsHSJ Live: 23.10.13: The first reaction to Simon Stevens' appointment
Ruth Carnall, Clare Gerada, Michael Dixon and Charles Alessi among the first to welcome ex-Blair advisor to Britain’s top health post
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News'Significant difference in opinion' remains over data access
Plans to create “safe havens” where patient identifiable data is processed and pseudonymised for use by bodies across the health service could be dropped, it emerged this week.
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NewsMonitor asked to consider hostility to new GP providers
New primary care providers are being stifled by GP commissioner hostility, and the inability of existing practices to sell their businesses, the health sector regulator has been told.
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NewsHospital takes legal advice over traveller camp
Health chiefs are taking legal advice to eject dozens of French travellers who infuriated front line NHS workers by setting up an encampment in a hospital car park.
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NewsPeers back move to extend special administrator power
Peers have backed a move to make it easier for the neighbours of failing providers to be ordered to reconfigure services in order to ensure local health economies are viable.
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NewsHSJ Live: 22.10.13: Plymouth bans all non-essential spending
All staff appointments must be signed off by finance director