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NewsNHS staff transferred to private sector will keep pensions
The Treasury has approved plans for workers transferred out of the health service to retain NHS pensions, in a move predicted to make it easier for independent providers to win NHS contracts.
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NewsBogus advert fraudsters are jailed
Five members of a criminal gang which made more than 200 attempts to defraud NHS organisations by demanding payment for adverts in bogus magazines with similar names to real ones – including HSJ – have been jailed.
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NewsCourses leave doctors 'unready for pain'
Effective pain treatment and management is being hampered by a lack of training on the subject, a report suggests.
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NewsCQC considers hidden cameras proposal
The health and social care watchdog in England is considering using hidden cameras to help carry out inspections.
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NewsHSJ Live: 15.10.13: Monitor probes South Tees FT treatment delays
Foundation trust has failed to hit 18-week target for three quarters in past year
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NewsFTN urges Hunt to prioritise trust sustainability over competition
The Foundation Trust Network has urged Jeremy Hunt to prioritise trusts’ financial and clinical sustainability over concerns relating to competition.
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NewsLabour moots free social care for all
Labour is considering a radical plan to make social care free at the point of need and funded through taxation, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsUPDATED: CSU 'axed' amid complaints from CCGs over cost and quality
Anglia Commissioning Support Unit will not continue as a standalone organisation following complaints from its customers over costs and the quality of its services.
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NewsCQC will 'campaign for more GPs and longer consultations'
The Care Quality Commission will “campaign” for longer consultations and greater increases in the GP workforce, its professional adviser on primary care has said.
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NewsHospital hygiene slammed in reports
Hundreds of hospital kitchens are dirty, have infestations of pests or are stocking out-of-date food, it has been reported.
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NewsPlaid Cymru demands paperless health service
Paper records for hospital patients should be scrapped and replaced with iPads, Plaid Cymru’s health spokeswoman has said.
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NewsHSJ Live: 14.10.2013: Labour thinking of free social care plan
Andy Burnham wants it to be free at the point of need, he tells local authority chief executives
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NewsNursing shortage drives hospitals overseas
More than a third of hospital trusts have turned to actively recruiting nurses from overseas as they struggle to keep wards adequately staffed, it has emerged.
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NewsPoliticians challenged to back service change ahead of election
Politicians and political parties will be put on the spot in the run-up to the 2015 general election to support major changes in the health service, under a plan developed by the NHS Confederation.
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NewsDH rejects criticism of delayed transfer of care measure
The Department of Health has rejected criticism of the measure it uses to track delayed transfers of care between NHS providers and social care.
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NewsDuty of candour moves closer with bill amendment
The government has paved the way for the introduction of a duty of candour through an amendment to the Care Bill – but the key question of when the duty would apply has been left open.
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NewsJudge blocks review of reconfiguration scheme
Ealing Council has been refused permission to take a hospital reconfiguration plan to judicial review.
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NewsWorking time directive for doctors to be reviewed
The government has ordered a review of how European rules limiting the number of hours doctors can work is affecting the NHS.
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NewsMP raises further concern over NHS gagging clauses
One of Britain’s leading children’s doctors has been asked to submit evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into gagging clauses, after controversy over the terms under which she left the renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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NewsHospitals 'face £2bn cuts and financial cliff edge' - Nicholson
Hospital funding is set to be cut by £2bn as the NHS faces a potential “financial cliff edge”, NHS England’s chief executive has said.