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NewsCouncil disquiet over public health death rankings
Public Health England says premature deaths comparison site will help target local spending
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NewsThree waves of integration pioneers are predicted
There are likely to be another two waves of integration pilots, with a total of about 30 areas becoming integration “pioneers”, an NHS England official has revealed.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.6.2013: HSJ to announce 100 most influential clinical leaders
Look out for the first ever HSJ Clinical Leaders list plus the rest of today’s news
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NewsFirst details of integration pilot bids revealed
Areas involved in a pilot programme to create community budgets shared across local public services have revealed early plans to become ‘pioneers’ on the government’s health and social care integration programme.
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NewsHundreds of Mid Staffs deaths examined by police
A review of deaths at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by Staffordshire Police has identified 200-300 cases in which alleged neglect may have contributed to the death.
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NewsMental health services suffer as hospitals 'suck in' cash
Clinical commissioners are at risk of undermining the government’s mental health strategy because they are prioritising the acute sector, it has been claimed.
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NewsBurnham backs central planning
A centrally planned health service is “inherently” more efficient than a marketised one, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has told the NHS Confederation annual conference.
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NewsGeneral practice safety reporting to be investigated
Low rates of reporting patient safety incidents in general practice are to be investigated by NHS England, the organisation’s director of patient safety has told HSJ.
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NewsUnsafe hospitals 'risking lives', says CQC figure
A non-executive director of the Care Quality Commission believes many NHS hospitals are still not safe, meaning patients’ lives are being put at risk.
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NewsNHS 111 line 'steadily improving'
The new non emergency NHS advice line is “steadily improving” health officials have said.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.06.2013
HSJ’s innovation channel on how to coordinate and integrate care on the ground and the rest of today’s news
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NewsWebsite offers guide to NHS reforms
Doctors’ leaders have launched a new initiative to help patients understand NHS reforms.
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NewsNHS creating 'older people's plan'
NHS bosses are creating a “vulnerable older people’s plan” to help alleviate the stress on accident and emergency wards, the health secretary has announced.
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NewsConfed Live: 7.6.13. Burnham speech
NHS Confederation conference latest: shadow health secretary and Confed chief executive wrap up conference. Catch all the detailed coverage and tweets here
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NewsConfed Live: 6.6.13 Bennett, Nicholson and Hunt speak
NHS Confederation conference latest: Hunt addresses hospital closures, GP contracts and concerns around A&E. Catch all the detailed coverage and tweets here
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NewsNicholson attacks criticism of GPs and 'tyranny' of politics
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson launched a sustained attack on the political debate around the health service in his farewell speech to the NHS Confederation.
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News£560m foundation trust dumps payment by results
One of England’s biggest foundation trusts has agreed a contract outside of the national tariff system for the past two years, its chief executive has revealed.
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NewsBennett questions Nicholson strategy
Monitor chief executive David Bennett has said the scrapping of the purchaser-provider split envisaged by Sir David Nicholson may not be in NHS England’s power.
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NewsExclusive: Chief inspector of hospitals revealed
Former cancer tsar Sir Mike Richards has been appointed as the first chief inspector of hospitals.
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NewsDistrict general hospitals look to private income
District general hospitals aim to tap into private market