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NewsLegal threat over Burnham 'cover-up' claims
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been threatened with potential legal action by Labour in a dramatic escalation of a row over claims of a “cover-up” of NHS care shortcomings.
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NewsHSJ Live 07.10.2013 Legal threat to Hunt over cover-up claims
Reshuffle news expected, plus the rest of the day’s news in health
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NewsDelay in pricing plan for new drugs
The introduction of a pricing system for new drugs which attaches greater value to how much they benefit patients is to be delayed until late 2014, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsCQC official accused of cover-up is cleared
One of the Care Quality Commission officials accused of covering up a report criticising the regular has been exonerated by an internal investigation.
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NewsField: Nurses central to primary care reform
Nurse training needs a “radical review” to meet the “urgent” need for professionals with the skills to care for patients with long term conditions, the new chief inspector of primary care has said.
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NewsDelay pay rise until unions agree to contract reform says DH
NHS staff should be denied any pay rise until an agreement is reached to renegotiate terms and conditions for more than 1.3 million workers, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsMulti-year allocations could aid local contracting, Monitor review finds
Multi-year budget allocations could help commissioners develop local contracting more effectively, Monitor has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 04.10.2013 Delay to 'damp squib' value based pricing
Lansley’s flagship drug pricing scheme behind schedule, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham under pressure and the rest of today’s news and comment
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News4 October 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.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidOn the cover, we feature Andy Burnham’s plans to repeal the Health Act if Labour are elected in 2015. Also in this week’s issue:Research suggests delayed ...
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NewsChanges to emergency admissions tariff planned
The marginal tariff for hospital emergency care will be retained in 2014-15, but the policy will be modified.
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NewsProviders hit with raised efficiency requirement
Providers will lose hundreds of millions of pounds in income under Monitor and NHS England plans to raise the efficiency assumptions that govern how much they are paid under tariff.
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NewsScotland to review NHS IT after Glasgow system failure
A review has been ordered of Scottish NHS IT systems after a failure forced a major health board to cancel hundreds of appointments.
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NewsGPs 'facing financial black hole'
GP services are facing a £400m financial “black hole” that could have catastrophic consequences, the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned.
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NewsNearly half of acute hospital trusts predict deficit
The NHS hospital trust sector is predicting a deficit at the end of this financial year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNew effort to confront north-south divide
England’s public health body is preparing to “make noise” about the north-south divide in health outcomes.
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NewsHSJ Live: 3.10.13 Jeremy Hunt addresses RCGP
Secretary of state speaks to GPs’ annual conference in Harrogate.
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NewsExclusive: Delayed hospital discharge to blame for A&E pressure
Poor accident and emergency performance this year has not been caused by GP out of hours provision, increased attendances or a lack of doctors, exclusive analysis shared with HSJ shows.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England may outsource further functions to CSUs
NHS England is to carry out a fundamental review of its use of commissioning support units, which could see more of the national commissioning body’s back office functions being outsourced, HSJ has been told.
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NewsAreas with worse life quality would be hit by allocation shake-up
Clinical commissioning groups in areas where people with long term conditions have a worse quality of life would lose funds under the revised allocation formula being considered by NHS England, analysis shows.