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NewsRevealed: NHS holds 'risk summits' over A&E concern
Pressures in accident and emergency have been the largest single trigger for “risk summit” meetings which are being called to address quality, safety and performance concerns under the new NHS system, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsA&E performance tracker to 12 May: England's hospitals miss waiting target
HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week
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NewsClinical commissioners say GPs under pressure as A&E row escalates
NHS Clinical Commissioners, which represents a large number of clinical commissioning groups, has said GP “workloads are at breaking points and GPs are ready to buckle under the strain”, which will affect willingness to take part in commissioning.
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NewsHSJ Live: 20.05.2013 Monitor publishes procurement guidance for CCGs
Regulator reveals draft guidance to help CCGs adhere to Section 75
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NewsKelsey: Prescriptions and observations IT are clinicians' top priorities
Trusts will be able to bid for a share of a £260m fund to finance e-prescribing and real time patient record keeping systems, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced today.
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Uncertainty grows over NHS Direct's future
NHS Direct may not continue to deliver the NHS 111 service beyond the end of this financial year, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: Mass board resignations at ex-NHS social enterprise
The chair and other non-executive directors of a social enterprise providing NHS community services have resigned en masse following a row over executive pay, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHunt plans £260m to help hospitals go digital
Hospitals are due to be funded to improve their “outdated” paper patient notes and prescriptions, under plans expected to be announced by the health secretary.
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NewsLamb: 'No parity' in mental health services
The lack of equality in emergency hospital services for mental health patients needs to be addressed, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 17.05.2013: Jeremy Hunt announces electronic patient record push
Jeremy Hunt is announcing a new push on - and investment in - electronic prescription and recording systems in hospitals, and the rest of today’s news.
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NewsRise in A&E attendances during 2012 claim
The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, it has been suggested.
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NewsCancer patients left hungry, survey shows
An “alarming” number of cancer patients are left to go hungry in hospitals and want to drop out of treatment because of the way they were dealt with by staff, a charity has warned.
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HSJ Live 16.05.13: Debate a new payment system for the NHS
Lord Howe says he is “nervous” about individual criminal sanctions for NHS staff, debating the future payment system for the NHS, and the rest of today’s news.
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NewsSerco targets Cambridge community services contract
Serco is gearing up to bid for the Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust contract and expand its NHS portfolio, the company’s director of community services Sharon Colclough has indicated to HSJ.
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NewsCBI developing 'industry FOI' for private providers
Business leaders are preparing transparency guidelines for private companies running public services
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NewsMinister admits 'very disappointing' 111 start
The new NHS non-emergency advice line had a “very disappointing start”, Lord Howe admitted.
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NewsA&E 'could collapse without change'
Accident and emergency units could “collapse” unless urgent changes are made to the way they are run, doctors and managers’ representatives have warned.
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NewsHSJ Live 15.05.2013: A&Es could ‘collapse’ claim
The Foundation Trust Netwok says A&E units could ‘collapse’ under pressure, the NICE conference, plus the rest of today’s news
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Hospital transfer wait 'too long'
Older patients are having to wait for a month before they are transferred from hospitals to care homes, a charity has warned.
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Troubled Rotherham FT plans £5m 'corporate' savings
Rotherham Foundation Trust is planning to save £5m from its “corporate overheads” as it battles to deliver £50m cost cuts in the next three years.