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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
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NewsAnalysed: District general hospitals look to private patient income
District general hospitals are increasing their private patient offerings
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NewsHunt admits Tories 'guilty' of blanket opposition to reconfiguration in past
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted to delegates at the NHS Confederation that his own party and politicians generally had been “guilty” of knee-jerk opposition to unpopular reconfigurations.
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NewsHWB architect expresses concern at Burnham plan
A key architect of the health and wellbeing board model has expressed concern at possible Labour proposals to make the boards the NHS’s main commissioning bodies.
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Monitor investigates walk-in centre closures
Health sector regulator Monitor has announced it will review the closures of NHS walk-in centres.
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NewsFrancis report may have contributed to A&E problems, says Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson has said the NHS’s interpretation of February’s Francis report, combined with unseasonably bad weather, may have caused the collapse in accident and emergency performance earlier this year.
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NewsNicholson says 'becoming the story' after Francis part of retirement decision
Sir David Nicholson has admitted that his “becoming the story” after the Francis report publication contributed to his decision to announce his retirement.
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NewsExclusive: Sir David Nicholson announces major review of NHS strategy
NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told HSJ it is time to question whether “the straightforward commissioner-provider split” is the best way to organise care for some communities.