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NewsNHS Direct begins redundancy consultation
More than 1,400 NHS Direct staff have been notified they could be at risk of redundancy as the organisation looks to cut around a third of its full time posts.
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NewsClash over spending on health
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed over health spending on Wednesday following a watchdog’s ruling that government claims were misleading.
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NewsLeague table plan for surgery teams
Teams of medics are to be pitted against each other in league tables.
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NewsLansley adviser criticises friends and family test focus
Andrew Lansley’s former policy adviser has criticised the friends and family patient satisfaction test, saying it is “too narrow and too crude” to be the main focus of the NHS.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 6.12.12
Ciarán Devane on how the mandate must prioritise the needs of the patient and the rest of HSJ’s free rolling news coverage
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NewsNumber of trainee doctors to be cut
The number of trainee doctors in England will be reduced to tackle a growing over-supply of medics, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsFunding pressure 'may hit NHS care', warns thinktank
Waiting times in emergency wards are rising as unprecedented financial strains on the health service start to bite, a report suggests.
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NewsInformation governance blamed for holding up QIPP integration
A “computer says no” attitude to information governance is hampering attempts to draw up a “year of care tariff” by stopping trusts sharing costings data, HSJ has been told.
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Preferred candidate for CQC chair will be "hands-on"
The government’s preferred candidate to chair the Care Quality Commission will be “hands-on” and “visible” in the role, he has told MPs.
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NewsHealth budget ringfence extended to 2015-16
George Osborne today committed to extending the health budget’s relative protection from government spending cuts to 2015-16 – the first year of the next spending review period.
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NewsNext generation of PFI announced by Osborne
“Soft facilities management” services like cleaning and catering will be excluded from future NHS private finance projects, new government guidance reveals.
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NewsChancellor abandons regional pay
George Osborne has abandoned plans to introduce regional pay in the NHS but accepts the need for greater Agenda for Change flexibility
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NewsExclusive: 'Rapid reduction' in hospital care planned following Winterbourne View
The treatment of all people with learning disabilities or autism receiving inpatient care is to be reviewed, ahead of a drive to rapidly reduce hospital placements and increase community provision.
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NewsInvestigation to probe relationship between CQC and ombudsman
The Care Quality Commission is investigating a claim its former chief executive Cynthia Bower tried to discourage the health service ombudsman from investigating concerns about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust.
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NewsRicketts: don't externalise before CSS market is mature
Plans to “externalise” commissioning support units should be given a lower priority over the next two to three years than establishing a market in support services, HSJ has been told.
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NewsDrug chief uncomfortable over fund
A cash pot used to pay for life-extending drugs should not be limited to patients who have cancer, the head of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has suggested.
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NewsHealthwatch England appoints chief executive
A former adviser to the prime minister has been appointed chief executive of the new consumer champion for health and social care.
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NewsEngland's chief nurses call for transparency on staffing levels
Hospitals could be required to publish nurse staffing levels at least twice a year under plans set out in the chief nursing officer’s strategy.
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NewsCircle chief executive Ali Parsa steps down
Ali Parsa has stepped down from his role as chief executive of Circle, the private healthcare provider that runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, it was announced today.