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NewsStrike fears build as union anger grows over public sector cuts
Rising fears of highly disruptive industrial action by NHS workers this autumn are revealed in documents seen by HSJ.
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NewsUnions to ballot members on appetite for industrial action
Nurses and other healthcare workers are among more than one million public sector workers who are going to be asked to vote on taking industrial action in a bid to protect their pensions.
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NewsSenior civil servant denies using 'clever tactics' to push through FTs
A civil servant responsible for the foundation trust pipeline has denied he was under political pressure from Number 10 to push through unsuitable trusts but admitted he was trying to get trusts to Monitor “as soon as possible”.
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NewsMid Staffs chair to stand down
The chair of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced he will retire in January after three years in the post.
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NewsClinical commissioners need 'bold' approach, report claims
New clinical commissioning groups within the NHS must change the system and “deliver results”, a report by an expert group has claimed.
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NewsCQC leadership failed to act with urgency
MPs have criticised the leadership of the Care Quality Commission for failing to stand up to ministers in the face of “unrealistic statutory obligations”.
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NewsExclusive: Circle in running to take on management of a second NHS hospital
The private company expected to become the first to manage an NHS hospital is preparing a bid to take over a second NHS site, in partnership with a foundation trust.
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NewsNHS Alliance and NAPC unite to 'champion' clinical commissioning groups
Two health organisations have joined forces to champion clinical commissioning and the groups tasked with carrying it out.
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NewsLib Dem rebels to contest cleared reform legislation at conference
Rebel Liberal Democrat MPs plan to challenge a decision to deny them a vote on the government’s NHS reforms at the party’s forthcoming annual conference.
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NewsNHS Confederation to warn MPs over weak QIPP performance
Financial and service failures will become frequent over the next year unless trusts improve their efficiency plans, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsCommissioning board chair could work just four days a month
The chair of the NHS Commissioning Board will be expected to work as few as four days a month once the board is up and running, the new job specification reveals.
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NewsResearch reveals disparity in UK bowel cancer survival rates
Stark differences in bowel cancer mortality rates across the UK show that people in certain areas are three times more likely to die from the disease, research suggested today.
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NewsReferral falls could cause financial difficulty for hospitals - BMA
Hospitals could suffer “financial problems” as a result of GPs referring fewer patients, the British Medical Association warns today, after new figures showed the number of referrals has fallen by 4.7 per cent since the beginning of April.
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NewsRevised DH figures predict 8,000 fewer redundancies from NHS reforms
Savings from the NHS reforms will be £700m less than previously thought but 8,000 fewer redundancies will be made, according to details released by the Department of Health.
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NewsHospital PFI deals attacked after car park charges increase
Private finance initiative contracts signed by the last Labour-led administration to build hospital car parks have been attacked following a decision by one hospital to increase charges by 62 per cent.
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NewsOverseas nurses a 'risk' to healthcare - Lord Winston
Nurses with a poor command of English pose potential risks to healthcare levels, fertility expert Lord Robert Winston has warned.
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NewsBradshaw denies government pressured DH to approve FT applications
Former health minister Ben Bradshaw has denied Number 10 was putting pressure on the Department of Health to grant foundation trust status to unsustainable trusts at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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News'Huge opportunities' for private provision under reform - Howe
The NHS reforms present “huge opportunities” for the private sector, a health minister has said.
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NewsHouse of Commons votes through revised Health Bill
The government will turn its attention to getting the Health and Social Care Bill through the House of Lords after a Commons vote yesterday passed the heavily amended bill.