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NewsDH's information chief Christine Connelly resigns
The Department of Health’s chief information officer Christine Connelly has resigned, it was announced today.
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NewsCommissioning groups that cross boundaries may have to reform
Eleven commissioning groups crossing local authority boundaries may have to reform due to new rules announced by the government, HSJ has found.
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NewsDH to 'rely' on local pricing to extend community services competition
The Department of Health will be “heavily reliant” on locally set prices to encourage competition from “any qualified provider” in community services, it said this week.
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NewsTraining budget protection supported by government
Billions of pounds set aside for staff training could in future be ring-fenced after the government declared support for “protected” education budgets.
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NewsExclusive: NHS faces 'big problem' if reform timetable slips - Nicholson
The NHS faces a “big problem” if there are further delays to the timetable for developing clinical commissioning groups or moving to an all foundation trust system, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told HSJ.
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Recommendations on new allocation formula expected in July
The government intends to give clinical commissioning groups shadow budget allocations this year, despite removing the deadline for the groups to take on their full financial responsibility in April 2013.
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NewsExclusive: NHS efficiency drive won’t close whole hospitals, says Sir David
No “whole hospital” will have to close as a result of the drive to find £20bn of efficiencies from the NHS budget, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has insisted to HSJ.
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NewsDH denies FT momentum will be lost
The Department of Health has denied that the impetus behind achieving foundation trust status for all trusts would evaporate after the dropping of the 2014 deadline.
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NewsDH admits preparing Health Bill changes before review report
The government was “exploring potential amendments” to the Health Bill with parliamentary lawyers before the report of the NHS Future Forum, health minister Simon Burns has admitted.
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NewsAbuse investigation care home to close
The care home at the centre of allegations of abuse of vulnerable adult patients revealed on television is to close on Friday, its owners have said.
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NewsNo revolt on pensions after government talks pledge
MPs have waved through plans to raise the state pension age for women despite strong opposition, after the government offered to hold talks with critics about how the change would be introduced.
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NewsDoctor warns over mental health care 'vacuum'
There is a “massive problem” of depleting numbers of mental health doctors, a leading psychiatrist has warned.
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NewsHalf of NHS staff pessimistic on patient care
Patient care is set to get worse in the next few years, according to nearly half of NHS staff surveyed in a government poll.
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NewsNicholson: PCT clusters to survive as arms of Commissioning Board
Primary care trust clusters will effectively survive to commission GP services and oversee new clinical commissioning groups from April 2013, it was confirmed this week.
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NewsTrusts missing NICE guidelines on stroke treatment
“Considerable variation” exists in the time taken to provide stroke prevention surgery, data from the Royal College of Physicians and the Vascular Society has shown.
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NewsInformation strategy delayed until autumn, DH confirms
The government’s long-awaited “information revolution” strategy for health has been delayed again, and will not now be released until the autumn, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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NewsClare Chapman resigns from DH
The Department of Health’s workforce director Clare Chapman has resigned.
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Royal colleges to be enlisted to identify procedures at risk of 'cherry picking'
The Department of Health command paper on choice, competition and a failure regime for trusts sets out some specifics but leaves many questions unanswered.
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NewsGroups to commission for 'their whole population'
The Health Bill will make explicit that clinical commissioning groups must commission for “whole populations, not just registered patients”, the government has said.
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NewsHealth secretary and NCB will only intervene when failure is 'significant'
The health secretary will only have powers to intervene directly in the running of national NHS bodies where failure is deemed to be “significant”, the government has stated.