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NewsFunctions guidance for consortia published by DH
The Department of Health has published a “working document” to clarify what functions commissioning consortia will have to perform.
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NewsMulti-million pound technology boost for health boards
A £4m IT system is to be set up across four health boards in Scotland to allow doctors to access the same “snapshot” of patient information.
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NewsHutton proposes pension overhaul
Former Labour cabinet minister Lord Hutton has suggested that those who work for the NHS, teachers and police should receive pensions based on their average salary throughout their career, rather than ones based on their pay immediately before they retire.
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NewsMental health merger ruled against over competition concerns
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has ruled outright against a merger between two trusts for the first time.
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NewsTrusts agree local deals for royal wedding holiday
At least five trusts have reached agreement with local unions not to pay staff extra for working on the royal wedding Bank Holiday.
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NewsFT quality reports unreliable, Audit Commission finds
Foundation trust quality accounts are unreliable, with wide variations in the standard of data used, an Audit Commission study has found.
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NewsMidwife-led units threatened by falling birth rates
Standalone midwife-led centres are under threat from high costs and falling numbers of deliveries, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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NewsFTs warn budget cuts could cause organisational failure
Foundation trusts have warned that tougher than expected budget cuts mean they face “serious financial stress” which could lead to organisational failures and thousands of job losses.
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NewsPreventative care savings questioned by study
A study has cast doubt over whether investing in preventive services in the community either saves money or reduces hospital admissions.
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News'Introspective' NHS fearful of change
The NHS has an “introspective, monopolistic culture” in which staff are unwilling “to accept the inevitability of change”, according to a former Labour minister who was given a key public spending reform role by the coalition government.
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NewsWomen’s hospitals hit by tariff change
Hospitals are planning to lobby the government over the steep cuts to maternity income expected in 2011-12.
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NewsCompetition panel to rule on pathology deal
A foundation trust’s £300m deal with another trust and a private company to outsource pathology services has been challenged under procurement rules.
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GPs concerned over reforms' impact on hospital finances, poll shows
GPs overwhelmingly believe the government’s NHS reforms will have a major impact on the viability of their local hospital, a survey has shown.
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NewsConsortia grapple with size pros and cons
One of the first evaluations of the development of commissioning consortia has found they are struggling with questions of size and support.
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NewsConsortia staff numbers will be limited
The NHS Commissioning Board will build measures into the authorisation process for consortia to limit the number of staff they can employ directly, HSJ understands.
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NewsTrauma system delay deaths 'unnecessary'
Patients died unnecessarily because establishing a centralised trauma system in the capital took too long, according to the chief executive of NHS London.
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NewsMost serious incidents rise by more than a fifth
A rising proportion of reported incidents in NHS organisations involve deaths and permanent injuries, latest figures from the National Patient Safety Agency indicate.
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NewsGP reforms will prevent 'Mid Staffs' scandals
The government’s commissioning reforms will help prevent scandals such as those at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by ensuring GPs do what “they ought to do”, the health secretary has said.
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NewsUnions issue strike warning over pension reform
The government has been warned that implementing radical changes to public sector pensions could “light the blue touch paper” for strikes by millions of workers.
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NewsReview found surgery at Mid Staffs 'inadequate'
A review into general surgery at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust found the service “inadequate, unsafe and at times frankly dangerous”, the public inquiry into care failings at the trust was told.