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NewsGreen paper advisers lay down challenge on social care reform
Local and national government must engage further in the debate over “difficult” options for establishing sustainable settlement for social care and help secure radical reform of the system, according to two government advisors on the forthcoming green paper.
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NewsMPs criticise 'entirely inappropriate' sharing of patient data with Home Office
MPs have warned the government is leaving the door open to widespread sharing of patients’ confidential details beyond the NHS without their consent or knowledge.
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NewsExclusive: Advanced health economies reject terms of 'system control totals'
Leaders in the most “advanced” health economies have rejected national bodies’ terms for signing up to system-wide financial control totals, HSJ understands.
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NewsCCGs left with £15m bill following dispute with acute trust
Commissioners have been left with a £15m bill after losing a dispute with their local acute trust over procedures which they said had been costed wrongly.
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NewsFears over absent data on private care
More than 150 NHS run private units and independent hospitals have not submitted legally required data about the care they provide, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts' A&E performance goes sub 50 per cent as NHS hits new low
NHS performance against the four hour accident and emergency target hit its lowest level in 15 years in March, with two trusts sinking below 50 per cent.
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NewsExclusive: NHS regulator sets out 'back to basics' vision
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has pledged to “get back to the basics” to improve its handling of NHS complaints and help trusts learn from its work.
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NewsContractor suing NHS England claims rival's bid was 'abnormally low'
NHS England is being sued by a clinical waste disposal contractor that claims it wrongly awarded a contract to a rival that submitted an unrealistically low bid.
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NewsDaily Insight: Glass half empty while A&E is full
The must read stories and analysis in health and care
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NewsUnion rejects Stevens' call for targeted pay to help recruitment crisis
The British Medical Association has rejected calls by the chief of NHS England, Simon Stevens, that NHS doctors should be paid more to work in unpopular areas of the country.
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NewsExclusive: CQC launches national investigation over sexual abuse fears
An investigation into how mental health patients are protected from sexual abuse has been launched by the Care Quality Commission, after it identified 900 incidents on wards across the NHS in just three months.
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NewsGIRFT: 'Very small' number of heart and lung centres underperforming
A “very small” number of England’s 31 cardiothoracic centres perform poorly, the latest Getting It Right First Time review has found.
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NewsExclusive: Thousands of primary care staff 'left behind' by NHS pay deal
Tens of thousands of staff working in primary care could lose out on a pay rise after the government confirmed the new NHS pay deal would not apply to them.
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NewsCQC warns 'real danger' for safety in private sector hospitals
Overreliance on informal arrangements by independent hospitals and doctors is a “major concern” and could put patients at risk, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Stop-start hospital merger
Your round up of the day’s biggest stories and debate
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NewsCouncil warnings over 'corrosive' legal challenge by NHS trusts
A “corrosive” legal bid by 20 NHS foundation trusts for business rates relief could threaten the financial viability of some councils.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders new ambulance handover plan following 'unacceptable' delays
Jeremy Hunt has told system leaders to draw up new plans to tackle handover delays this month after efforts to curtail ambulance queues outside hospitals failed this winter, HSJ understands.