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NewsExclusive: 'Great concern' over 'growing gap' in mental health services
A drop in mental health inpatient beds coupled with a fall in community care provision is a “great concern” that requires an urgent review, a new report has said.
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NewsDaily Insight: Mack doesn't want to give you the sack
The must read stories and debate from Thursday
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NewsNew scrutiny body to be 'voice of clinicians' in NHS procurement
Products bought for NHS trusts are set to be subject to greater scrutiny for clinical value as part of a major overhaul of NHS procurement.
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NewsExclusive: Staffing agencies' profits fall after national squeeze on rates
The four largest agencies supplying temporary medical staff to the NHS have seen a 24 per cent fall in turnover, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsCCGs overspend by £60m but only one revises forecast
Local commissioners overspent against their financial plans by nearly £60m in the four months to August, but NHS England still expects them to deliver a near breakeven position by the end of 2017-18.
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NewsNine trusts plan pharma network to save £17m
Nine acute trusts are collaborating on a pharmaceutical network that could achieve efficiency savings estimated at more than £17m.
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NewsConsultant shortages mean sepsis standards 'unachievable'
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has clarified its latest advice on sepsis after warnings that a shortage of consultants makes the standards “unachievable”.
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NewsNHS trusts to offer whistleblowers 'trial employment'
A pool of NHS trusts prepared to offer trial employment to whistleblowers is being created by NHS Improvement.
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NewsLabour calls for £500m 'winter bailout fund'
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth will call on the government to provide a £500m “winter bailout fund” for health and care services.
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News'Status quo is not an option' as seven trusts agree joint working deal
Seven trusts in an acute care vanguard have ruled out a merger as part of a joint working agreement to reconfigure services.
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NewsUpdated: Labour would bring PFI contracts 'back into the NHS'
A Labour government would “bring” private finance initiative contracts “back in house”, the shadow chancellor has announced.
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NewsAnalysis: Highest number of patients waiting a year for treatment since 2008
The number of patients waiting more than a year to be treated on an elective pathway has more than doubled year on year, the latest NHS data shows.
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NewsCouncils defy NHS England over DTOC targets
More than halve of councils in the West Midlands have rejected NHS England’s targets on delayed transfers of care and are calling on Jeremy Hunt to intervene to prevent them losing up to £150m funding.
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News'Major' safety fears over lack of regulation for advanced nurses
The lack of regulation of advanced nursing is a ‘major concern for public protection’, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Variation in children's mental health spend 'seems unjustifiable'
A potentially “unjustifiable” variation in spending on children and young people’s mental health services has raised concerns that cash pledged for these services is not reaching the front line.
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NewsNHS leaders chant 'we can do this' at A&E improvement summit
NHS chief executives were led in a chant of ‘we can do this’ at a nationally convened meeting about the need to improve emergency performance, HSJ has been told.