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  • Jim Mackey
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    Mackey: Some trusts 'not doing enough' to tackle agency spending

    2016-05-09T00:01:00Z

    Mackey warns that some trusts ”simply aren’t doing enough” to cut their spending on agency staff Warning comes as NHS Improvement tells MPs that agency caps have saved up to £300m since October 2015 Also follows complaints that some trusts have faced staffing problems due to neighbours breaching agency ...

  • Lord Carter
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    Daily Insight: Six steps to jumpstart the Carter review

    2016-05-09T17:39:00Z

    The must read health stories from Monday

  • David Dalton
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    Junior doctors contract talks resume

    2016-05-09T00:01:00Z

    Talks seeking to resolve the junior doctor contract dispute were due to begin on Monday, with Sir David Dalton leading for the government.

  • Simon Stevens
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    HSJ Live: Catch up on Hunt and Stevens' grilling by MPs

    2016-05-09T12:02:00Z

    NHS England reveals breakdown of £22bn savings plan Hunt admits health funding was not protected in spending review Coverage of Jeremy Hunt and Simon Stevens’ appearances before the Commons health and public accounts committees

  • Norman Lamb
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    Little progress by ‘integration pioneers’, DH’s study finds

    2016-05-06T12:32:00Z

    DH-commissioned study finds ‘limited evidence’ of changes to services Norman Lamb: NHS England did not take the programme seriously enough Financial pressures and performance targets distract from transformation The coalition government’s high profile “integration pioneers” programme has yielded few tangible results and failed to remove barriers to joined-up ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
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    Hunt beats Milburn to become longest serving health secretary

    2016-05-06T06:00:00Z

    Jeremy Hunt will become the longest serving health secretary on Sunday.

  • Richmond House
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    Daily Insight: DH integration drive achieves little

    2016-05-06T19:01:00Z

    The must read stories and talking points from Friday

  • Hexham general hospital
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    'Remarkable' trust given CQC’s top rating

    2016-05-05T00:01:00Z

    Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust becomes fourth provider to be rated outstanding Trust rated outstanding in unprecedented 20 core services Until November it was run by Jim Mackey, now chief executive of NHS Improvement Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has become the fourth in the country to be rated outstanding ...

  • Wansbeck general hospital
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    Northumbria chief: NHS leaders should 'grasp the nettle' on reconfiguration

    2016-05-05T00:01:00Z

    Chief executive of outstanding rated trust says NHS leaders should “grasp the nettle” when it comes to reconfiguration David Evans: “Continuity” of Northumbria’s leadership key to CQC rating Says Jim Mackey “hugely” contributed to the success of the trust The chief executive of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation trust has ...

  • Speech bubbles
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    Daily Insight: Will the government and the BMA finally talk?

    2016-05-05T17:30:00Z

    The must read stories and talking points from Thursday

  • Wendy Thompson
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    Council leader chosen to head up STP

    2016-05-05T15:45:00Z

    A fourth senior council figure has been appointed to lead one of the 44 sustainability and transformation plans.

  • Parliament
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    Poll: Two-thirds believe UK spends too little on NHS

    2016-05-05T12:01:00Z

    Two-thirds of people in the UK believe too little is spent on healthcare, according to a new survey Much higher proportion than in other major European countries UK health spending as a proportion of GDP has declined since 2009 Almost two-thirds of people in the UK believe too ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
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    Updated: Government offers BMA talks on junior doctors contract

    2016-05-05T12:11:00Z

    Jeremy Hunt responds to letter from medical royal colleges Government will pause contract imposition if BMA agrees to talk about Saturday pay Hunt says BMA must agree in writing before talks can take place The government has agreed to pause its planned imposition of a new junior doctors ...

  • Numbers
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    NHS Improvement to check waiting lists of 60 trusts

    2016-05-04T07:00:00Z

    Waiting times data to be checked at 60 trusts in £2m project Performance on referral to treatment declining nationally Large hospital trusts not reporting their waiting times data NHS Improvement has launched a £2m project to see how many patients on trust waiting lists for elective procedures are ...

  • Scales of justice
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    Judge criticises NHS England for 'totally irrational' drug decision

    2016-05-04T16:48:00Z

    NHS England will be ordered by the High Court to provide funding to treat a teenager with a severe neurological condition after a judge criticised its “thoroughly bad decision” and “absurd” policy.

  • law
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    Daily Insight: NHS England's tricky day in court

    2016-05-04T17:42:00Z

    The must read stories and talking points from Wednesday

  • Person with flu
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    North East trust tops sickness absence table for third year

    2016-05-04T12:04:00Z

    South Tyneside Foundation Trust has highest sickness absence rate of any acute trust for third consecutive year Trusts in Lancashire and Bradford in top five for past three years An acute trust has topped the hospital trust sickness absence table for three years in a row, new data ...

  • Royal Courts of Justice
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    NHS England faces court battle in drug discrimination claim

    2016-05-04T07:00:00Z

    NHS England is accused of discriminating against teenager with narcolepsy Hundreds of patients already receive NHS funding for the drug sodium oxybate Department of Health also using public money to fund private prescriptions NHS England will appear at the High Court on Wednesday accused of discriminating against a ...

  • Paula Vasco-Knight
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    Teaching trust loses second chief executive in two weeks

    2016-05-03T10:49:00Z

    Paula Vasco-Knight suspended as acting chief executive at St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust Action follows serious financial allegations made against Ms Vasco-Knight relating to a previous employment Suspension comes less than two weeks after former chief executive Miles Scott announced he was standing down EXCLUSIVE: A major ...

  • News

    Revealed: The capital projects deferred in 'undignified scramble'

    2016-05-03T07:30:00Z

    £270m of deferred spending identified, much of which relates to projects such as building maintenance, IT infrastructure and the purchase of new equipment. Twenty biggest transfers listed. Download full details of the capital-to-revenue transfers identified Sources told HSJ they are seriously concerned that key capital projects could be jeopardised ...