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NewsExclusive: GP ‘scorecard’ would be 'divisive', says report
The use of single ‘scorecard’ type metrics for measuring performance in general practice would be misleading and divisive, a Department of Health commissioned report has concluded.
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NewsExclusive: Eliminating elective variation can save NHS £1.4bn, says Monitor
More than £1bn can be saved if the NHS wipes out variations in elective care productivity, according to a new report from Monitor.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Score draw on CCG ratings
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NewsUpdated: Provider deficits swell to £930m in three months
The NHS provider sector has reported a combined deficit of £930m for the first three months of 2015-16, which is more than the entire deficit reported last year.
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NewsExclusive: Another CCG agrees variation from QOF
A clinical commissioning group in the south of England has agreed a variation to the GP quality and outcomes framework with nearly all its practices, to encourage more community based care.
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NewsNMC approves introduction of nurse revalidation in April
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has today approved plans for the introduction of a major new system of competency checks for registered nurses and midwives, with the regulator’s chief executive describing it as a ‘historic’ moment.
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Executive Summary: Delay can't hide ballooning deficits
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories
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NewsHSJ Live 09.10.15: Provider finances worse than planned - reaction
Rolling coverage of today’s NHS financial announcements and reaction
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NewsExclusive: Investigations launched into Stafford Hospital death 'cover up'
Commissioners and police have launched reviews into events surrounding the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital. It comes amid claims that statements from health workers who witnessed his death have been falsified.
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NewsHunt offers BMA ‘unequivocal assurances’ over contract reform
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to the British Medical Association to offer ‘unequivocal assurances’ over plans to reform junior doctor contracts.
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NewsUncertainty over agency nurse procurement in South West
Trusts in the South West face uncertainty over their procurement of agency nurses as their plans have still not been approved by regulators.
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NewsAmbulance response times and elective waiting list grow
Ambulance trusts are struggling to meet the target to get to a patient within eight minutes of an emergency call, the latest data from NHS England shows.
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NewsWebinar: Ask Sir Mike Richards your questions on regulation
Register for the discussion on 28 October
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NewsExecutive Summary: Stepping back on to the front foot
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s must know stories and debate
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NewsFirst special measures GP practice to close
One of the first GP practices to be placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission is to close, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFive things we learnt from the Tory party conference
The Conservatives’ autumn conference came to an end this afternoon, the first it has held as the single governing party since 1996. Here are five messages NHS leaders can take from the jamboree in Manchester.
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NewsCarter review timeline slips
The progress of a high profile review into NHS efficiency has slipped against the timeline set by ministers.
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NewsWomen Leaders launch: See the video and photo gallery
HSJ launched the Women Leaders network last month in a ceremony at Trades Union Congress in London.
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NewsExecutive Summary: What we learnt from the Tory party conference
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s top stories and talking points
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NewsStevens: Government needs to 'rethink' immigration policy for NHS
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has warned the UK needs to ‘better join the dots’ between immigration policy and the NHS.