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NewsBMA cancels strike as government suspends imposition threat
Government agreed to drop imposition threat in exchange for “time limited” negotiations Agreement to negotiate follows Acas talks and months of acrimony after BMA walkout in October 2014 Hunt tells MPs strike action could have led to 20,000 operations being cancelled The British Medical Association has suspended strike ...
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NewsRevealed: London CCGs dominate requests for consultancy spending over £50k
More than half of permissions sought by CCGs for consultancy spending of over £50,000 from London No requests rejected by NHS England as of October Explore the data More than half of the requests from clinical commissioning groups for management consultancy contracts worth more than £50,000 have come ...
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NewsNew tariff objection threshold faces Lords challenge
Labour peers to challenge government’s plans to raise objection threshold needed to trigger tariff arbitration this afternoon Lord Hunt to move amendment claiming proposed changes to secondary legislation are “fundamentally unfair” Lords scrutiny committee warned public consultation on the changes was too short NHS Providers has raised concerns with ...
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NewsSelbie: Councils can absorb public health cuts
Public Health England’s chief executive has told councils he is confident they can absorb a nearly 10 per cent cut while making progress “protecting and improving the public’s health”.
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Exclusive: DH agrees £1.2bn raid on its 2016-17 capital budget
Department of Health has agreed to transfer £1.2bn from its capital budget to support revenue spending in 2016-17, HSJ has learned The switch will substantially reduce the expected cash cut to non-NHS England revenue spending next year In following years, much of the reduction in non-NHS England spend expected ...
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NewsExecutive Summary: Five things we learnt in a pivotal week for the NHS
HSJ’s roundup of the essential stories from a busy week in health policy
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NewsExclusive: NHS England U-turn over national midwifery audit
NHS England reverses decision to keep national midwifery investigations audit secret Decision follows criticism from the parents of baby Kate Stanton-Davies who died in March 2009 Review of her death highlighted multiple failings and similarities with Morecambe Bay NHS England has reversed a decision to keep secret a ...
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NewsGovernment lacks reliable data for GP workforce planning, says NAO
Neither the Department of Health nor NHS England know how many GPs will be required to meet patient demand over the next five years due to a lack of reliable data, the National Audit Office has found.
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NewsMapped: More than half of providers missing emissions targets
Less than half of NHS providers are on track to meet carbon reduction targets enshrined in law.
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NewsDavid Fish to head up Essex success regime
UCLPartners managing director Sir David Fish has been appointed to chair leaders’ group for Essex success regime. Group has to oversee the production of a “detailed implementation plan” by February Success regime was launched to turn around areas with serious care quality, performance and financial challenges UCLPartners ...
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NewsDH paid out £1bn in loans and bailouts in six months
DH pays out more than £1bn in working capital loans in first two quarters of 2015-16 Former DH finance director says “very substantial majority” will be bailouts for struggling trusts Explore the data The Department of Health paid more than £1bn to NHS trusts in working capital loans ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS England faces judicial review over narcolepsy drug refusal
NHS England has until tomorrow to decide whether to fund narcolepsy treatment for teenager 194 patients have already received NHS funding for Xyrem Lawyers claim the refusal to fund the drug is discriminatory and unlawful NHS England has until tomorrow to decide whether to fund for a teenager ...
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NewsExecutive Summary: Transparency, what transparency?
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential health policy stories and debate
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News'We'll struggle to meet pay caps on staff' say trust directors
The planned pay caps will be tough for us to meet, say half the trust directors in our survey
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NewsSpending review reveals '21 per cent cut' to non-NHS England health budgets
Department of Health budgets outside NHS England - worth £15.1bn - face a £2bn cash terms cut by 2020-21 Health Foundation calculates real-terms cut at 21 per cent The non-ringfenced budgets cover spending areas including public health, health education, and arm’s length bodies Capital budget will be frozen in ...
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NewsHunt agrees to Acas talks over junior doctors contract
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has agreed to talks with the British Medical Association through the mediation service Acas over a new junior doctors contract.
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NewsTreasury claims council tax move and new ringfence will 'protect social care'
Chancellor says moves will divert up to £3.5bn additional funds to social care by 2019-20 All patches will set out plans for full integration in 2017 Care sector says funding unlikely to be sufficient The Treasury is attempting to maintain social care funding with a new ringfence and ...
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NewsExclusive: HEE budget freeze will have 'consequences' for NHS
Health Education England’s underlying budget will be frozen in nominal terms until 2020-21 It will also lose £1.2bn of funding for student nurses and allied health professionals from 2017, as these payments are stopped HEE will continue to control placement fees for students training in the NHS ...
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NewsTreasury proposes part selloff of PFI
Government proposes selloff of two revenue streams relating to private finance deals Sale of Community Health Partnerships’ “subordinated debt” could be worth £60m, HSJ understands Sale of “credit guarantee finance” lending at PFI trusts could also raise money for the Treasury The government is considering selling off the ...