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NewsSpecialised services face £5bn gap
CCGs will take on responsibility for commissioning at least two of the six specialised service areas whose growth has placed the greatest strain on the specialised services budget
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NewsStevens predicts 'incredibly tough' year for NHS
The chief executive of NHS England has warned that next year will be “incredibly tough” for the NHS, leaving areas which already have “deep problems” with little chance of recovering.
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NewsKate Granger recognised at HSJ Awards
Kate Granger, the consultant geriatrician and inspirational campaigner for patient compassion, has received a special recognition award at the 2014 HSJ Awards.
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NewsHSJ Live 20.11.2014: Kate Granger recognised at HSJ Awards
Kate Granger, the consultant geriatrician and inspirational campaigner for patient compassion, has received a special recognition award at the 2014 HSJ Awards, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Multinational arms firm among those interested in £1bn NHS tender
Multinational companies including G4S and arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin are among those that have expressed interest in a £1bn contract to run GP support services outsourced by NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSJ Awards 2014 winners revealed
The winners of the 2014 HSJ Awards have been revealed at a ceremony in central London
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NewsFrail older care in hospital 'fragmented', experts warn
Health leaders and patient advocates have welcomed the findings of the HSJ/Serco commission while warning that frail older people were not well managed by “fragmented” healthcare regimes.
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NewsIntegration will not save money, HSJ commission concludes
Political leaders’ belief that health and social care integration is the “silver bullet” for the NHS’s financial difficulties is a “myth” and “Messiah concept” that has no realistic prospect of success.
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NewsLack of leadership limiting improvements in elderly care, commission finds
A lack of leadership is limiting the ability of hospitals to provide “best in class care” to elderly patients, with too much variation across providers according to the HSJ Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People.
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NewsBurnham: FT model reinforces hospital domination
The foundation trust model must be updated to prevent a hospital centred approach which could “perpetuates silos”, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsTwo commissioning support units plan to merge
Two commissioning support units have announced they will formally merge.
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NewsHunt: Transparency not targets will achieve 'world class' NHS
The NHS must adopt a different approach to performance management that focuses on the transparent provision of information rather than chasing targets or extra resource, the health secretary is due to say
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NewsHSJ Live 19.11.2014: Performance data for 5,000 surgeons published
Performance data for 5,000 individual consultant surgeons have today been published by NHS England, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Hinchingbrooke A&E could face axe
The NHS’s only privately run hospital, Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, could lose core services such as its accident and emergency department despite earlier assurances that franchising the hospital would protect it from such a move.
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NewsOmbudsman strengthens procurement checks after NAO probe
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has handed its board the role of reviewing and approving deals over £100,000
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NewsPatient safety bill to legislate for zero NHS harm
The NHS could be required to achieve ‘zero avoidable harm’ if a government backed bill being driven through Parliament by the MP for Stafford makes it onto the statute books.
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NewsExclusive: Delayed transfer rate soars to highest level
The national rate of delayed transfers of care has soared to its highest ever level, threatening the better care fund’s ambition to cut costs by improving the transfer of patients from hospital to other care settings.
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NewsHSJ Live 18.11.2014: Foundation Trust Network to change its name
Network to be rebranded as NHS Providers, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsMorecambe Bay under fire on cancer screening services
A foundation trust has pledged to shake up the management of its breast screening unit after a probe found an “extremely poor” working environment that must be having an “impact on patient care”
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NewsOne in 10 GP practices pose greatest perceived risk
One in 10 GP practices have been assigned the highest category of risk in an ‘intelligent monitoring’ system devised by the Care Quality Commission.