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NewsExclusive: NHS children's services 'not fit for purpose'
The NHS’s failure to reconfigure children’s services, has left it with a model of care not fit for purpose, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has told HSJ.
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NewsCambridgeshire system plans joint integration bid
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough health economy is likely to submit a joint expression of interest to develop a new integrated model of care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDirector behind Hinchingbrooke deal defends decision
The former strategic health authority director who led the franchising of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has defended the decision.
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NewsExclusive: Bidders shortlisted for £1bn primary care support contract
Three bidders have been shortlisted for a £1bn, 10 year contract to provide critical primary care support services, NHS England has confirmed.
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NewsHSJ Live 14.01.2015: Bidders shortlisted for £1bn primary care support services contract
Tender is one of largest single outsourcing deals ever proposed in the NHS, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Employers reveals plans to overhaul contracts
Proposals to enable the NHS to deliver seven day services have been unveiled by NHS Employers. It includes an overhaul of medical contracts and how much staff are paid for weekend and evening work.
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NewsNew care model proposals 'must involve patients'
Proposals to develop new health and social care models will need to demonstrate meaningful clinical and patient involvement to get NHS England support, HSJ has been told.
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NewsCancer drugs fund receives surprise £60m boost
NHS England has announced a surprise £60m boost to the cancer drugs fund, bringing it up to £340m for 2015-16, even as it slashes the number of drugs available.
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NewsHSJ Live 13.01.2015: New care model proposals 'must involve patients'
Proposals to develop new health and social care models will need to demonstrate meaningful clinical and patient involvement to get NHS England support, says Samantha Jones, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Public Health England examines older people life expectancy 'alert'
National public health officials are investigating concerns about a ‘sustained’ fall in the life expectancy of older people in some areas, after a local authority raised an alert.
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NewsExclusive: 'Deeply troubling' emails sent from Healthwatch England to CQC during tender
The chief executive of Healthwatch England emailed the Care Quality Commission during a live tender, enquiring whether the regulator’s procurement process could be flexed to help local Healthwatch bidders, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUncertainty for dermatology patients as acute service faces axe
Concerns have been raised about ongoing uncertainty over arrangements for emergency dermatology patients at a major teaching hospital, just a month before the service is set to be axed.
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NewsHSJ Live 12.01.2015: NHS England removes 25 treatments from Cancer Drugs Fund
The budget for the Cancer Drugs Fund will rise £280m in 2014-15, and an estimated £340m from April 2015, but 25 treatments have been removed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsUpdated: Hinchingbrooke in special measures after care judged 'inadequate'
Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission rated it ‘inadequate’ on the questions of whether it is caring, safe and well led.
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NewsTimeline: How HSJ has covered Circle at Hinchingbrooke
For those catching up on the background to the Hinchingbrooke story, here’s a quick guide through HSJ’s coverage of Circle’s involvement over the past four years
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NewsUpdated: Circle to withdraw from Hinchingbrooke contract
Circle Partnership has announced plans to pull out of its 10 year contract to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, the UK’s only privately managed NHS district general hospital.
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NewsRecord number of patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted
A record high of 241 patients waited over 12 hours to be admitted last week, according to the latest figures on accident and emergency performance from NHS England.
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NewsExclusive: Lawyers could return to court over NHS England primary care decisions
Lawyers have threatened to take NHS England back to court if it cannot show it is taking steps to involve patients in primary care commissioning decisions.
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NewsMonitor proposes lower threshold for investigations into FT finances
Monitor is consulting on lowering the threshold at which investigations into foundation trusts’ finances can be triggered.
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NewsCampaign: HSJ wants your views on how to achieve inclusive NHS change
HSJ, in association with NHS Improving Quality, launches a campaign to help the NHS achieve transformational change.