News – Page 682
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NewsCQC drags Grant Thornton into libel court case
The regulator has lodged a High Court claim against Grant Thornton in a bid to curb potential losses from its imminent legal clash with its former deputy chief executive
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NewsHSJ Live 28.07.2014: Help us find the top clinical leaders in healthcare
Nominate the people making the greatest impact in high quality, safe care for patients, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsDepartment of Health to establish an anti-fraud unit
The Department of Health plans to establish its own fraud investigation function by poaching senior officers from NHS Protect, shrinking the national body’s size significantly as a result.
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NewsMental health services 'lottery'
Mental health patients are facing an “alarming” postcode lottery in services, Labour has warned.
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News25 July issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts seek to shield wage bills with income ambitions
English hospitals have reduced the amount they expect to save on wage bills this year, as they focus on cutting costs in other areas and boosting income
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NewsHSJ to host third annual pathology seminar
The HSJ Pathology seminar returns this autumn to explore the pressures affecting providers and commissioners in pathology
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NewsMore trusts with financial concerns
The number of NHS trusts referred to the health secretary over financial concerns increased almost three-fold in a year, a report has revealed.
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NewsA&E patients 'will wait longer'
Patients should expect ‘inevitable’ greater waits in accident and emergency departments, two health charities have warned.
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News‘Buddy’ trusts could double their money under bonus scheme
The leading hospitals ‘buddied’ with failing trusts under the special measures regime received some £1.5m to cover their costs last year.
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NewsHunt dismisses Keogh trusts' finance struggles
Lack of money is no excuse for poor care, the health secretary has said
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NewsUPDATED: Interactive commissioning system map
HSJ has updated its comprehensive interactive map of the NHS commissioning system, showing critical details about its organisations.
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NewsCall to address GP numbers 'crisis'
More must be done to address the “crisis” in the number of family doctors working in the NHS, leading medics have said.
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NewsHSJ Live 23.07.2014: NHS leaders must be more confident in tackling waiting lists
Ian Gillespie on waiting lists, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsHealth spending sees sharpest rise in current parliament
Department of Health spending rose by 2.6 per cent in real terms last year – by far the greatest annual rise in health spending of the current parliament
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NewsLocal education and training posts at risk in HEE's cost cutting review
Education and training posts across the country could be axed as part of the second phase of Health Education England’s cost cutting reorganisation.
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NewsDoctors urged to opt out of working week directive
The Department of Health has pledged to find ways to help more doctors opt out of the European working time directive, which the authority admits has led to rigid shift patterns and had a detrimental effect on training.
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NewsDrop in bans on hospital and care home workers
The Labour Party has voiced concern about a sharp drop in the numbers of people being barred from working with vulnerable adults in care homes and hospitals.
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NewsUnions ballot members for strike action over NHS pay
Three health unions have announced they are going to ballot their members for strike action over NHS pay.
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NewsHealthwatch warns of the rise of 'super CCGs'
The health secretary has been urged to rethink legal reforms that would ease the creation of allegedly unaccountable “super clinical commissioning groups”.