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NewsMiliband's CCG vision at odds with Burnham plan
Ed Miliband appears to have indicated that Labour would retain clinical commissioning groups as key decision making bodies in the NHS.
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NewsCare UK boss outlines expansion goal
The managing director of healthcare at Care UK has used an HSJ interview to express optimism that the company can increase its share of NHS provision, including through taking over the running of hospitals.
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NewsNo integration pioneers win 'accelerator' status
NHS England has reneged on its plan to give a designated “integration pioneer” area special status as a centre of best practice in the use of its £260m technology fund.
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NewsNicholson demands hospital centralisation
The outgoing head of NHS England has said hospitals will have to close and services centralised to improve patient care.
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NewsRoughton to consider how CCGs could co-commission primary care
NHS England is looking into how clinical commissioning groups can co-commission primary care, its deputy medical director has revealed.
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NewsHSJ Live 12.02.2014: Miliband's CCG vision at odds with Burnham plan
Labour leader appears to indicate that party would retain clinical commissioning groups as key decision making bodies in the NHS, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsVasco-Knight suspended with immediate effect
The chief executive of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust, who was accused of “nepotism” by two whistleblowers, has been suspended with immediate effect.
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NewsExclusive: Adebowale says differential tariff deflator policy is 'laughable'
NHS England board member Lord Adebowale has described the policy of imposing cuts to mental health and community trusts, which are a fifth higher than those for other sectors, as “bordering on laughable”.
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'Underfunded' CCG presses for allocation boost
One of the most underfunded clinical commissioning groups in England has warned that its position is putting important investments at risk – and has begun lobbying for a commitment to correct the “iniquity” in NHS allocations within five years.
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NewsWarning over cancer drug loophole
A loop hole in European law is denying thousands of children potentially life-saving cancer drugs, experts claim.
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NewsDoctors warned of amorous advances
Doctors could be the target of “unwanted advances” because of websites that objectify healthcare workers, a medical defence organisation has warned.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.02.2014 Trust pulls out of running in George Eliot bidding process
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust pulls bid, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Cash penalties axed for care fund failure
The Department of Health has scrapped plans to withhold money from areas that fail to deliver performance improvements through joint commissioning with local authorities.
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NewsGroups raise concerns about fundamental standards
A body representing health charities has warned that draft “fundamental standards” being consulted on by the Department of Health could be “a backward step” for person centred care.
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NewsExclusive: National bodies back community services plans
Efforts to develop quality indicators and a tariff payment system for community services providers have taken a leap forward after winning the support of the main national health leadership organisations, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsExclusive: Mid Staffs nurses launch High Court appeal over ban
Two former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust nurses who were struck off for altering altering accident and emergency waiting times are to launch a High Court bid to overturn their ban.
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NewsDiabetes total soars to top 3.2 million
The number of people with diabetes in the UK is now more than 3.2 million, with last year seeing the biggest jump in cases since 2008.
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NewsLack of GP funding 'hitting care'
Patient care is being compromised by a “chronic lack of investment” in GPs, leading family doctors have warned.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.02.2014 Vasco-Knight suspended with immediate effect
The chief executive of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust, accused of “nepotism” by two whistleblowers, has been suspended, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsFrancis criticises Vasco-Knight trust
Robert Francis has sharply criticised South Devonshire Health Care’s attempts to cover up accusations of nepotism against its chief executive.