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NewsFirst interview with Simon Stevens: transcript, reaction and analysis
Analysis, reaction and the full transcript of Simon Stevens’ first major interview in post.
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First Simon Stevens interview: The reaction
The first major interview with new NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens was met with a range of reaction - largely positive - from NHS and political leaders. Here are some highlights.
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NewsGP surgeries 'on brink of collapse'
Millions face a postcode lottery in GP services as chronic underfunding has left doctors surgeries’ “on the brink of collapse”, a senior GP has warned.
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NewsHSJ Live 02.06.2014: HSJ future of leadership inquiry opens public call for evidence
Contribute to HSJ’s inquiry exploring what leadership the healthcare service needs now and in future, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsAnalysis: What did Stevens really say about small and community hospitals?
Comments by the new NHS England chief executive have been taken as meaning he might preserve small and community hospitals.
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NewsCancer waiting time target breached for first time
Providers have breached the waiting time target for patients with suspected cancer starting treatment within 62 days following urgent GP referral for the first time since the target was introduced in 2009.
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NHS England backs cancer and cardiac reorganisation
NHS England is backing clinician-led proposals which would see a reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac services across London and Essex.
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News30 May 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.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue Sir David Dalton, who is leading a review on provider reform for the government, has spoken for the first time about what ...
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NewsWhat we learnt this week - 30 May 2014
Jeremy Hunt evades questions on NHS funding, plus NHS England’s reshuffle, superheads fall out of favour and more points of note from the week in heathcare.
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NewsHSJ Live 30.05.2014: Paula Vasco-Knight resigns
Chief executive of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust stands down, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsHSJ Live 29.05.14: Urgent call for clarification on commissioning rules
Row between commissioners and a private midwifery service sparks calls for “urgent clarification” around commissioning rules, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsNHS England seeks to drop safety, revalidation and tech roles
NHS England is seeking to give up some of its patient safety functions, medical revalidation and responsibility for technology, its new chief executive has indicated.
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NewsStevens backs patient choice 'wherever possible' in NHS
NHS patients should be free to choose their provider whether public or private, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsStevens on: Finance and health secretaries
Simon Stevens has indicated the NHS has early plans to meet about half of the looming £30bn gap; and has suggested greater transparency may be driving a trend toward “patient champion” health secretaries.
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Stevens steps back from '15 specialist centres' plan
The new NHS England chief executive has distanced himself from the organisation’s previously stated ambition to concentrate specialised services in “15-30 centres of excellence”.
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NewsSimon Stevens’ first interview: parts of the NHS must be ‘completely reinvented’
Stevens uses first major interview to warn that “deep seated structural problems” will require parts of the NHS to “completely reinvent what we mean by a hospital”.
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NewsNotts trust biggest winner from tech fund
NHS England has published a comprehensive list of the winning bids from its first round of £182m technology funding.
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NewsReview of 'overdefined' specialised services underway
Responsibility for commissioning some specialised services, such as chemotherapy and renal dialysis, could be handed to clinical commissioning groups as part of an NHS England review.
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NewsHSJ's older people's commission launches first report
HSJ’s Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People has published its first report today.
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NewsExclusive: Whitehall big hitter joins DH to lead on pharma and IT
Will Cavendish, who currently oversees policy implementation across government for the Prime Minister, is to join the Department of Health in a new director general post with responsibility for pharma, IT and life sciences.