News – Page 703
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Clash over allocation of £3.8bn integration fund
Department for Communities and Local Government officials are battling for a £3.8bn health and social care fund to be weighted more heavily towards deprived areas, in order to address criticisms that cuts have hit these places hardest, HSJ sister title LGC has reported.
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NHS England 'shouldn't beg for money'
NHS England should not “become an agency that begs for more money for business as usual”, Sir Malcolm Grant has said.
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HSJ Live: 12.12.2013 CQC GP inspections coverage
All the latest on the Care Quality commission’s new GP inspection regime
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NHS funds will subsidise councils' services, CCG leaders believe
Mandatory budget pooling with councils will improve care outside hospital, local commissioning leaders believe.
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Surge of concern about commissioning support relationships
There is strong support among local leaders for changes to the nine-month-old commissioning system, including support arrangements and NHS England’s responsibilities.
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Listen: Next NHS England chief on future healthcare
Listen to the incoming NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens, who will replace Sir David Nicholson in April, talk about innovation and the future of healthcare in a speech in Qatar yesterday.
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GPs replaced following CQC inspections
More details emerged of how the lead GPs of poorly performing practices have been replaced following Care Quality Commission inspections.
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CQC launches dementia services review
The Care Quality Commission is to undertake unannounced inspections of 150 care homes and hospitals to review the care of people with dementia in England.
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Labour: bring back GP appointment target
The target for GPs to guarantee patients an appointment within 48 hours should be restored to help ease the pressure on accident and emergency departments, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said.
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Liver surgeon suspended by GMC
Health chiefs have suspended a specialist liver surgeon linked to the “avoidable deaths” of eight patients he operated on in south Wales.
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HSJ Live: 11.12.13 The 100 most powerful people in health
The HSJ100 was announced today and the rest of today’s news
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EXCLUSIVE: Serco chief admits mistakes
Outsourcing giant Serco underestimated how long it would take to restructure community health services in Suffolk, its health managing director has told HSJ.
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DH paid £1.5m to financial advisers on blood company sell-off
The Department of Health paid £1.5m to the financial advisers who acted for the government in the sale of the majority stake in Plasma Resources UK, the blood products company.
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Flory: Commissioning uncertainty hitting trusts' finances
Unpredictable financial flows caused by unsettled commissioning structures are causing problems for trusts, according to Trust Development Authority chief executive David Flory.
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Monitor to increase supervision of FT A&E performance
Monitor is increasing its scrutiny of foundation hospitals’ accident and emergency performance this winter, after being requested to do so by the health secretary.
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Cancer care 'postcode lottery'
Cancer patients are facing a postcode lottery of care within the NHS, with patients in some areas four times less likely to get an early diagnosis, it has been reported.
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New guidance on IV drip prescribing
Up to one in five patients could be suffering unnecessarily in hospitals across the UK because medics are making basic blunders in prescribing drips, experts have warned.
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HSJ Live: 10.12.2013 Specialised commissioning £196.7m behind plan
NHS reports a deficit of £136.8m in specialised commissioning, and the rest of the day’s news and comment