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NewsNHS Choices tender to miss minister's deadline
The procurement process to outsource a revamped NHS Choices website is to miss a deadline set out by health minister Lord Howe for retendering to begin in 2013, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUPDATE: Hunt loses Lewisham Hospital appeal case
A judge has rejected the Department of Health’s appeal against a judicial review decision that halted the downgrade of Lewisham Hospital.
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NewsSmall trusts 'hit by raised efficiency assumption'
Raised efficiency assumptions could have an impact on small and medium sized trusts’ ability to provide good quality patient care, Monitor has warned.
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NewsHSJ Live 29.10.13: Judge rules against government's appeal in Lewisham Hospital case
New today: Judge finds that decision to reduce Lewisham A&E services is unlawful
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News'Link' between mortality rates and doctor sanctions to be probed
The General Medical Council has told HSJ it will investigate an apparent statistical link between high mortality rates and the numbers of doctors receiving a warning or sanction.
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NewsHunt criticises 'unacceptable and unjustified' NHS salaries
The health secretary has raised concern about senior manager pay and may impose a limit on the number of arm’s-length body staff earning more than £100,000.
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NewsComplaints handling revolution required, says review
A government-commissioned report into the way the NHS handles complaints has called for an overhaul of the current system, referring to a “decade of failure”.
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NewsNHS England urged to act on 'chaotic' pathology mergers
NHS England has been urged to intervene to resolve the “chaotic vacuum” in pathology services resulting from a series of botched restructures.
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NewsBMA backs seven-day NHS service
The British Medical Association has said it now supports extending seven-day access to some NHS services.
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An early spring
NHS England’s ambitious plans to link patient information across all care settings and build a powerful database are laudable – but its communication about the care.data project, somewhat less so.Following GPs getting quite uppity about data being taken from records before they had been given a chance to warn their ...
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HSJ Live: 28.10.13: Hunt might cap number of £100k+ employees
Health secretary has asked eight bodies to review extent of their high earners
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NewsOpposition mounts to extension of special administrator powers
Government plans to widen the powers of trust special administrators face opposition both within and outside Parliament, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHunt vows to tackle hospital problems
The health secretary has promised to get “to the bottom” of problems in NHS hospitals after a review showed more than a quarter of trusts were at risk of not offering safe, high-quality care.
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NewsCall for awareness drive on social care costs
More needs to be done to make people understand that social care in later life is not free, the former care minister has said.
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News25 October 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 AndroidWhat’s wrong with clinical leadership?In this week’s issue we take a closer look at the problems in clinical leadership. David Prior writes in Opinion that “there ...
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NewsHSJ Live: 25.10.13: Monitor places King's Lynn hospital into special measures
Follows warnings that patient care and nurse staffing levels were inadequate
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NewsNHS Direct to close
NHS Direct is to be completely wound up by the end of the financial year and its remaining business dispersed to other providers, it has been announced.
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NewsAnalysis: Merging trusts caught in 'catch-22'
Monitor has moved to address concerns that competition rules are thwarting much needed service reconfiguration. It follows warnings that clashing regulations are leaving trusts trying to merge in a “catch-22” situation.
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NewsHealth committee votes not to support Monitor chair candidate
The Commons health committee has voted not to endorse Dominic Dodd as chair of health regulator Monitor.