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NewsJeremy Hunt predicts 'extremely difficult' winter
The health secretary has predicted this winter will be as “difficult” for the health service as last, when many patients waited for long periods in accident and emergency units.
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NewsSecond wave of trust inspections announced soon
The second wave of trusts to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission’s new quality teams will be announced shortly.
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'Non-blaming' obesity tone advised
Doctors should not blame patients for being fat, according to new NHS guidance.
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Workload woes of GPs highlighted
Family doctors are “running around a hamster wheel just trying to stand still” due to their huge workload, a leading doctor has said.
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NewsHSJ Live: 17.10.13: Second wave of trust inspections to be announced
Care Quality Commission’s strategy director says names will be released soon
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NewsMinisters propose extension of special administrator powers
Both NHS trusts and foundation trusts which are the neighbours of failing providers could be ordered to reconfigure services under a proposed law change.
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NewsOFT to rule on key pathology mergers as another project collapses
Fresh evidence has emerged of the impact competition probes are having on plans to reconfigure services after Office of Fair Trading investigations were cited as barriers to two major pathology reorganisations.
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NewsTariff on A&E 'is wrong', says head of emergency care review
The man leading NHS England’s review of urgent and emergency services in England has said an activity-based funding model was “wrong”.
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NewsCare.data will ‘reduce flow of confidential data around NHS’
The establishment of a new national patient database will “reduce the flow of patient identifiable data” around the NHS, the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s clinical director said yesterday.
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Complaints about doctors increase
The number of complaints about doctors made by their colleagues or patients is on the rise, according to new figures.
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NewsBennett promises flexible Monitor
The Monitor chief executive has emphasised the need for its regulation to be flexible to respond to new types of provider, and to the need for change in the NHS.
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NewsFury at hospital parking charges
Campaigners have slammed car parking charges at hospitals, with some NHS organisations charging almost three times the national average.
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NewsCCGs resist NHS England over support services
Clinical commissioning group leaders have firmly asserted their independence ahead of an attempt by NHS England to encourage them to make more use of commissioning support units.
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NewsHSJ Live: 16.10.13 Activity-based funding model was 'wrong'
Head of emergency services review makes criticism in ‘personal capacity’
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NewsInnovation fund axed amid confusion over specialised services
NHS England has scrapped a £50m fund designed to promote innovation as part of a flagship government policy - just two months after its launch.
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NewsNHS staff transferred to private sector will keep pensions
The Treasury has approved plans for workers transferred out of the health service to retain NHS pensions, in a move predicted to make it easier for independent providers to win NHS contracts.
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NewsBogus advert fraudsters are jailed
Five members of a criminal gang which made more than 200 attempts to defraud NHS organisations by demanding payment for adverts in bogus magazines with similar names to real ones – including HSJ – have been jailed.
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NewsCQC considers hidden cameras proposal
The health and social care watchdog in England is considering using hidden cameras to help carry out inspections.
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NewsCourses leave doctors 'unready for pain'
Effective pain treatment and management is being hampered by a lack of training on the subject, a report suggests.