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NewsOpt-out doctors 'will be named'
Doctors who decide not to disclose details of their performance will be “named and shamed” by the government, it has emerged.
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NewsOut-of-hours confusion highlighted
More than two in five people have no idea how to contact their GP out-of-hours service, a poll suggests.
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NewsIntegrated care has cross-Whitehall backing
Government departments including the Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health are “committed” to integrating health and social care, a top health official has insisted.
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NewsHSJ Live 14.06.2013: A&E data suggests poor out-of-hours not driving attendances
No change in balance between in and out-of-hours accident and emergency attendances, why leadership skills are not just for managers, and the rest of today’s news
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Quarter of CCGs facing financial 'difficulty'
About a quarter of clinical commissioning groups are facing “real difficulty “ in “making ends meet” this financial year, the NHS England finance director has said.
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NewsRelegate CCGs to advisory role, says Burnham
The shadow health secretary has said clinical commissioning groups should be relegated to an advisory role because councils were more in tune with their local populations than GPs.
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NewsDoctors 'can opt out' of tables
Doctors will be given the opportunity to opt out of new league tables assessing their performance, it has emerged.
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NewsThousands of junior doctors raise safety concerns
One in 20 junior doctors working in hospitals are concerned about patient safety, according to the General Medical Council’s annual training survey.
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NewsNicholson rejects gagging order allegations
Sir David Nicholson has insisted he “absolutely refutes” allegations he has been complicit in a “cover up” about the use of gagging orders in the NHS.
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NewsHSJ Live 13.06.13: Exclusive: Mid Staffs administrators to ask for more time
The latest exclusive on Mid Staffordshire FT - and the rest of the day’s news.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Low paid staff offered route to top clinical jobs
Thousands of lower-paid NHS support staff could be given a path into top clinical jobs after Health Education England revealed plans to redirect part of the service’s training budget
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NewsNHS England to rethink children's heart surgery plans
NHS England is under pressure to swiftly develop new plans for children’s heart surgery after a controversial reconfiguration was today suspended by the health secretary following an independent review.
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NewsStruggling CSUs set to be told to outsource or lose accreditation
NHS England aims to provide CSU quality assurance
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NewsLibel conundrum leads to confusion over patient feedback plan
Mixed signals over comment moderation
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NewsHunt heart unit statement expected imminently
Campaigners fighting to save a children’s heart unit are hoping health secretary Jeremy Hunt will reverse the decision today.
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NewsDoctors question hospital chief inspector’s independence
A new survey suggests that while hospital doctors have concerns about the introduction of a chief inspector of hospitals they are significantly less opposed to the reform than senior management.
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NewsHSJ Live 12.06.2013: Hunt suspends children's heart surgery review
Learning from Wales’ new end of life care delivery plan and the rest of today’s news
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NewsEngland's most influential clinical leaders revealed
NHS medical director for England Sir Bruce Keogh has been named as the most influential clinician in England in this year’s HSJ Clinical Leaders list.In creating the list, which launched this year, HSJ looked for clinicians influencing policy, innovation and service transformation.Source: Peter SearleSir Bruce KeoghFrom a longlist of more ...