News – Page 749
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NewsRCS hails 'watershed' publication of surgeon performance data
Giving patients access to information about how well their surgeons perform is a “watershed” moment for surgery, leading doctors have said.
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NewsCouncil disquiet over public health death rankings
Public Health England says premature deaths comparison site will help target local spending
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NewsFirst details of integration pilot bids revealed
Areas involved in a pilot programme to create community budgets shared across local public services have revealed early plans to become ‘pioneers’ on the government’s health and social care integration programme.
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NewsThree waves of integration pioneers are predicted
There are likely to be another two waves of integration pilots, with a total of about 30 areas becoming integration “pioneers”, an NHS England official has revealed.
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NewsMental health trusts look to diversify
Almost two thirds of NHS in-house mental health providers now also provide non-mental health services, a survey shared with HSJ reveals.
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Acne medication leads to stillbirth at Peterborough
A mother was forced to have a stillbirth after being prescribed acne drugs which are not suitable for pregnant women.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.6.2013: HSJ to announce 100 most influential clinical leaders
Look out for the first ever HSJ Clinical Leaders list plus the rest of today’s news
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NewsHundreds of Mid Staffs deaths examined by police
A review of deaths at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by Staffordshire Police has identified 200-300 cases in which alleged neglect may have contributed to the death.
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NewsGeneral practice safety reporting to be investigated
Low rates of reporting patient safety incidents in general practice are to be investigated by NHS England, the organisation’s director of patient safety has told HSJ.
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NewsMental health services suffer as hospitals 'suck in' cash
Clinical commissioners are at risk of undermining the government’s mental health strategy because they are prioritising the acute sector, it has been claimed.
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NewsBurnham backs central planning
A centrally planned health service is “inherently” more efficient than a marketised one, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has told the NHS Confederation annual conference.
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NewsNHS 111 line 'steadily improving'
The new non emergency NHS advice line is “steadily improving” health officials have said.
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NewsUnsafe hospitals 'risking lives', says CQC figure
A non-executive director of the Care Quality Commission believes many NHS hospitals are still not safe, meaning patients’ lives are being put at risk.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.06.2013
HSJ’s innovation channel on how to coordinate and integrate care on the ground and the rest of today’s news
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NewsNHS creating 'older people's plan'
NHS bosses are creating a “vulnerable older people’s plan” to help alleviate the stress on accident and emergency wards, the health secretary has announced.
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NewsWebsite offers guide to NHS reforms
Doctors’ leaders have launched a new initiative to help patients understand NHS reforms.
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NewsConfed Live: 7.6.13. Burnham speech
NHS Confederation conference latest: shadow health secretary and Confed chief executive wrap up conference. Catch all the detailed coverage and tweets here
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NewsConfed Live: 6.6.13 Bennett, Nicholson and Hunt speak
NHS Confederation conference latest: Hunt addresses hospital closures, GP contracts and concerns around A&E. Catch all the detailed coverage and tweets here
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NewsNicholson attacks criticism of GPs and 'tyranny' of politics
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson launched a sustained attack on the political debate around the health service in his farewell speech to the NHS Confederation.
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NewsHunt admits Tories 'guilty' of blanket opposition to reconfiguration in past
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted to delegates at the NHS Confederation that his own party and politicians generally had been “guilty” of knee-jerk opposition to unpopular reconfigurations.