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NewsNew tariff would mean revenue cuts for specialist providers
Three providers would see their overall revenue reduced by more than 2 per cent next year The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital FT faces an estimated £4.5m reduction to its revenue Specialist Orthopaedic Alliance “exceptionally concerned” by the proposals A number of specialist NHS trusts are “exceptionally concerned” about the ...
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NewsEU staff honoured at HSJ Awards
Six people have been honoured with a special HSJ Award for NHS staff from the EU.
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NewsDaily Insight: Chancellor silent on NHS funding
HSJ’s round-up of the must read stories following the chancellor’s autumn statement
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NewsChildren's services review accelerated
First findings of national review of paediatric intensive care services due in next few weeks Review follows investigation into Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital Services under pressure as children with more complex needs need PICU and lengths of stay increasing An NHS England review of paediatric intensive care services ...
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NewsHSJ Awards winners announced tonight
The winners of the 2016 HSJ Awards will be announced tonight, and to celebrate we are giving every reader the opportunity to download free best practice case studies from some of last year’s winning projects.
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NewsLaw change needed to reform NHS investigations, says minister
Minister says primary legislation will be needed to deliver “safe space” reforms Philip Dunne says NHS culture needs to be “turned around” to extend reforms locally New chief investigator had told MPs safe space should be for HSIB only Health minister Philip Dunne has told MPs primary legislation ...
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NewsGoogle and NHS sign 'game changing' deal
Royal Free hails deal with Google’s DeepMind as “game changer” Trust will continue developing DeepMind’s real time patient data tracking app Trust says app will help save lives and drive productivity Deal follows controversy over the firm’s access to patient data The NHS has deepened its relationship with ...
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NewsDaily Insight: Trust's landmark deal with AI firm
The must read stories and talking points from Tuesday
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NewsTrusts 'downplaying security breaches'
Data guardians and teams “scoring down incidents” to suggest security is better than it is New toolkit in development will help trusts “meet the highest possible levels of data security” ICO says it needs to address “current concerns around robustness, reliability and inconsistency” NHS Digital will relaunch a ...
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NewsLast chance to enter HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards
The deadline to enter the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards has been extended to Wednesday 23 November.
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NewsCQC: Fraction of inspection ratings challenged
Only 69 providers challenged final ratings awarded by the CQC from 10,840 inspections Three hospital trusts received changes in service ratings after review, but none had overall rating altered 51 primary medical services inspections were challenged, but only five have had ratings changed Only a fraction of hospitals ...
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NewsStatistics authority intervenes over government NHS spending claims
UK Statistics Authority will ask officials to “ensure clarity” when reporting on increases to NHS spending Complaints centred around the government’s claims that it is increasing spending by £10bn by 2021 Chancellor Philip Hammond defended use of the £10bn figure last week The UK Statistics Authority will ask ...
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NewsProviders and CCGs consider merging back-office
STP looking at options to integrate non-clinical support services across providers and commissioners Potential for sustainability and transformation funding to be used to buy out private finance initiative Wolverhampton CCG to set up an MCP alongside existing PACS model Modality MCP to be established from April 2018 The ...
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NewsExclusive: CCGs may bypass EU tendering rules
Clinical commissioning groups look set to take a contrasting approach to NHS England over new tendering rules – due to the potential administrative burden and a “ridiculous timescale” that would need to be met.
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NewsTrusts heading for £670m end of year deficit, says regulator
Official mid-year performance figures suggest the NHS provider sector is forecast to end the year with a combined deficit of £669m, which would be £89m worse than planned.
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NewsAgency spending higher than planned despite caps
NHS Improvement quarter two report says agency spend 16 per cent higher than planned Provider sector predicting £900m savings compared to last year as a result of agency caps NHSI names best and worst performers on agency spending Trusts’ spending on agency staff is 16 per cent higher ...
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NewsExclusive: CCGs warn over 'insufficient' funding for fetal medicine
London CCGs warn funding for fetal medicine services is “insufficient” Five groups say current arrangements could “impact on equitable provision” Comments follow HSJ investigation that revealed babies were “dying unnecessarily” due to flawed funding system Clinical commissioning groups in London have said funding for fetal medicine services is ...
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NewsRegulator to cut 400 posts
CQC to cut 400 posts by 2019-20 after cumulative budget cuts of £32m by 2020 Inspection resources to be targeted on providers where “risk is greatest” Regulator is relying on new technology to be able to accurately track risk The Care Quality Commission is to cut 400 full-time ...
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