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NewsFull HCA registration 'inevitable', says care review author
New training standards for healthcare assistants should be made mandatory as part of a journey towards ‘inevitable’ full registration of the care workforce, the author of the Cavendish review has said.
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NewsA&E pharmacists pilot gets national rollout
More than 50 pilot sites will take part in a national trial of clinical pharmacists in accident and emergency departments.
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NewsCQC 'shines spotlight' on outstanding care
The Care Quality Commission has said it is ‘shining a spotlight’ on good and outstanding NHS care with a new report.
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NewsExclusive: Dr Foster Intelligence sold to Australian telecoms giant
Dr Foster Intelligence has been bought by an Australian telecoms giant, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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NewsRevealed: Virgin handed £280m Staffordshire contract
Virgin Care has been awarded a £280m, seven-year prime provider contract to manage services in East Staffordshire, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAvoidable harm bill becomes law today
A new law on avoidable harm in health and social care is set to receive royal assent today.
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NewsMaude calls for more personal budgets and mutuals
Cabinet office minister Francis Maude has said there is ‘much more’ scope for the use of personal budgets in health and social care.
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NewsRevealed: HSJ’s top provider chief executives
Sir David Dalton has been named the top NHS provider chief executive in 2015.
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NewsHSJ Live 26.03.2015: Dr Foster Intelligence sold to telecoms giant
Exclusive: Dr Foster Intelligence has been bought by an Australian telecoms giant, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsCQC will miss own inspection deadlines, regulator admits
The Care Quality Commission will fail to hit a high profile target to inspect all acute trusts before the end of this year, the watchdog’s chief executive has said.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguard areas call for tender moratorium
NHS England and Monitor are facing calls to exempt ‘vanguard’ areas from requirements to tender services, amid fears that procurement processes could undermine efforts to establish integrated primary, community and acute care models.
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NewsAnalysis: Huge disparity in trusts challenging CQC accuracy
There is huge variation in the number of factual accuracy challenges trusts are making to their draft Care Quality Commission inspection reports, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsExclusive: All London CCGs and NHS England join forces on city-wide vision
All 32 London clinical commissioning groups and NHS England’s London arm have set out plans to drive the improvements called for by the NHS Five Year Forward View and the London Health Commission.
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NewsUpdated: Number of NHS managers shows a rise
The NHS workforce grew by more than 2 per cent last year, which also saw the first rise in the number of NHS managers employed since 2009.
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NewsGMC to challenge 'lenient' misconduct decisions under new powers
The General Medical Council will be able to challenge ‘lenient’ decisions against doctors suspected of misconduct for the first time.
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HSJ Live 25.03.2015: 'Opportunity map' for efficiencies drawn up by DH and leadership bodies
Efficiencies plan drawn up by DH and leadership bodies to span the next five years, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: NHS Improving Quality expected to close
NHS Improving Quality is expected to be substantially cut back and could well be abolished under proposals being considered by a national review of the health service’s improvement organisations, HSJ understands.
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NewsExclusive: Councils withheld millions intended for NHS complaints
Sixteen local authorities failed to pass on hundreds of thousands of pounds specifically allocated by central government to fund NHS complaints advocacy services, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Morecambe Bay inquiry chair 'disappointed' by response
The chair of the inquiry into poor maternity care and deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has said he was ‘disappointed’ by the response of professional bodies to his report.