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News18 July issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.
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NewsMonitor signals the end of mental health block contracts
Monitor has signalled the end of block contracts currently used to fund NHS mental health providers as part of a major shake up of the national payment system due to be introduced next year.
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NewsControversial emergency care payment rules to stay put
There will be no change next year to controversial rules that restrict the payments hospitals receive for emergency admissions and readmissions
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NewsPricing authorities to tighten grip on specialist service payments
Monitor and NHS England have floated plans to tighten their grip on specialist services pricing while mounting a push for local commissioners to move away from national NHS prices
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NewsCommissioning system belatedly balances £97bn budget
NHS England has belatedly managed to set plans to balance its £97bn budget for 2014-15.
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NewsEfficiency savings proposed for next financial year
Monitor and NHS England have proposed a single efficiency factor of between 3 and 5 per cent for 2015-16 across the health service
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NewsNew body to control healthcare reconfigurations under Labour plans
A Labour administration would establish a new agency to oversee reconfigurations of NHS services, the shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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NewsNew minister's 'war on superbugs'
New science minister Greg Clark has started his job with a declaration of war against superbugs.
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NewsHSJ Live 18.07.2014: New minister's 'war on superbugs'
New science minister Greg Clark has started his job with a declaration of war against superbugs, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsThird of CCGs do not plan to retender community services
More than a third of CCGs have no plans to retender their community services, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsNHS finances 'stretched to limit'
NHS finances have been ‘stretched to the limit’, influential think tank The King’s Fund has warned.
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HSJ Live 17.07.2014: NHS finances 'stretched to limit'
NHS finances have been ‘stretched to the limit’, influential think tank The King’s Fund has warned, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsLamb condemns 'shunting' of mentally ill children
A health minister has accused NHS organisations of “shunting” mentally ill children into specialist inpatient care for financial reasons.
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NewsDuty of candour extended to cover wider set of incidents
A statutory duty of candour in the NHS will cover a wider set of incidents than previously expected, and will force NHS trusts to apologise to affected patients, it has emerged.
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NewsPut GP services alongside every emergency department, advise doctors
New guidelines from a host of medical Royal Colleges call for all emergency departments to have co-located out of hours GP services, to help prevent rising demand from overwhelming the urgent care system.
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NewsTwo further Keogh trusts leave special measures
Two further trusts placed in regulatory “special measures” last summer have been removed from the regime, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsCQC working on special measures regime for GPs
The Care Quality Commission is working on a “special measures” regime for GP practices, the body has confirmed.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.07.2014: CQC working on special measures regime for GPs
The Care Quality Commission is working on a “special measures” regime for GP practices, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsGovernment to put up £100m for first PF2 hospital rebuild
The Treasury has approved public funding for a £353m hospital rebuild in the West Midlands under the government’s successor to the private finance initiative