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Revealed: CSU sector income is £50m above expectations
Commissioning support units made a collective surplus of nearly 6 per cent, HSJ can reveal after obtaining financial performance data for the entire sector for the first time.
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NewsTrusts exodus from Capita HR contract
Trusts across Liverpool are pulling out of a “landmark” £27m deal to buy their payroll and recruitment services from outsourcing giant Capita, fewer than three years into the seven-year contract.
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NewsCall for human factors support for patient safety
A group of leading patient safety experts are seeking central funding to support the spread of human factors science.
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NewsNHS could learn cost-cutting lessons from retail, Corrigan claims
Hospitals need to follow in the footsteps of retailers when it comes to cost-cutting techniques and quality measures, it has been claimed.
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NewsSarah Wollaston elected Commons health committee chair
Conservative MP for Totnes, who is a former GP, succeeds Stephen Dorrell
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NewsHSJ Live 18.06.2014: Sarah Wollaston elected health committee chair
Coverage of this afternoon’s vote to select the new chair of the Commons health committee, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsBurnham tackles reorganisation fear over Labour plans
Concern that Labour’s plans for integrated care would necessitate another NHS reorganisation will be tackled by shadow health secretary during the key note session at next week’s Commissioning Show.
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NewsCCGs respond poorly to CQC pre-inspection requests
The majority of clinical commissioning groups are failing to relay concerns about their providers to the Care Quality Commission before inspections are carried out, denying the watchdog intelligence about the quality of hospital services.
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NewsCourt rules doctors must consult patients over resuscitation orders
BREAKING: Patients have a new legal right to be consulted before doctors place ‘do not attempt resuscitation’ orders in their notes
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NewsOptum and Capita bid for lead provider framework
The private firms Optum and Capita have placed bids to join NHS England’s lead provider framework for commissioning support services, HSJ understands.
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NewsOne in four trust coalition on NHS
Only one in four people trusts the government with the NHS, according to the “damning” findings of poll commissioned by a union.
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NewsProbe lays bare ‘lapses’ in past patient records safety procedures
An investigation has uncovered ‘significant administrative lapses’ in processes used by the NHS Information Centre to oversee the release of patient records to organisations including research bodies, government departments and insurers.
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NewsHSJ Live 17.06.2014: One in four trust coalition on NHS
Only one in four people trusts the government with the NHS, according to the “damning” findings of a poll commissioned by a union, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsCCGs seek to follow Somerset in breaking away from QOF
Clinical commissioning groups have queued up to follow Somerset’s lead and break away from the national quality and outcomes framework, despite a strong signal from NHS England that further extension of the freedoms were unlikely in 2014-15.
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NewsExclusive: Extra cash must be put into nurse training schemes, says Lord Willis
NHS Employers should plough greater resources into in work training schemes for the nursing workforce, the head of a major review of the profession’s education and training has said.
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NewsRobert Francis knighted in Queen's birthday honours
Robert Francis has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
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NewsExclusive: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on the patient safety role from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBill Moyes questions whether FT model remains 'sensible'
Bill Moyes, who championed the development of foundation trusts as Monitor executive chair, has urged the NHS to reconsider “whether the model of foundation trusts is sensible”.
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NewsExecutive pay rises under fire from Royal College of Nursing
Nurses have attacked rising pay for senior executives by drawing a comparison with the earnings squeeze of frontline staff.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.06.2014: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on patient safety from NHS England, plus the rest of today’s news and comment