News – Page 774
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NewsHSJ Live: 1.7.2013 Monitor to review access to GP services
Monitor launches review into general practice and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsIndividual trusts to publish surgeons’ data
Individual trusts’ websites will have to provide links to their consultants’ performance data – including mortality rates – by the end of July, under a flagship NHS transparency programme.
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Join the conversation on how the NHS can become a seven day service
HSJ’s ongoing online conversation on how the NHS can deliver 24/7 working is drawing hundreds of responses from readers around the world.
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NewsDoctors brand CQC ‘not fit for purpose’
The under-fire Care Quality Commission is “not fit for purpose”, leading doctors have said.
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NewsHSJ Live 28.06.2013: Surgeon data revealed
Surgeons publish their performance data; how the US improved its care home sector and the rest of today’s news
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NewsMorecambe Bay emails destroyed despite police request
A backup tape which may have contained emails linked to an infant death at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay was destroyed despite a specific police request to retain records, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAudit reveals life-threatening neglect of diabetics in hospital
A charity has warned some hospitals are doing “more harm than good” to people with diabetes, after an audit suggested thousands of patients each year could be developing a life-threatening but preventable complication due to poor care.
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NewsCCGs claim leading role on primary care commissioning
Some clinical commissioning groups have told HSJ they are preparing to take a leading role in redesigning primary care, amid what they called a “hiatus” of action from NHS England.
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NewsDoctors acknowledge Liverpool care pathway concerns
Amid the recent “media frenzy” surrounding use of the Liverpool Care Pathway there were some “valid points”, British Medical Association representatives were told this week.
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NewsHSJ Live: 27.06.2013 Reactions to the comprehensive spending review
Reactions to the comprehensive spending review and the rest of today’s news
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News10 per cent admin budget cut could leave CCGs 'unsustainable'
The further 10 per cent real-terms cut in health administration budgets revealed in today’s spending review could render some clinical commissioning groups “unsustainable”, NHS commissioners have warned.
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NewsHunt dubs £3bn transfer to social care “huge moment in NHS history”
Health funding transfer to social care to treble in 2015-16
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Exclusive: £3.8bn integration fund tied to performance
A chunk of the planned £3.8bn pooled health and social care fund will be held back from local commissioners unless they can demonstrate their investments have brought improvements for patients, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEmails reveal elite hospitals' high level lobbying for extra cash
Emails obtained by HSJ reveal an elite group of teaching hospitals’ lobbying for hundreds of millions in extra funding.
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NewsOsborne announces tighter controls on pay progression
Pay progression for most health employees will from 2015-16 be tied “more closely” to their achievement of local performance standards, George Osborne announced today.
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NewsBMA calls for regulation of managers
The British Medical Association has called for NHS bosses to be held accountable for hospital failures through a new regulation system.
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NewsCapital’s trusts 'need urgent change'
A new report by the King’s Fund suggests current rules on NHS mergers and competition should be revised or suspended in London to address a major need for service change in the capital.
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NewsHSJ Live: Spending round 2013
The chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne has announced £3.8bn will be spent on jointly commissioned integrated health and social care in 2015-16.
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Exclusive: Surge in hospitals predicting deficits as total exceeds £200m
NHS trusts are predicting a deficit of more than £200m in this financial year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive interview: CQC chair admits mistake over release of Morecambe Bay names
The Care Quality Commission made a mistake in not initially publishing the names of those implicated in the alleged cover up over Morecambe Bay, the chair of the regulator has admitted to HSJ.