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NewsJunior doctors' contract not 'fit for purpose'
The contract for junior doctors working in the NHS is “not fit for purpose” and should be fully renegotiated according to a report by NHS Employers.
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NewsNational group to examine barriers to seven-day NHS
A new group is to be established to review the barriers which prevent the NHS from functioning as a seven-day service, offering procedures such as day surgery at weekends.
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DH overrules health 'politicisation' fears
The government has rejected councils’ objections to proposal which could “politicise” local disputes about hospital closures.
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NewsMinister: change to consultant contracts 'long overdue'
Radical proposals on changes to how consultants are rewarded in the NHS – including proposals to create a new pay grade - will form the basis of wider discussions on pay, terms and conditions for doctors, the government said today.
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NewsWarning over buying drugs online
The purchase of prescription medicines online without a prescription is increasing, pharmacists have said.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 17.12.12
Driving change with staff engagement and the rest of today’s news
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Government gearing up for discussion on medical contracts
Discussion on changes to bonus payments for consultants look set to begin in earnest next week with the publication of a long awaited report into clinical excellence awards.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: DH could face probe over IT deal
The Department of Health could face a fresh probe by a government spending watchdog after its latest attempt to dismantle the National Programme for IT sparked allegations of anti-competitive behaviour.
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NewsConsultant contract 'failed to boost output'
The NHS consultant contract has failed to increase productivity since being introduced in 2003, according to a 10-year study.
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NewsCommissioning Board will lift and shift just 200 staff
The NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed it will have to “lift and shift” 200 staff, but will have completed job matching or internal competition for 98 per cent of posts by the end of this month.
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NewsStrategy advised to prevent trust failure
Regulatory authorities, health commissioners and the government will have to take urgent action to stop trusts from becoming financially unstable, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsCaldicott expected to raise legal doubts over CSU data services
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care is increasing its capacity to store and manage data in the expectation that commissioning support units will be prevented from holding sensitive information about patients.
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NewsLicensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
Aspects of the new system for licensing providers of publicly funded healthcare risk unfairly disadvantaging NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsEast of England pathology shake-up announced
NHS Midlands and East has announced the successful bidders in a tender for pathology services across the East of England, as part of a long-awaited reconfiguration intended to cut the region’s lab bill by up to £29m.
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NewsWarning on patient care 'rationing'
The government should take “a more active interest” in ensuring that patient care is not being rationed, a report suggests.
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NewsLabour demands 'honesty' on NHS
Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 13.12.12
NAO warns rationing is occurring in NHS and the rest of today’s newsNew CQC and NICE chairs confirmed
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NewsBring in hospital 'superheads' to tackle poor performance, says Hunt
The NHS could “emulate” the superhead model used to turn around failing schools to tackle poor performance in the NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.